Another popular location for celebrity photo shoots, your balcony is very much not for having a smoke/sipping a coffee/stepping onto in the morning, bleary-eyed and half-dressed. No, this is where you go to greet your adoring public and show off your most red carpet-worthy outfit.

The breakfast buffet is supremely surreal

A big part of every season of The White Lotus is the breakfast buffet, and the Martinez’s daily extravaganza is a corker. Naturally, you won’t find the biggest celebrities here—they’re safely cloistered away in their rooms—but you might, say, bump into Jeanne Damas at the salad bar or Ikram Abdi at the juice station. Best of all, it’s common to see seas of people in sequined cocktail dresses and six-inch heels at 8 a.m., nimbly tucking into their avocado toast. Cannes—there’s nowhere else quite like it.

The rooftop offers some of the best views in Cannes

Commandeered by Chopard, one of the film festival’s key commercial partners, for the duration of the festival, the Martinez’s penthouse becomes a buzzy rooftop gathering place, stuffed full of industry insiders by day, taking meetings, nibbling on canapés, and soaking up the sun. By afternoon, everyone rushes off to the roof’s glam suites to get their hair and make-up done, and then returns for post-premiere parties. The rosy sunsets and sweeping vistas, all rolling hills and twinkling lights set against the clear water, are justifiably legendary, meaning it should, in theory, be the perfect spot for a big White Lotus party.

The beach club is its crowning glory

I can picture White Lotus newcomer Helena Bonham Carter sipping many an Aperol on the striped sun loungers of the Martinez’s glamorous beach club. Then, in the evenings, the space transforms into a glittering party venue, with the little vintage pier a popular spot for more impromptu photo shoots. Is this where The White Lotus’s bodies will wash up? Stay tuned to find out.