Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

2017 6 Seasons 40 Episodes ⭐ 7.9 Documentary Reality

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti travel the globe visiting some of the world's most incredible hotels. They go beyond the lobby to see the areas that the public never see and roll up their sleeves to work alongside staff.

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti travel the globe visiting some of the world's most incredible hotels. They go beyond the lobby to see the areas that the public never see and roll up their sleeves to work alongside staff.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Giles and Monica join the 9,500 staff working at one of the world's largest hotels. As well as viewing some of the facil

EP 2

Mashpi Lodge, Ecuador

Giles and Monica visit Mashpi Lodge in the Ecuadorian rainforest which features a gondola cable car to transport guests

EP 3

Giraffe Manor, Kenya

Giles and Monica discover a unique hotel in Kenya where giraffe, guests and staff all co-exist. They then visit the Sasa

EP 4

Royal Mansour, Morocco

Giles and Monica visit and go to work in the luxury hotel in Marrakesh, which was built by royal decree to showcase the

EP 5

Fogo Island Inn, Canada

Giles and Monica visit the hotel sited off the northeast coast of Newfoundland. Housekeepers Cynthia and Lori rope Giles

EP 6

Icehotel, Sweden

Giles and Monica's final stop-off takes them 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle into Swedish Lapland. Giles joins the

EP 1

The Brando, French Polynesia

Return of the series exploring extraordinary hostelries. Giles Coren and Monica Galetti explore one of the world's most

EP 2

Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Oman

In the second episode, Giles and Monica travel to the Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar in Oman. It is the highest five-star h

EP 3

Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti head to the foothills of the Swiss Alps to experience a very different type of travel - h

EP 4

Ashford Castle, Ireland

Monica and Giles hop across to Ireland to scale the imposing and ancient ramparts of Ashford Castle. Founded 800 years a

EP 5

The Silo, South Africa

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti visit a hotel in South Africa that has been built into a 187-foot tall former grain silo

EP 6

Hacienda Vira Vira, Chile

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti travel to South America to work in Vira Vira, a hacienda hotel that overlooks an active v

EP 1

MGM Cotai, Macau

Monica and Giles travel to the self-governing Chinese city of Macau, which is the gambling capital of the world, welcomi

EP 2

The Torridon, Scotland

Monica Galetti and Giles Coren visit the Scottish Highlands to work at The Torridon, Britain's most northerly five star

EP 3

Schloss Elmau, Germany

In this episode, Monica Galetti and Giles Coren visit Schloss Elmau, a hotel deep in the snowy Bavarian Alps that claims

EP 4

Jade Mountain, St Lucia

Monica Galetti and Giles Coren visit Jade Mountain, a hand-built hotel in St Lucia where each room has no outer wall and

EP 5

Swinton Estate, Yorkshire

Monica Galetti and Giles Coren visit the Yorkshire Dales to work at Swinton Estate, the ancestral home of Lord and Lady

EP 6

Shangri-La, London

Monica Galetti and Giles Coren stay in the city they live in to work at the Shangri-La Hotel, in Britain's highest hotel

EP 1

Icelandic ION Adventure

If lazily sipping cocktails in the sun is your idea of a dream vacation, then look away now. In this unique BBC Select t

EP 2

Reid’s Palace, Madeira

Desperate to sleep in the same spot as Winston Churchill? Join Monica Galetti and Giles Coren as this BBC Select travel

EP 3

Grand Park Rovinj, Croatia

Get ready to experience luxury, glamor and contemporary chic. If you can find it. As Monica Galetti and Giles Coren lear

EP 4

Nimb Hotel, Copenhagen

A Moroccan inspired grand hotel in the heart of Copenhagen? Why not! In this illuminating BBC Select travel documentary,

EP 5

Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort

The astonishing Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort, deep in a Middle Eastern desert, conjures up many questions. How do you bui

EP 6

The Lanesborough, London

You're in for a treat. For the first time ever, you're invited behind the scenes at London's most expensive and exclusiv

EP 1

Kasbah Tamadot, Morocco

Genuine Berber hospitality and spectacular views of the breathtaking landscape make to Kasbah Tamadot in the Atlas Mount

EP 2

Joali Maldives

Joali offers guests a luxury experience despite its remote location, but how does the Maldivian resort manage it? Monica

EP 3

Nusfjord Arctic Resort

Nusfjord Arctic Resort is a 200-year-old cod fishing village in the Lofoten Islands of Norway. Working alongside the ded

EP 4

Ceylon Tea Trails, Sri Lanka

The highlands of central Sri Lanka are a forbidding landscape, but guests can still get a luxury experience. In this cha

EP 5

Phinda Game Reserve, South Africa

At Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa, the hotel is open to wild animals while delivering high luxury, so both

EP 6

Borgo Egnazia, Italy

How you deliver a genuine version of Italy in a carefully designed replica? Monica Galetti and Rob Rinder go behind the

EP 7

Glenapp Castle, Scotland

At Glenapp Castle, guests are treated to a magical stay that is rugged, luxurious and thoroughly Scottish. In this glori

EP 8

Hotel Hubertus, Italy

In the Alpine Tyrol region of Northern Italy lies Hotel Hubertus, a family run resort which offers spectacular views of

EP 1

Shanghai Wonderland

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work behind the scenes of a hotel that is built downwards into a quarry, with high-tech gu

EP 2

Argos in Cappadocia

Rob and Monica make the journey to Turkey to work at a hotel built into a network of caves, where modern luxury meets an

EP 3

Six Senses, Ibiza

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work at a luxury hotel in Ibiza where cutting edge biohacking therapies are offered alongs

EP 4

The Hassler, Rome

Rob and Monica work in one of Europe’s last remaining family-owned 'grande dame' hotels – boasting a deep history an

EP 5

Datai Langkawi, Malaysia

Rob and Monica travel to the Malaysian rainforest to work at the Datai Langkawi hotel, where monkeys roam free and the s

EP 6

Gangtey Lodge, Bhutan

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work at high altitude, 3000 meters above sea-level at a hidden gem of a hotel with Buddhis

EP 7

Stanglwirt Hotel, Austria

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work at Stanglwirt Hotel in the Austrian Alps, owned by one family for 300 years and offer

EP 8

Wilderness Hotel Inari

Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work in sub-zero conditions in Lapland as they collect firewood, cook reindeer stew and ta

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