Maps of Movies
The Tourist (2010)
Where The Tourist says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A Paris café note sends a stranger on a train to Venice, and half of the Venice you see was shot in other palaces.
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Scenes and places
Elise is followed from her Paris apartment (2010)
Elise is trailed through Paris by police who are hunting her lover. She knows she is watched and keeps moving.
Set in Paris, downtown — Elise Clifton-Ward is being followed through downtown Paris by French police working with Scotland Yard.
A Paris square ringed by uniform 18th-century facades.
Filmed at Place des Victoires, Paris — Filming location for Elise's apartment, named by two film-location pages. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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A note over breakfast at a Paris cafe (2010)
Elise reads a note from the man she loves: take the train to Venice, pick out a man, and let the police think he is Pearce. She burns the note.
Set in A Parisian cafe — At a Parisian café, Elise receives written instructions from Pearce: board the train to Venice.
A corner cafe in the shadow of the Palais Royal.
Filmed at Café Le Nemours, Place Colette, Paris — Film crew shot here; English Wikipedia says the film was shooting in Place Colette. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Shaking the police in the Paris passages (2010)
Elise burns the note and slips away from the officers tailing her. The covered arcades help her lose them.
Set in Streets of Paris — Elise burns the note, evades the police, and boards the train.
Glass-roofed shopping arcades from the 19th century.
Filmed at Galerie Vivienne, Paris — One of the arcades listed for Elise's escape route. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Passage Jouffroy, Paris — Second arcade on the same route in the same list. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The train to Venice leaves Gare de Lyon (2010)
Elise boards the Venice train. On it she must find a stranger who can pass for the man the police are hunting.
Set in Gare de Lyon — Elise boards the train to Venice. Google Maps · Apple Maps
One of Paris's six main railway terminals.
Filmed at Gare de Lyon, Paris — Named as the departure station by two film-location pages. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Frank and Elise step off in Venice (2010)
Frank, a Wisconsin maths teacher, follows Elise to Venice without knowing why she picked him.
Set in Venezia Santa Lucia station — The train from Paris arrives in Venice. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The terminal station facing the Grand Canal.
Filmed at Venezia Santa Lucia station — Arrival station named by film-location pages; the mountain scenery seen from the train window was shot elsewhere. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Elise takes Frank to the Hotel Danieli (2010)
Elise brings Frank to her hotel suite, where she receives instructions to attend a ball. Then she leaves him behind.
Set in Hotel Danieli — In Venice, Elise invites Frank to stay with her at the Hotel Danieli. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A 14th-century palace on the Riva degli Schiavoni, now a hotel.
Filmed at Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice — Exterior and interior used for the film's hotel entrance, per two film-location pages. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Hotel Danieli lobby, Venice — Lobby scenes shot at the real hotel; most hotel shots are elsewhere. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Palazzo Querini Benzon, Venice — Listed for the hotel balcony scene by one source. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Dinner on a Grand Canal terrace (2010)
Elise and Frank dine above the water. She keeps him close, as the police watch the pair.
Set in Venice, Grand Canal — Elise and Frank have dinner in Venice.
A modern art museum in an unfinished 18th-century palace.
Filmed at Peggy Guggenheim Collection terrace, Venice — A restaurant was built on the terrace for the film, per two sources. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Frank runs through the Rialto market (2010)
Shaw's men chase Frank through the stalls. He tries to escape and falls into the market's tents.
Set in Venice, Rialto — Frank is chased by Shaw's men.
Venice's fruit and fish market beside the Rialto Bridge.
Frank in the Venetian police station (2010)
Frank is detained by the Italian police. A crooked inspector tries to sell him to the men hunting him.
Set in Venice police station — Frank is detained by the Italian police, and a corrupt inspector attempts to turn him over to Shaw's men for a bounty.
A 16th-century library building on the Piazzetta.
Filmed at Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice — Used as the police station, per two film-location pages. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The slow boat chase (2010)
Elise rescues Frank just before he is handed over. She leads Shaw's men through the canals in a chase held to Venice's speed limit.
Set in Venetian canals — Elise leads Shaw's men on an extended boat chase before finally escaping.
A brick church on the northern edge of the lagoon city.
Filmed at Canal by Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto, Venice — Canal in front of the church listed for the water chase by one source. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Acheson's base in Venice (2010)
Elise reports to Inspector Acheson, who has come to Venice. She agrees to help the police bring in the man they are hunting.
Set in Police headquarters, Venice — Elise goes to see Acheson, who has come to Venice.
A medieval naval shipyard, partly closed to the public.
Filmed at Arsenale di Venezia — Used as the Interpol headquarters, per two film-location pages. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The ball (2010)
At the ball, a stranger leaves an envelope on Elise's table. Frank stops her from following him by asking her to dance.
Set in A ball in Venice — Elise tries to find Pearce at the ball, and a man places an envelope on her table.
A Gothic-Renaissance guild hall in Cannaregio.
Filmed at Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Misericordia, Venice — Interior used for the ball, per two film-location pages; one source gives Fontego dei Turchi for the entrance. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The house at the end of the note (2010)
Elise follows the note to a house, where Shaw takes her hostage. The police watch from outside.
Set in A house in Venice — Elise gets to the house to which Pearce's note directed her; Shaw takes her hostage.
A villa on Giudecca island across from the main islands.
Filmed at Palazzo Loredan, Venice — Shaw's casino interior Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Elise Clifton-Ward — A British woman followed by police from Paris to Venice.
- Frank Tupelo — A mathematics teacher from a community college in Wisconsin.
- Inspector John Acheson — A Scotland Yard inspector hunting Alexander Pearce.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the Hotel Danieli scene in The Tourist really filmed?