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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows
Slide Nr 1Mind-bending plots and memorable characters aside, often what draws us to television is the promise of travelling far, far away without ever leaving the couch. Some shows, however, deliver more than just armchair experiences – they feature places you can visit for real. Join us as we travel the globe, touring the top TV hotels that you can actually check into.
[Image courtesy of Rhinefield House Hotel]
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 2Four Seasons Resort Maui & San Dominico Palace, Sicily (The White Lotus) – HBO hit The White Lotus has become one of the most beloved travel-themed shows on TV, but many viewers may be unaware that it’s filmed in places you can actually visit. Four Seasons Resort Maui was the location of the first season, with a tropical setting so idyllic, it’s obvious why it was chosen to ‘play’ the fictional White Lotus resort. Another Four Seasons property – San Dominico Palace, housed in a former convent dating to the 14th century – set the scene for season two in Taormina, Sicily.
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 3Rhinefield House Hotel, UK (The Crown) – One of the biggest streaming successes of the past decade, The Crown offers a dramatised history of the British royal family. Luxurious settings are, of course, to be expected. This historic hotel in the UK’s New Forest appeared in season three, with stars Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham-Carter shooting scenes meant to evoke the Queen’s Scottish estate in Balmoral. Use of the hotel’s pool, prominently featured in the series, is open to all guests – royalty or not!
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 4Lotte New York Palace (Gossip Girl) – The popular early 2000s drama Gossip Girl, about Manhattan’s ultra-wealthy elite, brought this already iconic hotel into the new millennium. The luxurious Lotte New York Palace features from the very first episode and serves as the backdrop for many a pivotal moment, from heartbreaks to confrontations and reconciliations. Superfans will recognise the hotel bar where Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) and Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) meet for drinks in the pilot episode. Far from distancing itself from the show, the hotel offers Gossip Girl-themed packages, celebrating its part in television history.
[Image courtesy of Lotte New York Palace]
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 5The Moorings Village, Florida (Bloodline) – In the halcyon Florida Keys lies The Moorings Village, a seven-hectare resort that gained notoriety for its role in Netflix’s psychological drama Bloodline, about the trials of a family forced to face their past. Fronted by bone-white beaches and dotted with cottages nestled under a canopy of palm trees, this intimate resort will likely send visitors’ worries floating away with the waves.
[Image courtesy of The Moorings Village]
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 6Dorado Beach, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Puerto Rico (The Resort) – Part comedy, part drama, part time-twisting mystery, The Resort sees Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper portray a married couple who get caught up in an enigmatic missing-persons case while they’re supposed to be sipping margaritas and celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. Though the story is ostensibly set on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, the outdoor resort scenes were filmed at the exclusive Dorado Beach, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico. One look at the lush lazy river and luxuriant poolscape, and you’ll wonder why our heroes ever left the grounds in the first place.
[Image courtesy of Dorado Beach]
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 7Salish Lodge & Spa, Washington (Twin Peaks) – Any fan of the late, great David Lynch’s surreal detective show will recognise The Great Northern Hotel, where FBI agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) stayed while he investigated the strange goings-on in the rustic town of Twin Peaks. More than 30 years after its debut, the show still enjoys a loyal audience, some of whom pilgrimage to the Salish Lodge & Spa in Washington state; the exterior features in the opening credits and throughout the show. Happily for fans, the hotel’s look has remained consistent over the years, offering a truly immersive experience!
[Image courtesy of Salish Lodge & Spa]
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 8Es Saadi Marrakech Resort (The Night Manager) – Tom Hiddleston made our hearts race as the night manager of a luxury hotel in Cairo who is recruited for an unusual mission. However, the hotel prominently featured in the show is actually in Morocco at the Es Saadi resort, which depicted the Egyptian Nefertiti Hotel. Boasting sumptuous villas, a nightclub and a casino, it’s clear why the show’s makers chose this venue for Hiddleston and his co-stars Hugh Laurie and Oscar-winner Olivia Colman.
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 9Whiteface Lodge, New York (Succession) – While many hotels stood in for various buildings during the filming of the ruthless family business drama Succession, Whiteface Lodge in Lake Placid, New York, was actually seen on screen as a hotel. It’s the setting of the tense Argestes media retreat in season two, episode six, where Brian Cox and the rest of the cast are joined by guest star and Oscar-winner Holly Hunter. Fans looking to make big deals – or simply seeking to live like the illustrious Roy family – will be delighted by the cabin-chic architecture and cosy, upscale vibe.
[Image courtesy of Whiteface Lodge]
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 10Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel, Thailand (The Flight Attendant) – The Flight Attendant kept viewers on the edge of their seats with the thrilling story of an airline worker (Kaley Cuoco) who wakes up in a Bangkok hotel to find herself next to the body of a passenger from her most recent flight. While the plot might sound bleak, the surroundings certainly aren’t: the stunning Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel provides the setting for most of the Bangkok sequences in the first season. Situated in the central Pathum Wan district, the top-notch hotel offers 354 rooms and eight restaurants. Instead of evading the law, you can soak up the culture and vibes of the Thai capital.
[Image courtesy of Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel]
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Telly Travels: 10 Real-Life Hotels From Your Favourite TV Shows.
Slide Nr 11Pera Palace Hotel, Istanbul (Midnight at the Pera Palace) – The only venue on this list to get namechecked in the show’s title, Midnight at the Pera Palace is a Turkish Netflix hit following a young journalist who discovers a room in the Pera Palace Hotel is a time-travel portal. While the real Pera Palace can offer no such amenity, it does, however, hold the distinction of being “the oldest European Hotel in Turkey”; staying here can feel like becoming a part of world history. Having first opened in 1892 to welcome passengers of The Orient Express, the legend of luxury carries on to this day.
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