Guests at The White Lotus are packing their Rimowa luggage and boarding their flights bound for the glittery French Riviera—but this time, they’re swapping sun beds for red carpets. We’ve known for a while now that season four of Mike White’s Emmy-winning series, which sees glossy hotel guests and employees entangled in scandal, mystery, and murder, will be heading to the sunshiny Côte d’Azur. Now, we’ve learned a little more about the filming locations of the next season—and the setting gives us a rather big plot clue too.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, on paper, the series plot appears to remain the same as the previous (wildly successful) three seasons, with HBO showrunners stating that season four will “follow a new group of White Lotus hotel guests and employees over the span of a week, taking place during the Cannes Film Festival.” Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Coogan, Sandra Bernhard, Vincent Cassel, and Max Greenfield are among the glittery ensemble cast.
Where will The White Lotus Season 4 be filmed?
Reports that HBO had not renewed its partnership with Four Seasons, whose hotels in Hawaii, Sicily, and Thailand stood in for the respective White Lotus properties in seasons one through three have now been confirmed, with the production team looking to not one but two properties for the French Riviera setting of season four. The plot will unfurl across two White Lotus properties: the White Lotus du Cap (filmed at Airelles Château de la Messardière) and White Lotus Cannes (filmed at Hôtel Martinez).
We first heard rumours that Airelles Le Château de la Messardière would be used as a backdrop in January. “I can confidently say that this hotel,” wrote long-time Côte d’Azur resident Lanie Goodman, “will make the perfect setting for a season spent on the French Riviera—set high on a hilltop, with the temptations of Saint-Tropez and Pampelonne’s strip of all-day-party beach clubs below.” But it’s not unusual for the show to make use of several different hotels—last season, they built the White Lotus in Thailand not just from Four Seasons properties but also Thai brand Anantara, while also stopping by the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok.
