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The World's Most Secret Hotels

Season 1
Uncover spectacular spaces and carefully hidden gems as the world's most remote luxury hotels are revealed. Among the astonishing places to visit are chalets perched 6,000 feet above an Alaskan glacier, hobbit-like huts, magical treetop cabins, a rustic retreat nestled among Stone Age ruins, a luxury resort hidden in the Middle East's Grand Canyon and a hotel only accessible via zip wire!
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  1. S1 E1 - Extreme Escapes
    January 12, 2022
    48min
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    Get ready to check into some luxury hotels in decidedly extreme locations. In Cambodia, the Shinta Mani Wild Hotel features a series of 15 tents only accessible via a zip wire. There are precarious clifftop dwellings in Italy and Wales plus a unique Tree Hotel in Lapland. Whilst in England, The Burgh Island Hotel, favoured by Agatha Christie, sits on a sliver of land frequently cut off by the sea.
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  2. S1 E2 - Remote Hideaways
    January 19, 2022
    48min
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    Make sure you pack your compass as these resorts are miles from anywhere. Stay deep in the Jordanian desert in a ‘bubble' tent. The secluded Cley Windmill in Norfolk, England is a 200-year-old mill that secretly contains luxury accommodation. Sweden's Jumbo Stay is the first 747 hotel in the world, while one South American hotel is so remote, supplies only arrive three times a month.
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  3. S1 E3 - Hidden Escapes
    January 26, 2022
    48min
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    Escape the daily grind with these far-flung, high-end resorts. It's hard to hide in New York, but there's one hotel nestled beside the hustle of the JFK airport. In Finland, venture into the Urho Kkonen National Park and sleep under the stars at the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort. And on Vancouver Island there's a spot known for its biological diversity, where visitors escape to free their minds.
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  4. S1 E4 - Invisible Hideaways
    February 2, 2022
    48min
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    If you don't want to be reached, then these remote hotels might be for you. Stay in a mirrored cabin deep within a Uruguayan forest. Sweden's Kolarbyn Eco Lodge features rustic hobbit-like huts. If that sounds far too excitable, try Britain's most remote hotel, The Garvault. Or venture into the Grand Canyon of the Middle East to unearth a luxury hotel hidden in the Al Hajar mountains.
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  5. S1 E5 - Hilltop Escapes
    February 9, 2022
    48min
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    These resorts are the tops, as we head skyward in search of luxury. Stay on an Italian glacier, in a hotel beloved by ski enthusiasts and hikers in search of an adrenaline fix. In Greece there's a hotel on the southernmost tip of the Greek mainland in one of the most remote areas in the country, the Mani Peninsula. Or spend some quality time in the imposing Welsh Cambrian Mountains.
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  6. S1 E6 - Hidden Retreats
    February 16, 2022
    48min
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    Find yourself, or lose yourself, in these highly remote resorts. Stay in Iceland's Glass Cottage, an unusual black building covered in reflective glass and surrounded by lava fields. Make sure you pack your sea-legs as there's a unique submerged hotel floating on a Swedish lake. Whilst in England, The Tower is an unusual, brutalist compound, rumored to have harbored unexploded bombs.
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Producers
Misbah AlviCarlo Massarella
Studio
Windfall Films
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