HOTELS
Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel. 9500 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA. Tel: 310-275-5200. With star turns including Escape From The Planet of the Apes (1971) and Pretty Woman (1990), this glamorous 1928 landmark has welcomed royals and Hollywood elites for decades. fourseasons.com/beverlywilshire/
Fairmont San Francisco. 950 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA. Tel: 415-772-5000. Crowning Nob Hill since 1907, Fairmont’s 591-room Beaux Arts flagship’s other claims to fame include the chartering of the United Nations (1945) and since 1975, America’s first hotel concierge, Thomas Wolfe, his post, as Chief Concierge, to this day. fairmont.com/san-francisco
Fontainebleau Miami Beach. 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Tel: 800-548-8886. Following Shirley Bassey’s legendary title song, Oscarwinning film composer John Barry’s “Into Miami” introduces this timeless hotel from architect Morris Lapidus in 1964’s 007 classic Goldfinger. Other appearances include Scarface (1983) and The Bodyguard (1992). fontainebleau.com
Grand Hotel. 286 Grand Avenue, Mackinac Island, MI. Tel: 906-847-3331. Filmed at this timeless 1887 resort, 1980’s Somewhere In Time has one of the largest fan clubs in the world. Packages include the “Somewhere in Time Weekend” event each October, with cast and crew meet-and-greets, a special screening and discussion on the film’s production, nightly cocktail receptions and costume promenade, and daily dining in costumes in the hotel’s evocative Main Dining Room. grandhotel.com
Hotel Del Coronado. 1500 Orange Avenue. Coronado, CA. Tel: 619-435-6611. Enchanting travelers since 1888, the 757-room treasure’s legend includes Some Like It Hot and famous guests including Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum, who penned at least three Oz books here between 1904 and 1910. hoteldel.com
Marina Bay Sands. 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore. Tel: +65-66-888-868. Famed architect Moshe Safdie’s three-towered, 57-story, 2,561-room integrated resort, crowned by the surfboard-shaped SkyPark and the ultimate infinity pool, is a crazy rich Asian feast for the eyes. Fine-dining restaurants include Japanese-driven KOMA Singapore and CHINOISERIE Modern Asian by Justin Quek. marinabaysands.com
San Domenico Palace, a Four Seasons Hotel. Piazza San Domenico, Taormina, Sicily. Tel: +39-94-261-3111. Perched on a rocky plateau overlooking the Ionian Sea, cinematic Taormina has hosted the annual Taormina Film Festival at the city’s ancient Greek Theater since 1955. With past lives including a convent and Nazi headquarters during WW2, the five-star San Domenico Palace epitomizes star power, with wining and dining to match. fourseasons.com/taormina
The Palace Hotel. 227 Argent Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8088-1699. Then Mario’s Palace, this original 1889 coffee palace in a former Outback silver mining outpost was showcased in 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Another Oz classic, 1981’s The Road Warrior, was filmed in nearby ghost town Silverton. thepalacehotelbrokenhill.com.au
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. 3000 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV. Tel: 702-732-5111. Doubling as The Whyte House in 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever, this storied 1969 Vegas landmark was a primary stage for 2013’s Liberace, with extensive filming in the International Theater, home of Liberace’s and Elvis’s residences, and today, Barry Manilow. westgateresorts.com
RESTAURANTS AND BARS
Atomic Liquors. 917 E Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV. Tel: 702-982-3000. Count Barbara Streisand, Clint Eastwood, and Burt Reynolds among the former patrons of the oldest freestanding watering hole in Vegas. Renamed in 1952 for regulars who watched nuclear tests 50 miles away from the rooftop, the bar’s film appearances include Casino (1995), comedy hit The Hangover (2009) and TV’s The Twilight Zone. atomic.vegas
Katz’s Delicatessen. 205 E Houston St, New York, NY. Tel: 212-254-2246. Earlier this year, the New York Historical Society showcased the history of the Jewish deli in America. The exhibition’s title, “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” illustrates how a famous scene, in this case an older female customer’s reaction to Meg Ryan’s pretend climax in When Harry Met Sally, becomes the gift that keeps giving. Same goes for Katz’s legendary stacked pastrami and rye. katzsdelicatessen.com
Musso & Frank Grill. 6667 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. Tel: 323-467-7788. From Rudolph Valentino and Charlie Chaplin to Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt, this legendary L.A. hotspot, featured in dozens of movies and TV shows, is a date with Hollywood history past and present. Four recently opened private dining rooms amplify the VIP possibilities.
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New York Bar and Grill. 3-7-1-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku. Tel: +81-35-322-1234. Commanding the top 14 floors of the 52-story Shinjuku Park Tower, the Park Hyatt Tokyo sets in motion the crossroads connection between Bill Murray’s fading movie star and college graduate Scarlett Johansson in 2003’s Lost in Translation. Clear-cut is this 52-floor aerie’s appeal, with daytime views of Mount Fuji and nighttime allure for meeting strangers for Suntory whisky, dinner, and maybe more. tokyo.park.hyatt.com
Oakley Court. Windsor Road, Water Oakley, Windsor, England. Tel: +44-17-5360-9988. Do the pelvic thrust in Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s castle at this 1859 Gothic manor-turned-hotel where the entryway, grand staircase, dining room, and other scenes from 1975’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show were filmed. oakleycourt.co.uk
Schilthorn Piz Gloria. Lengwald 301, 3824 Stechelberg, Switzerland. Tel: +41-33-856-2150. Setting for a thrilling action sequence in 007 fan favorite On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), this mountaintop 360-degree revolving restaurant in the Swiss Alps is part of a package of high-altitude experiences including an outdoor viewing platform and cinema featuring scenes from the Bond classic. schilthorn.ch/en
