»La Serenissima«, as Venice is called, wants you to get lost between its labyrinthine alleys and piazzas. More than 100 islands are combined through water canals and bridges. Rialto is right in the heart of Venice’ main island – and helps you perfectly to navigate the city. Also filmed at Rialto Mercado: The scene with Gettler watching Bond and Vesper sail through Venice and silently contacting the latter. If you fancy a walk, head north from Marcus Square to the Bridge and then just stay on the pavement with the Canal Grande to your right. All major vaporetti lines – the famous Venice water buses – stop at Mercato di Rialto or the nearby Rialto Bridge. The famous market at San Polo has a vaporetto stop and a few meters downstream from there you have the best option to take in the scene. Right behind is the Lion Morosini Palace, but more famous is a spot on the other side of the Canal: Mercato di Rialto. Situated next to Sotoportego del Remer at Canal Grande. The real one is a narrow house with carmine red paint and white windows in the Cannaregio area. The house wasn’t actually sinking – the climax in “Casino Royale” had been filmed with a mix of Pinewood sets and clever CGI. Watery Grave: The sinking house in Venice
