Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning

I really, really love the Mission Impossible movies. This one, the 7th installment of the series, is probably my very favorite because of the filming segments in Italy. Many famous Italian landmarks are included in this movie, including the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps, etc. The movie was released in 2023. Here is a short list of the filing locations that I have visited:

* The Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy

* The Colosseum in Rome, Italy

* Conzafelzi & Minich Bridges in Venice, Italy

* Basilica Santa Maria Della Salute in Venice, Italy

* Doge's Palace in Venice, Italy

* The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy

The Spanish Steps

In the movie, Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell go on a car chase through Rome, using two different cars. At one point, their small yellow fiat goes down the Spanish steps, followed by a giant tank-like vehicle. The cars were not ever actually on the Spanish Steps. A set was created that resembled the famous steps. Here is a clip from the movie: Mission Impossible on the Spanish Steps and this video talks about the behind the scenes of filming in Rome: Mission Impossible Behind the Scenes in Rome

The Spanish Steps in 2025

View from above, looking down on the Spanish Steps

Shot from the movie with the car on the Steps

The Fontana della Barcaccia at the bottom of the Spanish Steps

The yellow fiat driving circles by the Fontana della Barcacia

The Spanish Steps is located here: Spanish Steps

The Roman Colosseum

Hayley Atwell's character heads out of the "police station" (which was actually a school near the Colosseum) in an attempt to escape from Ethan Hunt.

The Colosseum in the background during a gun fight in Rome

police chase at the Colosseum

Ethan Hunt when he was about to be rescued by his MIF team

This clip includes all of the Rome car chase: Rome car chase

The location of the Colosseum: Roman Colosseum

The Doge's Palace in Venice, or Palazzo Ducale

Venice is one of my very favorite places in Italy. There is nowhere like it on earth! The Doge Palace, on St. Mark's Square, is an iconic location in Venice. I have gone on the Doge Palace's Secret Itineraries Tour twice -- and it was different both times. I was very excited to see the Doge Palace appear in this Mission Impossible film. A party was held here, and the Doge Palace is filled with light and color, almost making it unrecognizable from its usual pristine white appearance! Here's a behind-the-scenes clip of Mission Impossible shooting in Venice: Mission Impossible in Venice

The Doge Palace in 2025

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The Doge Palace in the movie

A classic chase scene at the Doge Palace

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Inside the courtyard of the Doge Palace

My daughter inside the courtyard

March 2025 - Inside the courtyard, the exterior columned hallways involved in chase scenes in the movie

Grace running down the outdoor hallways of the Palace as she tries to escape

Inside the courtyard of the Palace from the movie

From the movie - Inside the Palace

One of the stairways inside the Doge Palace in 2025

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2025, inside the Doge's Palace

Location of Doge's Palace: Doge's Palace

Basilica Santa Maria della Salute

The Basilica Santa Maria della Salute in 2018

Taken from the Grand Canal in 2018, Basilica Santa Maria della Salute

The actors driving their boat past the Basilica Santa Maria della Salute on the Grand Canal

Ethan Hunt and Ilsa Faust with the church in the background

Location of Basilica Santa Maria della Salute: Salute

Minich Bridge & Conzafelzi Bridge

Minich Bridge is listed as a filming location in this Mission Impossible movie, but truth be told, the bridge where Gabriel kills Ilsa, was next to Minich Bridge - it is not actually Minich Bridge. It is Ponte dei Conzafelzi. This is the same bridge that was used in Spiderman: Far From Home. It has a unique vantage point because beyond the bridge, the canal separates into two canals. This separation occurs at the Palazzo Tetto, the singular building that appears in the movie with the canal splitting on either side of it. It took a while for me to track down the bridge from the movie, and when I used google maps to find "Minich Bridge," it did bring me to Minich Bridge, but I instantly realized that this was not the bridge from the movie. But I looked at the bridge right beside it and there it was - the bridge from this Mission Impossible movie, and also from Spiderman: Far From Home: Ponte dei Conzafelzi. Incidentally, in the fight scene you can see Minich Bridge in the background. So Minich Bridge actually is in the movie. But the iconic scene from the movie of the battle first between Gabriel and Grace, and then Gabriel and Ilsa, was filmed on Conzafelzi Bridge with Palazzo Tetta in the background. It is located here: Conzafelzi Bridge

The location of the bridge on Google Maps

The location of Minich Bridge compared to Conzafelzi Bridge - notice the separation of the two canals

You can watch this iconic scene here: Mission Impossible Scene on Conzafelzi Bridge

This bridge is Minich Bridge - it is not the bridge from the fight scene, but does appear in the background in the movie.

The Minich Bridge is beautiful as well, but was not used in the movie. Stand on it to view the Conzafelzi Bridge.

Standing on Minich Bridge and viewing the Conzafelzi Bridge

Conzafelzi Bridge

Conzafelzi Bridge and Palazzo Tetta behind it

Conzafelzi Bridge - a tourist taking a photo of Palazzo Tetta in the background

engraving on the bridge

This marking was on one of the walls beside the bridge

Conzafelzi Bridge in 2025

My daughter on Conzafelzi Bridge and Palazzo Tetta in the background

My daughter and I on the bridge with the iconic splitting of the canals behind us

view back at Minich Bridge

The iconic building where the canal splits in two

This is the direction that Ethan Hunt comes upon the bridge in the movie

Conzafelzi Bridge in 2025, this is the direction that Grace approached the bridge in the movie

Grace approaching Confazelzi Bridge in the movie

Gabriel looking down at Grace from the Confazelzi Bridge

Confazelzi Bridge with the splitting of the canal and the Palazzo Tetta in the background

Gabriel on the bridge in the movie

Minich Bridge in the background - Gabriel and Ilsa fighting on Conzafelzi Bridge

Ilsa and Gabriel fighting on Conzafelzi Bridge with Palazzo Tetta in the gackground

Ethan Hunt as he first reaches the bridge where the fight scene took place

The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy

This scene shows Mission Impossible 7 on the Grand Canal: Grand Canal, Venice

When we have visited Venice, riding on the Grand Canal was a highlight of the trip. We usually used vaporetto to get around, because it is the most affordable way to travel. We did take a water taxi once as well, although that is a great deal more expensive. Here is what I recommend about visiting Venice and the Grand Canal:

#1 most important: get a Venezia Unica City Pass. The website is here: Venice City Pass

On the home page there is a description of the services offered, and then at the top of the page select "Buy." You can choose which pass you'd like to purchase. For our most recent trip we just purchased the transportation pass, the ACTV time limited tickets. We bought the 2 day transport for 35 euros. This is definitely worth the price! It allows you to ride around on all the vaporetto around Venice, and also includes the nearby islands. I printed my voucher off rather than only having it on my phone, in case my phone battery had died before I arrived. If arriving by train, when you get off the train, head straight for the exit to the Santa Lucia train station. Once exiting, you will see directly in front of you the ACTV small building. In front of the building are machines that look like vending machines - these are ticket machines. You will enter the PNR code from your voucher of your online purchase and the machine will print off your pass. To use the pass, there are scan machines at the entrance to each vaporetto stop. Line 2 takes you in a circular route through the Grand Canal to most places you would want to visit as a tourist, including St. Mark's Square. When getting on vaporetto 2, be sure that the boat is facing in the direction you want to go. The boats come only minutes apart, so don't be worried if you miss the boat. Some of the stops have digital signs that tell you which boat is coming at what time. If you want to visit Murano, which I highly recommend, there are a few options for boats. We took 4.2 from the Santa Marta stop because it was the closest stop to our hotel. It took about a half hour to reach Murano. We got off at the Colonna stop, which is the first Murano stop, because we wanted to walk all the way through Murano and see all of the different glass shops and factories. Then we walked back to Colonna (although you can get on at any stop in Murano) and rode the 4.1 back to Venice, because 4.1 goes in the opposite direction of 4.2. You can also ride the boat 3 or 12 to reach Murano, although these weren't scheduled as often as 4.1 and 4.2. Each time it took only about 30 minutes to get between the two. Be sure to scan your pass each time you get on a boat, because if they check tickets and you have not scanned your pass, you will receive a large fine. Some stops to take note of are:

* P. Roma stop is the bus station

* Ferrovia stop is the train station

* S. Zaccharia (or S. Marco S. Zaccharia) is Saint Mark's Square

* Rialto is the Rialto Bridge

* Fdte Nove is the most direct stop to Murano, it is the last stop boats take before heading in the direction of Murano, stopping at Cimitero on the way (cemetery - San Michelle island, where the dead of Venice are buried)

Most tourist attractions are around, or within walking distance of St. Mark's square. If you get on vaporetto line 2 and ride it until the S. Zaccharia stop, you can get pretty much anywhere you'd want to see. There are plenty of souvenir shops and places to eat near there. It is very helpful to download the AVM Venezia app on your phone. The app allows you to enter your destination and it gives you a variety of options for which boats to take to get there. It also allows you to look at the timetables of the different lines.

On our trips to Venice, we enjoyed just riding up and down the Grand Canal on the vaporetto and looking at all the different sites that we could see from the water. With a pass, it's so easy to get off and back on, so you're not at all limited in exploring Venice.

You can watch a video of our most recent visit to the Grand Canal here: Grand Canal