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Mission: Double-O Siete’s Full Itinerary

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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: Part I 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 Day 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 Kite in a Hurricane Tour: Part II 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 on Monday, our Carcharodon Carcharias Tour takes us through 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 Two 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 $1850 U.S. (double occupancy) or $925 (singles with roommates) – 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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Which City, OO7?

Which city is twice the size of New York City, with a park twice the size of Central Park where humans were sacrificed, with Popocatepetl Volcano just 40 miles away?

Drum roll please, and mariachi band, for the BondFanEvents October 2023 Mexico City Tour!

Spain’s 300-year presence built churches and palaces there, and the home to 180 museums, more than any other city in the world. A beautiful, clean, European and walkable city.

BondFanEvents scouted Mexico for you in 2018, we all loved it and took most of the photos then you’re seeing now.

Double-O Siete: Full Itinerary and Pricing

Rich in sleek skyscrapers and giant heroic sculptures, Mexico City reminds us of Madrid. And there are lovely skyscrapers like this one from SPECTRE . . .

At 7500 feet in elevation, the weather is mid-70s year-round.

The city is gorgeous.

You’ll see uniformed security and this is one of the world’s safest cities.

We’ll spend much time in the Historic and Business Districts.

We saw this beautiful church shown here behind Daniel Craig and wanted to go inside, but we ran out of time. But our week together will be a longer visit to live the Bond life so you can enjoy not just Bond locations, but this amazing city . . .

Many restaurants offer full menus in English.

We will dine in these restaurants and more, some of which are also Bond locations.

Fine dining costs only about 25% of what it costs in the USA. This was a typical dinner with cocktails, appetizers, entrees and dessert, and was only about $30 per person.

Mexico City is a foodie’s paradise and don’t hesitate, there’s a lot more than Mexican food to enjoy.

Janine and I spent an hour looking around this beautiful bakery . . .

. . . and a diner is across the street from our hotel with all kinds of American and Mexican specialties.

This isn’t the Tex Mex you know. Would you believe the four of us fought over this plate of grasshoppers, fried worms and ant larvae?

Our 2023 lodging is the Gran Hotel de la Ciudad de México, seen in two Bond films.

This hotel has outstanding restaurants and lovely rooms with private balconies.

Our hotel’s brunch overlooks the helicopter plaza fight from SPECTRE.

We arrive Thursday and the food and fun begin.

We’ll tour many SPECTRE and LICENCE TO KILL scene locations.

Friday is SPECTRE locations day.

Friday we dine where Daniel Craig dined and pumpkin soup with pistachio and edible flowers ain’t your granny’s Mexican food.

Double-O Siete: Full Itinerary and Pricing

Friday night we’ll tour the Paseo de la Reforma with its many themed displays and alebrijes, brightly colored fantasy sculptures. Our hotel decorates too and the streets will be electric as you play Bond and dress specially for SPECTRE’s Grand Parade.

You will always remember the Dia de Muertos Parade. Thousands of people participate as hundreds of thousands cheer them on.

We’ll watch the Parade’s finale from the terrace of this stunning restaurant, enjoying gourmet tapas and cocktails for hours.

The streets fill with revelers past Midnight as our group joins the fun.

Outside the city, Sunday will bless our hearts as we see two dozen scenes from Professor Joe’s gigantic temple complex.

We’ll tour Chapultepec Castle.

Then Monday is LICENCE TO KILL locations day in Mexico City itself.

And the whole week features amazing food stops and shopping.

Tuesday’s Bond locations include this cathedral and the breathtaking Palacio del Bellas Artes.

We’ll shop for goodies to bring home and go atop the Torre Latinoamerica to see Bond’s locations from high above beautiful Mexico City before Wednesday and departure day.

Janine and I promise to direct a great tour week, so who is all in at Bond’s table?

Double-O Siete: Full Itinerary and Pricing