The Map
Where Season 4 is being made — two hotels, one film festival, a principality, and a rumor across the Atlantic. Each pin carries the colour of how sure we are. Choose one.
White Lotus du Cap
Airelles Château de la Messardière
Ramatuelle, on the hill above Saint-Tropez
A 19th-century château among umbrella pines, now a palace hotel — the season’s hilltop hideaway.
- Confirmed Season 4 has two White Lotus hotels: White Lotus du Cap (Airelles Château de la Messardière) and White Lotus Cannes (Hôtel Martinez).
- Solid Season 4 follows two rival film teams with movies in competition at Cannes — one on the Croisette, one in a hilltop hideaway.
- Solid Four Seasons is not involved in Season 4 — a first for the series.
on location
Saint-Tropez
Var, Côte d’Azur
The harbour town below the château; one of the four places HBO named when filming began.
White Lotus Cannes
Hôtel Martinez
La Croisette, Cannes
The 1929 art deco palace on the Croisette, dressed as White Lotus Cannes — the logo on its windows and carpets is art deco too.
- Confirmed Season 4 has two White Lotus hotels: White Lotus du Cap (Airelles Château de la Messardière) and White Lotus Cannes (Hôtel Martinez).
- Solid Season 4 is headed into the final stretch of its shoot, with the production now set up inside Cannes’ Hôtel Martinez.
- Solid The Season 4 White Lotus Cannes logo is art deco, its font mimicking the Hôtel Martinez marquee — “a major departure from the ornate flowers” of earlier seasons.
- Solid Season 4 follows two rival film teams with movies in competition at Cannes — one on the Croisette, one in a hilltop hideaway.
the Cannes Film Festival
Palais des Festivals
Cannes
The season’s week is the festival’s week. The crew filmed at the real 2026 festival, on the real red carpet.
on location
Monaco
the Principality, east of Nice
Named by HBO among the season’s four filming places; what happens there is not known.
interiors only
Hôtel Lutetia, Paris
Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
The story does not go to Paris — Mike White says Paris is only for supplementary shooting; the Lutetia was to stand in for interiors.
- Confirmed Season 4 is not set in Paris: the story plays out in Cannes and the South of France, and Paris is only for supplementary shooting.
- Solid Season 4 was set to film interiors at the Hôtel Lutetia in Paris in June 2026.
- Confirmed Season 4 began filming in April 2026, in Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco and Paris.
a rumor
Palm Beach, Florida
Florida, USA
Deadline heard that Mike White was shooting there the week of 13 October. Not an announced location.
On a phone: swipe the map sideways.
Every place, graded
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Airelles Château de la Messardière
White Lotus du CapRamatuelle, on the hill above Saint-Tropez — A 19th-century château among umbrella pines, now a palace hotel — the season’s hilltop hideaway.
- Confirmed Season 4 has two White Lotus hotels: White Lotus du Cap (Airelles Château de la Messardière) and White Lotus Cannes (Hôtel Martinez).
- Solid Season 4 follows two rival film teams with movies in competition at Cannes — one on the Croisette, one in a hilltop hideaway.
- Solid Four Seasons is not involved in Season 4 — a first for the series.
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Saint-Tropez
on locationVar, Côte d’Azur — The harbour town below the château; one of the four places HBO named when filming began.
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Hôtel Martinez
White Lotus CannesLa Croisette, Cannes — The 1929 art deco palace on the Croisette, dressed as White Lotus Cannes — the logo on its windows and carpets is art deco too.
- Confirmed Season 4 has two White Lotus hotels: White Lotus du Cap (Airelles Château de la Messardière) and White Lotus Cannes (Hôtel Martinez).
- Solid Season 4 is headed into the final stretch of its shoot, with the production now set up inside Cannes’ Hôtel Martinez.
- Solid The Season 4 White Lotus Cannes logo is art deco, its font mimicking the Hôtel Martinez marquee — “a major departure from the ornate flowers” of earlier seasons.
- Solid Season 4 follows two rival film teams with movies in competition at Cannes — one on the Croisette, one in a hilltop hideaway.
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Palais des Festivals
the Cannes Film FestivalCannes — The season’s week is the festival’s week. The crew filmed at the real 2026 festival, on the real red carpet.
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Monaco
on locationthe Principality, east of Nice — Named by HBO among the season’s four filming places; what happens there is not known.
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Hôtel Lutetia, Paris
interiors onlySaint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris — The story does not go to Paris — Mike White says Paris is only for supplementary shooting; the Lutetia was to stand in for interiors.
- Confirmed Season 4 is not set in Paris: the story plays out in Cannes and the South of France, and Paris is only for supplementary shooting.
- Solid Season 4 was set to film interiors at the Hôtel Lutetia in Paris in June 2026.
- Confirmed Season 4 began filming in April 2026, in Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco and Paris.
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Palm Beach, Florida
a rumorFlorida, USA — Deadline heard that Mike White was shooting there the week of 13 October. Not an announced location.