The Day of the Jackal Filming Locations

Westminster is the bustling government area near Buckingham Palace. Tourists head to Trafalgar Square’s monuments and to see the changing of the guards at Horse Guards Parade while politicians mingle in Whitehall’s pubs. At the Houses of Parliament, by the River Thames, the Big Ben bell rings out from its iconic clock tower. Medieval Westminster Abbey contains the graves of historical figures such as Charles Darwin.

Veynes is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It developed largely as a minor rail hub, at the crossing of two lines.

Bloomsbury’s collection of academic and medical institutions, bookshops and cafes makes for a busy crowd of locals, students and tourists. Elegant Georgian townhouses line leafy Russell and Bedford squares. The renowned British Museum is a treasure trove of antiquities, while the Charles Dickens Museum, in the author’s former home, shows connections between the writer's life and that of his characters.

Limousin is a sparsely populated historical region in south-central France. Mainly agricultural and covering part of the rugged Massif Central mountains, it’s known for beef farming and its distinctive Limousin cattle. Its principal city, Limoges, home to Gothic cathedral Saint-Étienne, has been producing fine porcelain since the 19th century. Thousands of pieces are on display at the Adrien Dubouché ceramics museum.

Nice, capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department on the French Riviera, sits on the pebbly shores of the Baie des Anges. Founded by the Greeks and later a retreat for 19th-century European elite, the city has also long attracted artists. Former resident Henri Matisse is honored with a career-spanning collection of paintings at Musée Matisse. Musée Marc Chagall features some of its namesake's major religious works.

Classic buildings mingle with modern high-rises in the multicultural 13th arrondissement. The city's main Chinatown teems with bright Asian groceries and a mixture of upscale and budget Chinese and Vietnamese eateries. France's main library, the Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterrand, is set within book-shaped towers. The Quai de la Gare's hip music clubs, cafes and bars on riverboats draw late-night revelers.