A Hotelaholic collection
Screen Stays
The real hotels behind the films and shows you love, by Happi.
Europe
9 hotelsUnited Kingdom
London on Screen: The Hotels Where Bond, Hugh Grant and the Roy Family Checked In
A Russian grand hotel that's actually on Regent Street, a press junket that used real Ritz porters, and the only street in Britain where you drive on the right.
2 hotelsIreland
Two Irish Hotels That Starred on Screen, Seventy Years Apart
John Wayne's most romantic film and Colin Farrell's strangest one were both made at Irish hotels you can book today.
15 hotelsFrance
Paris and the Riviera on Screen: The French Hotels That Stole the Scene
Grace Kelly's Cannes, Woody Allen's Paris, Carrie Bradshaw's farewell and the hotels that turned Emily in Paris into a booking engine.
1 hotelMonaco
The Hôtel de Paris: Monte Carlo's Most Filmed Address
Two Bond films, Tony Stark, Selena Gomez and the bar where The Persuaders! began, all at one hotel on the Place du Casino.
12 hotelsItaly
Italy on Screen: Venetian Palazzos, a Sicilian Convent and the Room With a View
From Antonioni to The White Lotus, the Italian hotels where some of cinema's most beautiful frames were shot.
3 hotelsSwitzerland
Switzerland on Screen: Clouseau in Gstaad, Lisbeth in Zurich and a Night Manager Under the Matterhorn
Three Swiss grand hotels, one Oscar-winning thriller, one Golden Globe-winning spy series and the Pink Panther's most chaotic holiday.
2 hotelsGermany
Germany on Screen: The Berlin and Hamburg Hotels Bond and Liam Neeson Checked Into
A hotel by the Brandenburg Gate that Hollywood blew up, and a white palace on the Alster where Bond walked over the roof.
2 hotelsAustria
Austria on Screen: The Third Man's Vienna and The Sound of Music's Lake
Two of the most loved films ever made shot at Austrian hotels. One gave the world Harry Lime; the other, a boat full of von Trapp children.
1 hotelCzech Republic
Grandhotel Pupp: The Czech Spa Hotel That Played Bond's Montenegro
Karlovy Vary's grand dame stood in for the Hotel Splendide in Casino Royale, then played itself for Queen Latifah.
4 hotelsSpain
Spain on Screen: Lawrence of Arabia's Seville, The Night Manager's Return and a Money Heist Rooftop
A Moorish palace hotel that helped Seville impersonate Cairo, two Night Manager hotels and a Madrid terrace with a Money Heist scene.
1 hotelPortugal
Palácio Estoril: The Portuguese Hotel Where Bond Met His Wife
A wartime nest of spies, an Ian Fleming connection, and the only Bond film where 007 gets married.
The Americas
5 hotelsCanada
Canada on Screen: The Railway Castles Where Hitchcock, Marilyn and Hollywood North Came to Film
Marilyn Monroe swam in the Bow River, Hitchcock opened a film on the Château Frontenac, and Aaron Sorkin made his directing debut at the Royal York.
1 hotelMexico
Gran Hotel Ciudad de México: The Hotel Under the Glass Ceiling in Two Bond Films
Spectre's Day of the Dead opening and Timothy Dalton's Licence to Kill both used Mexico City's most beautiful lobby.
2 hotelsThe Bahamas
The Bahamas on Screen: Bond's Casino Royale Resort and Nassau's Colonial Grande Dame
Where Daniel Craig won an Aston Martin in a poker game, and the old Nassau hotel that appeared in two very different Bond films.
1 hotelBrazil
Copacabana Palace: The Rio Hotel Behind Fred and Ginger's First Dance
The first Astaire and Rogers film made Rio look like the most glamorous city on earth. The Copacabana Palace was at the centre of it.
1 hotelColombia
Casa Pestagua: The Cartagena Mansion Hotel in The Night Manager's Second Season
Jonathan Pine's return took him to Colombia, and one colonial mansion in Cartagena's walled city had a starring role.
Asia & the Pacific
1 hotelFrench Polynesia
The St. Regis Bora Bora: The Overwater Resort From Couples Retreat
Vince Vaughn and friends signed up for a couples' therapy holiday, and the 'Eden' resort they checked into is a real one.
6 hotelsIndia
India on Screen: The Palace Hotels of Bond, Bollywood and The Fall
Octopussy's floating palace, a Hyderabad hilltop where three blockbusters shot in four years, and the Jodhpur palace that hosted a royal-scale Bollywood wedding.
1 hotelChina
The Fairmont Peace Hotel: Shanghai's Art Deco Film Star
Spielberg, Zhang Yimou and Merchant Ivory all filmed at the Bund hotel where Noël Coward is said to have written Private Lives.
2 hotelsJapan
Tokyo on Screen: The Lost in Translation Hotel and Bond's Japanese Headquarters
The 52nd-floor bar where Bill Murray drank whisky, and the Olympic-era hotel that played a villain's office tower.
1 hotelHong Kong
The Peninsula Hong Kong: Bond's Rolls-Royce and Batman's Rooftop
The grande dame of Kowloon has a fleet of green Rolls-Royces that starred in a Bond film, and a rooftop Batman leapt from.
7 hotelsThailand
Thailand on Screen: The Five Real Hotels Behind The White Lotus, and Where Bond and The Hangover Stayed
Season 3's White Lotus resort was stitched together from five hotels on two islands. Here's which part of the show is where.
2 hotelsSingapore
Singapore on Screen: The Crazy Rich Asians Hotels
Raffles, where Nick and Rachel stay, and the Marina Bay Sands rooftop pool where the film's finale plays out.
2 hotelsMalaysia
Malaysia on Screen: The Crazy Rich Asians Locations Across the Border
Araminta's island getaway and the most famous mahjong game in film were both shot at Malaysian hotels.
Middle East & Africa
1 hotelIsrael
The King David Hotel: Where Exodus Was Filmed in Jerusalem
Paul Newman, Otto Preminger and an Oscar-winning score, all on the terrace of Jerusalem's most famous hotel.
6 hotelsUnited Arab Emirates
The UAE on Screen: Where Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel and Shah Rukh Khan Checked In
A hotel inside the Burj Khalifa, a supercar flying between two towers, the sail-shaped icon that played a starbase, and Bollywood's biggest dance-off.
3 hotelsMorocco
Marrakech on Screen: Hitchcock, Le Carré and the Hotels Behind Two Spy Stories
Doris Day sang 'Que Sera, Sera' to an Oscar here, and Tom Hiddleston's Night Manager began at a Marrakech hotel playing Cairo.
1 hotelEgypt
The Old Cataract: The Aswan Hotel Where Death on the Nile Was Filmed
Agatha Christie stayed here. Peter Ustinov's Poirot solved her murder here. The hotel still has her suite.
1 hotelSouth Africa
The Palace of the Lost City: The South African Resort From Blended
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore took their families on a disastrous safari holiday, and the fantasy palace they stayed in is real.
United States
7 hotelsNew York City
New York on Screen: The Manhattan Hotels Hollywood Can't Stop Filming
Kevin McCallister's Plaza, Pacino's tango at The Pierre, Bemelmans Bar and the Waldorf's return. The most filmed hotels in the most filmed city.
5 hotelsLos Angeles and Beverly Hills
Los Angeles on Screen: The Hollywood Hotels That Played Themselves
Pretty Woman's Beverly Wilshire, the Polo Lounge's 100-year filmography, and the downtown hotel where Ghostbusters, Chinatown and the Oscars all happened.
2 hotelsSan Francisco and San Diego
California's Coast on Screen: The Fairmont's Vertigo and the Hotel del's Some Like It Hot
A Nob Hill penthouse Sean Connery demanded at gunpoint, and the Victorian beach hotel that pretended to be in Florida for Marilyn Monroe.
3 hotelsFlorida
Florida on Screen: The Fontainebleau's Bond Girl, Scarface's Pool and JFK's Private Island
Goldfinger, The Bodyguard, The Sopranos and Mrs. Maisel all came to the same Miami Beach hotel. Plus Bad Boys in Coral Gables and PT 109 in the Keys.
2 hotelsLas Vegas
Las Vegas on Screen: The Ocean's Bellagio and The Hangover's Caesars Palace
Danny Ocean's crew watched the fountains, the Wolfpack lost Doug, and Dustin Hoffman counted cards. Two Strip hotels hold most of the movie history that's still standing.
2 hotelsChicago
Chicago on Screen: Home Alone 2's Hidden Hotel and The Fugitive's Chase
Kevin McCallister's New York hotel was partly in Chicago, and Harrison Ford ran through a Michigan Avenue ballroom.
3 hotelsHawaii
Hawaii on Screen: The White Lotus Resort, Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Turtle Bay and More
The Pineapple Suite is real (sort of), the Turtle Bay has 150 screen credits, and Adam Sandler took Jennifer Aniston to the Grand Wailea.
4 hotelsMichigan, Colorado, Maryland and Washington
America's Screen Hotels Beyond the Big Cities
The island hotel of Somewhere in Time, the Rocky Mountain hotel that inspired The Shining, a Wedding Crashers estate and Twin Peaks' Great Northern.