I travelled to Thailand’s White Lotus hotels to discover what to expect from season three With the new season of the hit HBO series set to arrive on our screens in February, Annabel Grossman gets a taste of what it’s like to holiday like the one per cent – and uncovers a few hints of what we can expect when the White Lotus opens its doors in Phuket and Koh Samui.
Fueled by a desire to see this part of southeast Asia before the White Lotus crowds descend and make the islands even busier, along with a borderline obsession with the first two seasons, the plan was to snoop my way around the hotels where the show was filmed and dig out some clues as to what will make season three different – while getting a taste of holidaying like the one per cent.
Or perhaps more accurately like Jennifer Coolidges’s White Lotus character, the wildly wealthy and hopelessly clueless Tanya McQuoid (RIP).
By the time I reached Phuket after a spin through Koh Samui, it had very much been a non-stop array of extravagant meals, golden beaches, sprawling villas and impeccable service.
So far, so White Lotus.
