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Thursday, October 24: Arrival Day in Mexico City, one of the world’s most spectacular, economical and safe cities for tourist visitors. Check-in with the Bond group at the stunning Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, with its over 20,000 Tiffany-style stained glass pieces lit by sunlight and lighting fixtures, including inside its 125-year-old historic elevators, as used by James Bond on screen—twice—for LICENCE TO KILL and SPECTRE. Thursday evening, meet your fellow Bond fans for drinks overlooking the magnificent Plaza de la Constitución, aka Zocalo Plaza, the grand concourse used for the pre-titles chase in SPECTRE.
Friday: Walk in 007’s footsteps with your guides, M and J, who have hosted more than 100 James Bond authors, actors and filmmakers at their unique BondFanEvents. Our Kite in a Hurricane Tour brings us in person to over two dozen film locations from 2015’s Bond blockbuster, SPECTRE. Hear and see details of the actors and producers, the record-setting stunts and the thousands of local craftsmen and extras, that worked together to build Bond’s biggest-ever opening sequence. Later, join our group visit to the Museo Nacional De Arte as seen in SPECTRE. Friday evening features our Night of the Dead Tour as our group of fans strolls past specially illuminated buildings, including skyscrapers seen in SPECTRE, and miles of flower festival and art installations featuring folk art, huge sugar skulls, fantasy and dragon creatures, and towering catrinas de muerte (themed skeletons and figures).
Saturday comes our Our Mexico City, What Were You Doing There? Tour for more SPECTRE locations, before we take in the Día de los Muertos Parade. This annual spectacular event was inspired by the parade created for SPECTRE, and over one million people will line the streets of the city to view it in person! We’ll watch it all from our comfortable vantage point, with gourmet food and cocktails available, as more than 1,000 participants display elaborate costumes and makeup, and march, dance and play live music alongside themed floats and alebrijes, the giant marionettes seen in SPECTRE. Saturday night, we’ll enjoy the annual Día de Muertos Sound and Light Show, then join revelers in the Zocalo for fireworks and fun.
Sunday: Relax late at our beautiful host lodging, the Gran Hotel, before we depart for the Centro Ceremonial Otomí, surrounded by Otomí-Mexico State Park high on the Cerro La Catedral mountain in Temoaya. This gigantic temple complex became the Olympatec Meditation Institute, Sanchez’s lair in LICENCE TO KILL. Visit the Cultural Museum and shop at the Mercado De Artesanías around our Bless Your Hearts Tour of more than two dozen scenes from LICENCE TO KILL. After we return to Mexico City that evening, shop and dine at the exclusive Pasaje Polanco before our nighttime Chapultapec, Mr. Bond? Tour of more 007 locations, including a fun spot connected to GOLDFINGER.
Monday: Breakfast together at our hotel’s stunning buffet before our Problem Eliminator Tour, “everything for a man on holiday” with its delightful theatres, palaces and museums used for LICENCE TO KILL. From the Gran and El Presidente Hotels to the fictional Banco and Casino de Isthmus, enjoy locations, group photos and fascinating behind-the-scenes stories you’ve not heard elsewhere. Later see the beautiful Palacio de Bellas Artes and shop for local treats, including our visit to Pastelería Ideal, with its hundreds of elaborate Día de los Muertos cakes and its pan de muerto breads filled with azahar, a traditional orange blossom-infusion. Later, dinner beckons at fabulous restaurants used by the cast and crew of the Bond films.
Tuesday: Our Solid Bonds Tour takes us to heroic sculptures, monuments and museums, including many seen in LICENCE TO KILL and SPECTRE. See elaborately decorated ofrendas and traditional dancers for the Día de los Muertos as we visit the Centro Histórico with its gorgeous architecture and fascinating shops. Our final stop explores the city atop the Torre Latinoamerica from SPECTRE, for a look at all our week’s Bond locations from high above downtown.
Wednesday, October 30: Depart for home with all your souvenirs, snacks, hundreds of photos and memories from Bonding With Fans!
MISSION: DOUBLE-O SIETE is $595 U.S. per person for all 7 of our Double-O Seven expert-guided tours, the Dia de los Muertos Parade, ground transportation, Daily Trivia Challenges, games and surprises.
SPECIAL OFFER: Receive a $175 discount for referring one new paid guest (Mexico will be their first of our BondFanEvents) or refer two new guests and attend Mission: Double-O Siete for FREE! Please note: You cannot self-refer for a discount.
IMPORTANT: You are welcome to book a Mexico City hotel on your own or stay with the group at Bond’s hotel for two films, the Gran Hotel de Ciudad de Mexico.
UPDATE: The Gran Hotel de Ciudad is currently sold out in full but BondFanEvents has rooms available for a 7-day/6-night stay, arriving October 24, departing October 30, 2024, for $925 U.S. (per person, double occupancy) or $1850 (single rooms) – email us for our roommate matching service!
Secure your Gran Hotel room with us (or on your own) for October soon, since our event is nearly filled! Tour space is limited!
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