TV Series Locations To Visit: Plan Your Route

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by Sophie She

TV Series Locations To Visit: Plan Your Route

4 Jul 2024

According to Black Tomato Travel Agency, one in five serious travellers visit a place just because they saw it on a TV show. They claim 40% of tourists visit Iceland just to see locations where Game of Thrones was filmed, such as Skaftafell National Park or Vatnajökull Glacier.

Obeying to the trend, we have created our editorial pick of the pretty film locations you can have a nice voyage to. In our new selection you will find the most cinematic locations of the trendy series.

White Lotus

Where to watch: HBO

Where to go: Hawaii & Sicily

White Lotus (2021-2025), a TV series about class conflict and modern colonialism has been doing quite well in the media space. It was created and filmed in a short period of time, but it did not prevent the production to be of a great quality and with some adventures.

What is interesting — all locations used in the first and second seasons are real. Both were hosted in Four Seasons: first — Hawaii and the luxurious Four Seasons Maui Hotel, followed by the second edition in Sicily at the famous San Domenico Palace.

Source: fourseasons.com; booking.com

Although Mike White (director & producer) facetuned hotels to the point they are not recognised in order to create this unrealistic spirit of the “White Lotus", both locations still retain their vibe even after filming is over (you bet, as rooms cost €9000).

Also, if you find yourself in Hawaii — look out for their perfect beaches.

Source: airbnb.com

Bonus! One of the homes where the characters Daphne (Meghann Fahy) and Harper (Aubrey Plaza) escaped to in the third episode of season two recently appeared on Airbnb, although now it seems to be swapped away. Her name is Villa Tasca, and she is a 16th-century gem, situated in an 8-hectare park filled with citrus groves and ancient trees on the road from Palermo to Monreale.

Historically significant, Villa Tasca has welcomed guests such as Jacqueline Kennedy, Bismarck, and Margaret of Savoy, and has inspired composers like Verdi and Wagner.

Overall, this trip looks luxurious, fabulous and Richy rich.

Bridgerton

Where to watch: Netflix

Where to go: the UK

Netflix filmed one of the most beautiful projects in one of the most majestic locations. The views and pictures from Bridgerton are indeed impressive! Although the second season of the series was filmed mostly in the studio, due to the pandemic, the film crew managed to drive through 80 real locations. To have them all in one trip would be quite a challenge. But perhaps we can focus on the most important ones?

The mansion of the “most powerful family in the ton” is actually the House of Rangers in the London district of Greenwich. Over the course of its existence, it has changed several owners from earls to princesses. In a fiction of the XXI century, it found another noble owner — the Bridgerton family. Officially, nowadays, the house belongs to the State Commission on Historic Buildings and Monuments of England.

Photo: Katie Chan

The Duke of Hastings' estate was filmed in several locations at once: the Pembroke House, which has already appeared in several shows, the Northumberland House and the residence of the Beaufort Mansions.

Image: Canaletto

Queen Charlotte spends much of her time at St James's Palace and Buckingham Palace.

Photo: Bruno Martins

And Featherington House, as it turns out, is located on the famous Royal Crescent Street in Bath.

Photo: Bradley Pritchard Jones

All in all, travelling around the UK can be a very fun experience. And don’t forget our guide for London, as well as you can freshen up your Bridgeton knowledge, and even have a Bridgeton experience in Dubai.

Wednesday

Where to watch: Netflix

Where to go: Romania

Recently, the iconic Addams Family returned to screens and blew our minds. A wild story, dark setting, and weird characters — pretty much everything we love.

Besides the fictional story (or who knows, right?), the series was filmed in real locations, so you can (and should) make a trip to the filming locations.

The role of the mysterious Nevermore Academy school was played by the Cantacuzino Castle in Romania. The building has been given a bit of drama makeover, but Wednesday fans shouldn't be confused.

Photo: Netflix; Costea Stefan; Ștefan Jurcă

The castle is located in the mountain town of Buşteni. It was built at the beginning of the last century, but it still looks magnificent, surrounded by a park with waterfalls, grottos and fountains. It can be visited all year round and it hosts exhibitions and rents out rooms.

Besides, some interiors of Nevermore Academy were filmed in Palata Monteoru in Bucharest.

Photo: Anaderol

The list of places visited by Wednesday's characters also includes the Polytechnic University, the Botanical Garden, the Dinamo-Tola Grincescu swimming pool and the Royal Sinaia railway station.

Photo: Whitepixels

Money Heist

Where to watch: Netflix

Where to go: Spain

Vamos!

The Paper House series has become probably the most popular Spanish TV series of recent years, and so we cannot not mention it.

We are sure once you are in Madrid, you will definitely want to see the Mint Museum and the Bank of Spain, which have made so much noise. But we must warn you right away — there is no point in Googling these names, as other locations were used for filming (though, here are the links to the actual places — Mint Museum & Bank of Spain — they are pretty too, especially the latter one).

Photo: Luis García

In the first season, people in Dali masks took over the building of the Higher Centre for Scientific Research, its memorable facade can be seen on Serrano Street.

Photo: Luis García

The same thing happened in the third season — instead of the Bank of Spain, which is located in the city centre, they used the buildings of Nuevos Ministerios. Their administration, by the way, themselves offered Netflix a location for filming, completely for free.

Photo: Luis García

"Money Rain" happened in the local Times Square — Plaza del Callao. And the skyscrapers over which a full blimp of banknotes flew are known as the "Four Towers" — it is a business district located on Paseo de la Castellana street.

Photo: Kevin Sato

If you are caught up in Spain — here is our Barcelona Heat Escape Guide. Have fun.

by Sophie She