Estado de México
Where Bond filmed
Estado de México
1Centro Ceremonial Otomi
Temoaya, State of Mexico
The Otomi Ceremonial Center, designed as a gathering place for the Otomi people, stood in for Sanchez’s Olimpatec Meditation Institute, the cult front for his drug laboratory. Its stone plaza and cone-shaped buildings appear in the scenes with Professor Joe Butcher and the cocaine-processing plant.
- Scenes
- Olimpatec Meditation Institute, the base and cocaine laboratory
- Today
- It is a public park and cultural site in the mountains above Temoaya, used for ceremonies and by athletes for high-altitude training.
- Visiting
- It is usually reached by road from Toluca or Mexico City. Opening hours and entry fees are not confirmed here, so check locally before you set out.
Positions marked approximate are matched from stills and published location guides. Opening arrangements, fees and access change often. Confirm locally before you travel.