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02 · From Russia with Love · 1963 · Connery

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Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı)

Istanbul, TürkiyeTicketed / opening hours

Kerim Bey rows Bond through a flooded Byzantine reservoir to a periscope that looks straight up into the Soviet consulate.

Stand here for the shotThe walkway at the far end, with lit columns reflected in the water.

The rowing boat is pure fiction: today visitors walk on raised platforms among the 336 columns.

Address
Yerebatan Caddesi 1/3, Fatih
Coordinates
41.00840° N 28.97790° E
Pin
Pinpoint: the exact building or spot is identified.
Access
Ticketed / opening hours
Film
From Russia with Love (1963), dir. Terence Young
Found by
HQ
Walk
Stop on Bond's Istanbul (10 stops)
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