Casino settings have long been the perfect backdrop for action films, where high stakes extend beyond gambling.

Rebecca Ann Hughes covers travel, culture and food in Europe. The facade of the imperial Monte Carlo casino is crowned by a large clock flanked by torch-bearing statues. It doesn't seem shrewd to ...

The casino and Monte Carlo were featured in the James Bond movies "Never Say Never Again" and "GoldenEye." Here, barmen Damien Dellerba (L) and Sylvain Pastoret pose in front of their bar in the ...

Perhaps the attraction that best exemplifies Monaco's DNA is its casino. Kitty-corner to the Hotel de Paris Monte-Carlo and in the heart of Monte Carlo, the building's beaux-arts design was ...