Mike White, the creator of the HBO series The White Lotus, was in Thailand searching for the perfect place to film the show’s third season. His journey had led him to the island of Koh Samui and into the open-air lobby of the Four Seasons Resort, overlooking lush mountains, glimmering ocean and US$9,000-a-night villas. The … Read more
Some tourists are getting in before the next season’s airing. The Sicilian town of Taormina has seen an avalanche of visitors after the airing of The White Lotus season two. Photo: Shutterstock “You still can’t get into the Four Seasons in Taormina – it’s completely chock-a-block,” says Misty Belles, spokeswoman for Virtuoso, a global network … Read more
Ever wondered what wealthy people get up to away from prying eyes? Well, one former passenger on board world’s most exclusive private residential ship has now dished the dirt on what really goes on among some of the wealthy elite who choose to escape by hitting the high seas. Peter Antonucci, who worked as a … Read more
Speaking of which, the latest in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Dead Reckoning Part One, features a spectacular, lengthy finale on board the Orient Express involving an undignified ending for the driver and a Tom Cruise fight scene in which the luxurious bar and restaurant carriages are trashed before the train plunges off a cliff. A … Read more
By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 15:49 GMT, 8 February 2024 | Updated: 15:49 GMT, 8 February 2024 This week television presenter Simon Reeve checks in to our travel Q&A. He reveals how he prepared for his latest series, Wilderness, what he’s learnt from journeying to remote places, where he plans to explore … Read more
The first thing you notice on arrival at the grand, porticoed entrance of the Four Seasons Resort in Thailand’s Koh Samui are the monkeys. They are everywhere – stone monkey statues proffering welcome garlands, cheeky terracotta monkeys giving you the thumbs up from plant pots, laconic stone apes draped over walls, monkey water-features spouting streams … Read more
