Escape to ‘White Lotus’: Holidays as Star at Tropical Thai Resorts seen in Season 3

Before the shots are shot and a body opposite the downhill swims from a glass pavilion on the opening scene of season 3 of HBO’s “white lotus”, your first question was probably: where is this nirvana and can I go there? The response is a bathroom in the anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas in Thailand – and yes, you can.

While the four seasons of Koh Samui, dramatic coastal and widespread suites show significantly this season, another trio of exotic gems serve as a backdrop for some of the most stunning and quinteentional “Lotus White” scenes. They each have their own stage thieves, so choose your poison, or booked the Lotus awakening escape to try without problems all three. In anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas, pool villas inspired by traditional Thai wooden houses are star, and over 2,000 square meters, larger than most NYC apartments. They are the placement for the Belinda Lindsey’s room (Natasha Rothwell), with double pocket doors opening in a private pool, massive outdoor soaking, shower and loungeworthy cabin. You will not want to leave – especially when you can order the Addicive Yam Som O Pomelo salad with tamarind sauce and toasted coconut, or a soft curry in your village – but you need.

Thick drapted in the gardens designed by Bill Bensley, painted by a lake -bound lake, it is easy to forget that the beach is just a board with Mai Khao. Call for a buggy or pillow at first to catch a pair of excessive Chaiise hall waiting hall installed in the pool. These go quickly and cannot be reserved – or held for more than 30 minutes with a copy of Elin Hilderbrand’s latest novel.

You too can participate in the Bowl Bowl Group therapy or reserve the Thai Warrior Signature Massage in that Pavilion SPA – and actually rest. That is to say, as long as the monitor lizards are not sprinkling nearby. Wild life is a part of life in the anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas, with knots in the sea turtles across property and 98 species of birds in the country. One, the red -eyed Asian -eyed man, sings as if he is still auditioning for a piece in the song “The White Lotus”.

While you are more likely to travel by plane instead of the traditional red dragon yacht that carries the Guids of the White Lotus Hotel in Koha Samui, it is worth Hop, switching and a dance on Thailand’s second largest island after Phuket. There, in addition to the pristine white sandy beaches and clear crystal water, the anantara Bophut Koh Samui, the hotel entrance house now not infamous in season 3.

Do not last long on your iPhone on the nearby monkey source such as the character of Jason Isaacs, Timothy Ratliff when you can cool your heels in the gorgeous lobby with a welcome icy tea and a mint infected compress. If you have to check your email, so in the adjacent library which turned into the white lotus gift store and – Spoiler Alert – the scene of a crime in episode 2.

Beyond lies a smooth basin, installus with giant water lilies and water lily. But do not make a mistake: Bophut has a mystical and hedonistic set vibe, straight to the Fusion restaurant of South America and Nikkei of the resort, with the name of nonadonically guilty (where you have to shamelessly order Guac Tabelside), and a pool scene on the beach on the island of the island. The stretch of the sea in the bophut means that there is no bad beach chair or room in the house, but if you want to stay as a member of the bill with bills, booked one of only two pine villas with a private bedroom that are completely distinct, but are only steps away from the action.

The Crown Jewelery of Anantara Bophut Koh Samui – and one of the focal points of the show – is a bath. Inside the dusty rose of a walled garden, you can practice yoga as Ratliff pepper or calm your monkey mind in one of the six thin, independent rooms, where our fictional Belinda space manager honors her abilities. The ritual of the foot she gets begins the treatment of lotus indulgence, a 90-minute full-body massage with lotus essential oil. Not all hotel baths are created equal, but as Belinda says, “you know how to treat a burning bitch.”

Do not sleep in the fire class of the resort, a less satisfied lesson and occupy the fashion of flower petals through Thai folding techniques. Get a bouquet again in your room or along with you in wat phra yai as an offer. You can even say a little prayer for another excursion: the night market of the village of Fisherman Samui. Steps from the resort on a pedestrian road, the island’s most popular market for local goods and road food has foot traffic to tell about it. Prepare to wander the stables at any speed that the crowd allows, to grip for your Knockoff bag and eat anything delicious in a skewer without exaggerating its anatomical origin. It’s a jungle there and you are here for it.

Last, but certainly not less important, Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort, welcoming Bar White Lotus Hotel. Here is the Lounge Bird Singing and the best place in the house to get to the sunset or to drink on a red mustache bulb, a hand -wrapped cross between Amanetto and sour bourbon. Lounge is open to the public – until that effect of white lotus taken over – but it’s worth being a tourist guest to prove Lawana’s underestimated luxury. From the pool of infinity overlooking a broken beach to the touches of the interior design inspired by Thai-Kinez traders and classic store houses, this elegant seaside resort lives up to his guide Michelin a major difference. If the “rough” is more your style, kayak in sun rising on the nearby island nearby or hit a lily position in the band’s yoga on the beach. The other episode of “The White Lotus” can wait.

Arriving at these destinations is a trip per se, but Cathay Pacific operates three flights daily from JFK to Hong Kong, as well as days of days from Lax and SFO. It is worth stems for a premium class ticket to enter one of the airline salons for a pre -connecting massage or a visit to the foil bar.

The pool villas in the anantara Mai Khao Phuket begin with $ 714 per night; Beach pool suites in anantara bophut Koh Samui start with $ 593 per night; Rooms at Lawana Koh Samui resort start with $ 560 per night.