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.
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]
Gotta go with Atlantis, though most of the island locations would suffice in a pinch.
I’ve been to Piz Gloria; the view is nice but it just takes too long to get up there on that darn gondola.
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.
And a shark-infested swimming pool with a retractable armored cover.
There’s always the former monestary that belonged to Aristotle Kristatos. It has an elevator instead of a gondola.