# 007 Villain Hideouts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-villain-hideouts/251300 "2004-06-20T13:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-villain-hideouts/251300/21 "2004-06-21T14:47:44Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > If they ran their enterprises from an office they rented downtown in a major city, their expenses would be much less and they wouldn’t have to cut corners on any death rays and could stick with smaller scale plans. If they have a need to impress visitors, they can do what successful world dominators have done and rented a floor in Trump Towers or the like. Well, in _From Russia With Love,_ SPECTRE (a purely profit-driven crime cartel with no political or genocidal or world-domination agenda) is operated out of what appears to be an ordinary corporate office building – different from others only in that the boardroom is as big as the inside of a cathedral, the boss Number One addresses his underlings from a huge video screen, and every executive’s chair is equipped with a lethal electrocution device. All things considered, very economical. ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-villain-hideouts/251300/22 "2004-06-21T16:33:57Z")
Personally, I’m a big fan of **Palmyra** , Largo’s base in _Thunderball._ [ul] [li]Beach front property[/li][li]Ample henchmen bunking area[/li][li]Skeet-shooting area[/li][li]Close to surfing, fishing, gambling, and other area attractions[/li][li]Large dock, currently unoccupied[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-villain-hideouts/251300/23 "2004-06-21T17:05:43Z")
Gotta go with Atlantis, though most of the island locations would suffice in a pinch. I’ve been to [Piz Gloria](http://www.mountaindiver.com/images/road0920.jpg); [the view is nice](http://www.mountaindiver.com/images/road0922.jpg) but it just takes too long to get up there on that [darn gondola](http://www.mountaindiver.com/images/road0923.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-villain-hideouts/251300/24 "2004-06-21T17:14:24Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > **Blofeld’s Japanese Volcano Rocket Base** > notable features: indoor transit system, prison cells, footbridge above pirahna pits; much firepower, including NINJA TRAINING ACADEMY! You forgot to put that in, I think. However, my first choice would be Drax’s planet-side digs, the underground base in the Amazon, complete with tropical vistas, waterfalls, and many babes lounging about in bikinis. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-villain-hideouts/251300/25 "2004-06-21T18:17:29Z")
> [@Survey1215](#): > > Personally, I’m a big fan of **Palmyra** , Largo’s base in _Thunderball._ [ul] > [li]Beach front property[/li][li]Ample henchmen bunking area[/li][li]Skeet-shooting area[/li][li]Close to surfing, fishing, gambling, and other area attractions[/li][li]Large dock, currently unoccupied[/li][/ul] And a shark-infested swimming pool with a retractable armored cover. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-villain-hideouts/251300/26 "2004-06-21T18:54:15Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > I’ve been to [Piz Gloria](http://www.mountaindiver.com/images/road0920.jpg); [the view is nice](http://www.mountaindiver.com/images/road0922.jpg) but it just takes too long to get up there on that [darn gondola](http://www.mountaindiver.com/images/road0923.jpg). There’s always the former monestary that belonged to Aristotle Kristatos. It has an elevator instead of a gondola. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-villain-hideouts/251300.md?page=1)