`Diamonds Are Forever` Palm Springs house available to rent for wannabe James Bond`s

Diamonds are forever, and so are vacation memories especially if you're sleeping in James Bond's bed, reports The Oregonian.

Well, OK, 007 -- aka Sean Connery -- didn't actually sleep in the Arthur Elrod Estate in Palm Springs, Calif. But "Diamonds Are Forever," the 1971 spy thriller, was filmed in the spectacular 5,600-square-foot house considered one of the most visually stunning residential properties in the world.



And now you, too, can sleep in one of the estate's five bedroom suites, including the James Bond Suite, thanks to Time and Place Homes, a private agency that rents luxury digs around the globe.

The glass-and rock mansion includes a curved 25-foot electronic sliding glass door, suspended from the perimeter of the roof, that retracts automatically to the side of the house leaving the living room completely open to the desert and a 220-degree of the San Jacinto Mountains.

A 60-foot-diameter clear-span roof fills the main living area with sunlight during the day. But at night, the black-slate floors throw no reflection, so that light from twinkling stars above reflect in the pool to create an otherworldly sense of place.

007 fought off Bambi and Thumper here, and you can recreate a bit of Bond here too -- for a mere $8,871 three-night minimum. Oh, what the heck, invite a few friends and book the place for a week at the bargain price of $20,000. Details: Time and Place Homes, 866-244-1800, www.timeandplacehomes.com

Thanks to `Ken` for the alert.

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