HBO’s “The White Lotus” has returned, and this season, the winning awards series has traded Hava’s beaches and Sicily’s historical charm for Thailand’s tropical luxury.
But while the characters of the show are revealed in their usual privilege and dysfunction network, the real star of the season is his stunning backdrop with four four-season station, Koh Samui.
Captured on the northwestern coast of the island, the hotel is a 40-hectare holy place located in a former coconut plotting, preserving nearly 900 trees shaking over its hilly villas.
Known for his traditional architecture Thai and the monkey statues of signature scattered throughout the property, the resort has become the latest fictional white lotus hotel-even his luxury in real life is everything but written.
Following the footsteps of the last season, which were filmed on the property of the four seasons in Hawaii and Italy, the location of Koha Samui gives cinematographic views, from the pool of infinity overlooking Siam to its celebrated scarf that water that swim above the coastline.
The 71 villas of the resort 11 are making private residents-serve as deployment for most of the highlight drama of the show.
Among the Guests checks this season is the Ratliff family, played by Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sam Nivola and Sarah Catherine Hook.
Like their fabricated counterparts, most of the cast stayed at the hotel during filming, a dynamic Isaacs described as idyllic and intensely.
“It is a kind of intersection, a five -star cage,” he recently told The Guardian.
“There is no doubt that sometimes it is absolutely fabulous, and sometimes it is the” Lord of Flies. ”
While four seasons Samui serves as the main location of filming, the show feels another luxury property in Thailand.
Photo Koh Thai, located within four season, was used for breakfast and lunch scenes, while evening dinners were filmed at Rosewood Phuket’s Khai restaurant.
Meanwhile, the Bar Hotel Bar was not filmed in all four season, actually shot in Singing Bird Lounge in Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort, an open-II-built place near Chaweng Beach.
Another prominent place is anantara Mai Khao Phuket, where scenes were filmed showing the return character of Natasha Rothwell, Belinda.
SPA, known for its bamboo massages and Chakra balance treatments, plays a key role in the themes of the Eastern spirit season and self-discovery.
With the HBO confirmation last year that season 3 will settle in Thailand, tourism officials quickly capitalized in buzzing, working closely with production to highlight some of the country’s most exclusive resorts.
Thailand Tourism Authority (TAT) collaborated with HBO to display places in Koha Samui, Phuket and Bangkok, hoping to repeat the travel boom in Sicily after season 2.
This idyllic environment has not only amazed viewers, but also aroused an increase in the interest of tourism in real work.
Since the premiere of the season in February. 16, resort has experienced a marked increase in investigations and bookings.
A spokesman for four seasons Samui pointed out a significant “increase in controls, research and availability bookings”.
This phenomenon, called “” white lotus effect ‘,” reflects trends from previous seasons, where the places presented saw noute growing in popularity.
The creator of the series, Mike White, initially considered Japan to set up this season, but ultimately chose Thailand, drawn from its fascinating premises and favorable production conditions.
However, experiencing this part of paradise comes with a premium.
Stands in four seasons Koha Samui starts with approximately $ 1,363 per night for a one -bedroom villa in May, with four bedroom residential villas reaching up to $ 7.866 per night.
Sorting excursions including a wonderful national boat trip of the naval park, various types of sails around Koh Samui, a boat ride, snorkeling in tan time, diving in scuba, visiting a sacred elephant place and a lesson Presentation Muay Thai.
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