This road in Switzerland was made famous by one of the James Bond films in the 1960s, and now fans are renting sports cards ...

The Furka Pass Credit: Getty But one of the ... Back in 1964, the Hotel Belvedere was very much alive and functioning – a swarthy pit-stop on the western half of the Furkastrasse, ...

These provide some of the world’s twistiest, most challenging roads, and the most famous of them – the Furka – starred in the 1964 film Goldfinger. Sean Connery as Bond at the Furka Pass in ...

The Hotel Belvedere was built in 1882, the lone building on a hairpin turn on Switzerland’s Furka Pass. Surrounded by mountains, it has green shutters that open from six narrow windows, and red ...

A couple of bends below the Belvedere hotel, ... A tip: should you happen to find yourself on a deserted Furka Pass with a V12 Zagato, press the Sport button immediately.

Several Alpine passes, including the Klausen Pass and the Furka Pass, closed to traffic on Monday. This content was published on November 12, 2024 - 09:30 2 minutes ...

The Belvedere is a relic of simpler and colder times The death of Sean Connery on October 31 brought with it an inevitable tide of recollection and nostalgia – not least of all for his generally ...