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Costa del Sol News
September 17-24, 2015 9 771137 042003
Cardona: A Hollywood hotel: From 007 to 700 Writer Bob Yareham presents his fascinating new book: 'A Set Jetters Guide to Spain: 101 Locations'
Bob Yareham - captivated by the cinema Press release A MERE 50 years after Orson Welles walked through the palatial splendour of Cardona castle to film his Shakespearian classic 'Chimes at Midnight', the world of the cinema returns to
Marga Araya Cardona for an event in which three experts on Spanish cinema history and the popular new kind of tourism, 'set-jetting', or movie tourism if you prefer, will present the fruits of their research in the same
place, which is now the Parador Nacional de Cardona, one of many historical buildings which operate as state-run hotels in Spain. Many Paradors have been used for films, such as the one at Sig眉enza, where Ridley Scott shot '1492', or Oropesa in the province of Toledo, where Frank Sinatra stirred up guerilla trouble during 'Pride and Passion', Hondarribia, where Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen were marched into exile in 'Papillon', or Chinch贸n, where John Wayne set up his big top in 'Circus World'; but Cardona was the first, where Welles turned the 9th century castle into Windsor, and where Henry IV and his son, the future Henry V argued about kingship. Valencia-based teacher and writer Bob Yareham was the initiator of this project, having already presented his new book at the Parador at Oropesa in the summer of 2015. He will present his latest book: 'A Set Jetters Guide to Spain: 101 Locations', and will review the history of some of the 700 English language films
many years to researching the visits of Sir Laurence Olivier to Spain, and has just published a book about the great actor and his wife, the actress Vivien Leigh. The event will take
shot in Spain and discuss how Spain can harness and benefit from cinema tourism. Jaime Palau from Lleida is an expert on the locations of James Bond films, and has travelled all over the world recording the places where 007 did what he does so well, a surprisingly large number of the locations being in Spain. Jaume is now developing a number of movie tourism initiatives. Marga Araya is Jaume Palau at La Caleta, Cadiz, scene from Barcelona from one of the Bond movies and has dedicated
place in the Parador on Saturday 17th October 2015 at 7 pm, and admission is of course free. A following presentation will take place in Javea, on 14th November. The book is available at all good book shops and on Amazon.es