James Bond island for sale - Ian Fleming`s Goat Island retreat

In James Bond’s world, private islands are where evil megalomaniacs hatch plots for world domination. This one is better suited to leisurely breakfasts on the terrace - reports Forbes.

The longtime retreat of late James Bond author Ian Fleming, Goat Island, has just come on the market for $8 million. The 10-acre island sits in warm Caribbean waters about a mile from the shores of tiny Tobago. It comes with a two-story, West Indian-style villa done in cheerful yellow and blue. Perched next to a pocket-sized beach, it includes three bedroom suites, a large kitchen and a reception area. For guests, there are two one-bedroom guest apartments on a small hill.

A spectacular coral reef lies just off the island, and Fleming is said to have gone diving for an hour each morning when he was in residence. Included in the price is a 5,600-square-foot boat house parcel on the mainland; the island features a stone and concrete pier for landing.

Goat Island is less well-known (and less well-named) than Goldeneye, the estate Fleming built in Jamaica. Owned by Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, now part of Vivendi Universal, Goldeneye is where Fleming wrote his first novel, Casino Royale, published in 1953. He probably never imagined that the spy character he conjured up would spark more than 20 films, making it one of our most lucrative movie franchises of all time--nor that it would take more than half a century to turn the initial book into one of them. (Though a spoof by the same title was released in 1967.) Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and distributed by Sony, Casino Royale is scheduled for release in November.

Goat Island is listed with Cheyenne Morrison at Coldwell Banker Morrison’s Private Islands.

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