While surfing the 'Net, I ran across some good photos of a couple of Greek islands that were visited by Kelly and Scotty. These photos were taken in September by a touring American couple. The URLs are shown below.

http://www.pbase.com/lbliss/greek_islands
http://www.pbase.com/gtach/santorini07
http://www.pbase.com/gtach/mykonos07

Of particular interest was this photo . . .

http://www.pbase.com/lbliss/image/86635210/original

. . . showing how much the area around the Hotel Atlantis has changed since "The Lotus Eater" was filmed. It appears the area where Kelly, Scotty and Irena had their conversation is pretty much obliterated by newer, bigger buildings. The Panorama Hotel appears to be situated right where they were talking, and the trail that Scotty used to walk up from the waterfront appears to have been relocated.

Considering how Las Vegas is barely recognizable from how it appeared in I SPY, and considering that many of their filming sites have been bulldozed into the ground (i.e., the Canyon Hotel in Palm Springs), I wonder if there's ANYPLACE on the planet that looks the same today as it did in 1967?

Russ

Hi Russ, thank you very much for sharing the photos. Santorini is probably my favorite location setting of the entire series. After I win the lottery, I would like to visit there in person

Becca

Hi Russ (Mr. Conway, Sir),

I really enjoyed these photos sites of Mykonos and Santorini (and your updates on the M.U.N.C.L.E. DVDs, too)! Loved Vaughn's comment about his age when the show was on!!

You wrote .... Considering how Las Vegas is barely recognizable from how it appeared in I SPY, and considering that many of their filming sites have been bulldozed into the ground (i.e., the Canyon Hotel in Palm Springs), I wonder if there's ANYPLACE on the planet that looks the same today as it did in 1967?

Au contraire!! .... Where have you been? I am amazed at how little so many of the I SPY locales have changed in over 40 years!! .... Just use the "Search" box and type in "THEN & NOW" - and you will see a plethora of places of "I SPY" locales that amazingly (more often than not) look a good deal the same as they had in the late 60s --- timeless treasures! Yep, Tash here, has been knocking herself out trying to match up recent "I SPY" location photos - from myself and other intrepid FORUM travelers - to point out all these similarities.

Here's a grouping of Santorini photos set around the HOTEL ATLANTIS. I don't have any wide shots of the hillside in my "I SPY" files, but there may have been some in the episode. The hillside has always been heavily dotted with homes, restaurants, and hotels .... because of the view in Thera (or Fira) - of the caldera of an old volcano in the center of their beautiful bay, that is even more picturesque at sundown.



Here's the photo of the HOTEL ATLANTIS you had mentioned in your posting.





and one I think you may have posted awhile back -





and here are some photos from the "Lotus Eater" - not all that different ....


















Searching thru the "THEN & NOW" photos on the FORUM, you'll find the ruins of Ostia, the Palm Spring Tramway buildings, the doors (and buildings) in Taxco, Mexico, as well as the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, and Chapultapec Castle (the gardens and building are in both featured in "Conquest of Maude Murdoch" and "Day Called for Jaguar." Then there are the shots of Italy taken in Florence at the Piazzale Michangelo overlooking the Ponte Vecchio, and of the bridges and galleries in Venice. And in Spain, the buildings in Sevilla - especially at the Plaza de Espana where Kelly strolled with Boris Karloff. And most recently Suite 635 photos of the "Peninsula Hotel" in Hong Kong (though changed, still much is the same.) And we even have your shots of Janitzio Island and Lake Patzcuaro that started us off on the THEN & NOW photos. Fortunately, 40 years has not changed some of these sites that much!!


..... and if any one out there has any more THEN & NOW photos of "I SPY" locales, please post them or e-mail them to me, and I'll be happy set them up in THEN & NOW sets.


All my best,

Tatia


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