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Where was ‘Succession’ filmed?

With the announcement that it will be the last, the prospect of Succession’s season four becomes even more intriguing. Over just 10 more episodes, that tantalising prospect in the show’s title must finally be resolved: who will triumph in this titanic family struggle and take on leadership of Waystar Royco?

Giving us a magnificent array of irredeemably awful characters, immaculately written and beautifully played, Jesse Armstrong’s show has been one of television’s greatest pleasures, and it’s also offered some of the best money-no-object locations from around the world. While we prepare for this Battle Roy-ale, here’s a tour of the highlights from seasons one to three and a taste of what’s coming in season four. As always with Succession, expect the views to be beautiful and the behaviour to be very ugly indeed.

Season four

As the Roys regather after their Italian showdown at the end of season three, we find them back in New York. We see all four gather at Peter McManus Café, an Irish bar on Seventh Avenue that claims it’s the oldest in the city, before heading out for karaoke. They also dine at Jean-Georges in Trump Tower, while Tom visits the Mark Hotel on 77th Street.

The production also enjoys a stint on the West Coast, where the star location is a spectacular property in the Pacific Palisades in Santa Monica. A mansion on San Onofre Drive, just at the edge of the mountains and the State Park, takes in six bedrooms, including a master with a roof that opens to the stars, indoor and outdoor ‘Zen gardens’, a rooftop deck with pool and a 20-seat cinema. Built by property developer Ardie Tavangarian, it’s available to let – though be warned; it was estimated to be the second most expensive house in California in 2021.

The big news for season four is a trip to  Norway , home to Lukas Matsson. The tech mogul gives the Roys a tour of his part of the country, including several locations on the west coast. As producer Scott Ferguson told Variety, the opportunity was too good to turn down: “Norway is a glorious, natural setting. It immediately seemed like a perfect place for a family gathering in the series. We studied different countries, but we realised Norway just has this exceptional landscape – like nowhere else in the world.”

The locations here include some familiar: the extraordinary islet-hopping Atlantic Ocean Road, featured in Bond outing  No Time To Die  as the ultimate car-chase challenge, and the Juvet Landscape Hotel. This eco-resort outside the village of Valldal was seen in the sci-fi movie  Ex Machina , and is made up of nine timber pods with floor-to-ceiling windows, along with a spa and converted barn dining room – the perfect home for a tech billionaire in 2023, in other words.

There’s also a reunion afoot, with Roys meeting key Royco staff at the summit of Nesaksla mountain close to the town of Andalsnes. We see the Eggen Restaurant here, with its 360-degree views of the Romsdalshorn and Vengetindene mountains and the Rauma River, as well as the Romsdalen Gondola, a cable car that transports them the 708 metres from ground level. Filming also took place further south on Kjeragbolten, a mountain to the east of Stavanger famed for waterfalls and a suspended stone, where we find some rather energetic activities going on amid the negotiations and ever-present backstabbing.

Season Four of ‘Succession’ can be seen from Monday 27 March 2023 on Sky Atlantic and NOWTV.

Season three

After the explosive drawing of battle lines that ends season two, we find Kendall holed up in the apartment of his ex-wife Rava in New York . This expansive home is played by the five-bedroom Pavilion A of the famed Woolworth Building, at 2 Park Place in Tribeca. Opened in 1912, the neo-gothic early skyscraper was once the tallest building in the world, and remains one of the most expensive. Kendall also has a new home of his own, revealed in episode three, filmed on the 90th floor at 35 Hudson Yards, part of the newly redeveloped neighbourhood in Chelsea that also featured in series The Flight Attendant . We’re back here in episode seven for Kendall’s 40th birthday in episode seven, filmed in the development’s arts venue The Shed after it was given a makeover that includes a treehouse and an abstract expression of his mother’s birthing canal.

While Kendall is in New York, Logan retreats to Sarajevo, where he bunkers down in the Hotel Clio. This was in fact filmed in Ellenville, a town in upstate New York, at the Honor’s Haven Retreat & Conference. Similar trickery is employed for Episode six’s visit to Richmond, Virginia and the Future Freedom Summit, where the Roys meet a pair of presidential hopefuls. For the location of the summit, the production filmed the exterior of the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond but shot the interiors back in New York, at The Plaza on Fifth Avenue. This venerable hotel provided its Palm Court, Terrace Room and Grand Ballroom, previously seen in various combinations in classics such as  Funny Girl ,  North by Northwest ,  Arthur  and  Sleepless in Seattle .

Another of the city’s great hotels, the New York Marriott Marquis on Broadway, is the venue for episode five’s Waystar RoyCo shareholder meeting, while also featured in the season are The Pierre, A Taj Hotel, New York on East 61st Street, the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel on West 53rd, and the Mandarin Oriental on Columbus Circle. Another notable New York location is the Cooper Union Foundation Building in NoHo, a brownstone from the 1850s housing a private college whose Great Hall is an established venue for speeches and art shows. It’s here that we see Cousin Greg meeting his grandfather Ewan in episode two.

After season two’s unforgettable ‘boars on the floor’ sequence, there’s also a return to the Hamptons. This time, it’s Logan and Roman alone, travelling separately in episode four to the island mansion of shareholder Josh Aaronson (Adrien Brody). His glass-walled waterfront property is in fact a private home in Wainscott, carefully shot to hide the neighbouring houses, while the surrounding area was filmed in nearby Montauk and the beaches of Shadmoor State Park and Kirk Park.

For the finale, season three goes one better than season two’s yacht trip with a Roy outing to Tuscany . British showrunner Armstrong admitted to Vulture that this was something of an in-joke for his countrymen: “I don’t know how much of a social signifier it is to Americans – anybody who can go abroad is really rich,” he said, "but [Tuscany] has this particular flavour for the English upper class. Some call it Chiantishire, in a slightly sickening way."

However the region resonates, the shoot provides some spectacular views, filmed by the same Italian crew who worked on the House of Gucci . In the starring role is Villa Cetinale in the small town of Sovicille, a 17th-century building with 13 bedrooms, a private chapel and extensive gardens, which became the wedding venue. The Roys, meanwhile, are in residence at Villa La Foce near the spa town of Chianciano Terme, with Kendall at the five-bedroom (plus, as we see, a pool) Villa Bonriposi in Legoli. We also see Shiv and Tom touring the bathing pool in the spa village of Bagno Vignoni, a full complement of Roy siblings dining with their mother at La Terrazza Del Chiostro in Pienza, and Shiv at her mother’s bachelorette party in the medieval town of Cortona.

Rivalling even Tuscany for beauty is another Italian location: the holiday home of GoJo’s Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard), which Roman visits on a whistlestop diversion in episode eight. Though we’re led to believe this is overlooking Lake Maggiore, it is in fact Villa La Casssinella on Lake Como . With a main villa, pool house with cinema and gym, formal gardens and an astonishing view, it’s only right that Matsson declares himself bored of it.

The show’s second season rings some changes, with a greater number of locations used, especially outside New York . Before then, though, we’re introduced to a new home in Manhattan for Shiv and Tom, filmed in an unspecified penthouse overlooking Brooklyn Bridge, and we see Kendall in Del Posto on 10th Avenue, the most lavish of NYC’s Italian restaurants.

In episode two, the family celebrate a child’s birthday at one of the company’s adventure parks, Brightstar – in fact, Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury, upstate New York, the same location where in Season One we see Cousin Greg vomiting into his chicken costume. In episode six, we’re nearby at Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid, a palatial timber resort in the Adirondacks that serves as the setting for the Argestes media conference.

Before that, episode one gives us a move reminiscent of season one’s family trip to the New Mexico ranch of eldest brother Connor, when we’re taken to a summit in Logan’s new house in the Hamptons , where a highly symbolic raccoon is causing a stink in the chimney. This is really the Henry Ford Estate at Jule Pond, in Mecox Bay, Southampton, built by Henry Ford II in 1960 and, with 42 acres and the largest ocean frontage in the region, recently valued at $175 million. Later, in episode five, the Roys visit business rivals the Pierces at another mansion, filmed at Salutation Manor in Glen Cove, on the north shore of Long Island. Situated on its own 48-acre island, this was built by a grandson of financier JP Morgan in 1919 and, with its long gallery corridors and formal drawing rooms, very much looks like it.

One of the season’s most gruelling scenes comes in episode three at the company retreat in Hungary, after a day shooting, drinking and plotting. Despite the ambience of old European royal residence, this was in fact shot close to Salutation Manor, at Oheka Castle in Huntington. Built (and named after) financier Otto Hermann Kahn in the 1910s, it’s a 127-roomed fairytale castle in the French style, down to the perfectly symmetrical sunken garden, used in photographic form as Kane’s Xanadu in Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and now a hotel.

There’s also a return to the UK, this time to Logan’s hometown of Dundee, where he’s honoured at the new space-age riverside V&A Museum, and also Glasgow , where filming took place around George Square, and also doubled for scenes set in London . While there, the production took the opportunity to fly to Iceland for the season’s opening shots of Kendall in a rehab centre. According to producer/director Mark Mylod, this had originally been set at the Blue Lagoon spa close to Reykjavik but was hurriedly relocated after contractual difficulties. “With about a week to go, we were locationless, which was a little bit scary,” he told Filmmaker Magazine . “I’d been a big fan of  Black Mirror  and remembered a house I’d seen on an episode [season four’s Crocodile ], which I knew was in Iceland. It happened to be available, and we jumped all over that. It was a fantastically stark location.”

In sharp contrast, the season ends with the Roys amid blue skies and seas in the Aegean Sea and Croatia . This was filmed on the island of Korcula , both on the 279-foot charter yacht Solandge and in the Old Town, taking in the 15th-century St Mark’s Cathedral and shoreside restaurant Cupido.

The base for both the show and the Roy family at its centre is New York City . At its heart are two locations, patriarch Logan’s house on Fifth Avenue and the head office of his Waystar Royco empire. The home, a high-ceilinged Billionaire’s Row townhouse straight out of the Gilded Age, is created mostly in a studio. When we see the lobby, though, it’s really the entrance to the American Irish Historical Society, which is indeed on Fifth Avenue, overlooking the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park. The offices, meanwhile, are recreated in two empty areas in the World Trade Center, in blocks 4 and 7, giving the authentic top-of-the-world views over Midtown Manhattan.

Season one also shows us a variety of other NYC spots, from the company gala held in the Cunard Building on Broadway in episode four to the East New York Freight Tunnel, a graffiti-heavy section of unused railroad track that provides the entrance to the elite event visited for the bachelor party of Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) in episode eight. We also see the Downtown Manhattan Heliport at Pier 6, where the family choppers out in the first episode for a high-stakes game of rounders starring rogue son Roman (Kieran Culkin), and the Bellevue Hospital, the revered institution on First Avenue where Logan is taken when he suffers a stroke.

For the final two episodes, the show moves to the UK for Shiv’s wedding. This takes place at the home of her English mother, Lady Caroline (Harriet Walter), filmed at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire , a fantastical faux-medieval construction from the 19th century that has featured on film and TV for 50 years, including the BBC’s children’s classic  The Box of Delights  and Madonna’s reviled biopic of Wallace Simpson,  W.E.  (2012).

Where is HBO’s Succession Filmed?

HBO’s satirical drama ‘ Succession ‘ follows the Logan family that is known for being the pioneer of one of the world’s biggest media and entertainment companies. But the foundation on which their empire rests on slowly begins to crumble when their father decides to take a step back from the company. Since its release, ‘Succession’ has landed several accolades under its belt including multiple Primetime Emmy Nominations and Golden Globes.  Along with its excellent screenwriting and strong performances, the show also sweeps you with its stellar production and lavish set designs. So if you’re looking for a detailed guide to its filming locations, we have you covered.

Succession Filming Locations

‘Succession’ first reached the public eye when, on June 6, 2016, HBO gave the show’s production a pilot order. Soon after this, in May 2017, the network finally gave the production a series order. Once its casting was done, the principal photography of the first season of ‘Succession’ began in October 2017 and then went on till February 2018. During this span, the first season was shot in several different locations of New York City, New Mexico, New Jersey, and England’s  Herefordshire. The filming for season 2 began sometime in April 2019 and was wrapped up around July 2019. For season 2, new additions to the show’s filming locations included New York’s Lake Placid and Lake George, along with several locations of  Korčula, Croatia .

New York City

Embuing the locales of the elite and the powerful, both the seasons of succession walk you through several landmarks of NYC. The show’s filming first started off in New York’s Lexington Avenue and East 75th Street in October 2017. The production then moved to the Financial District of Manhattan in November. Other NYC spots in season 1 include Downtown Manhattan Heliport at Pier 6,  the Bellevue Hospital, Le Coucou Restaurant , Cipriani at 25 Broadway, World Trade Center, Chelsea Square Restaurant, Henry Ford estate at Jule pond,  and Cunard Building on Broadway to the East New York Freight Tunnel. Season 2 also introduces us to some new locations such as Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury, Whiteface Lodge at Lake Placid, and Del Posto eatery on 10th Avenue.

Succession filming on E80 St and Madison Ave #NYC ⁦ @HBO ⁩ ⁦ @olv ⁩ pic.twitter.com/qb0mULKC4O — NYC CULTURIST (@nycculturist) April 1, 2019

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Many viewers would also recall Logan Roy and his third wife Marcia “Marcy” Roy’s grand townhouse from season 1. The scenes depicting this house were not filmed in one but many locations. The lobby scenes of the house were all filmed at the American Irish Historical Society at 991 Fifth Avenue located across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Whereas the remaining upper floors were created on soundstages at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City.

#MatthewMacfadyen and #SarahSnook filming #Succession #HBO in New York. 😍 pic.twitter.com/E7zH7ksR2Q — Eve (@Eveline_x3) March 24, 2019

On Thursday April 25th from about 5 pm to 11 pm @HBO 's #Succession will be filming on Main Street. Parking and traffic will be affected from Hayes Street to Saranac Avenue as detailed in their letter to the community. pic.twitter.com/LnIFIfjles — Lake Placid PD (@LakePlacidPD) April 24, 2019

For the New Mexico shoot of the show, the production hired 89 local crew members and close to 75 people for background talent. Among all the locations of the US State, the Santa Fe area was used the most.

From Santa Fe, the production of the show was moved to New Jersey on February 22, 2018, where its filming took place in and around the Atlantic City-Brigantine tunnel.

A few days after its filming in New Jersey, the crew shifted to England’s Eastnor Castel near Ledbury Herefordshire. In the UK itself, the ‘Succession’ Season 2 was also filmed in several locations of Scotland including Dundee’s riverside V&A Museum and Glasgow’s George Square.

Korčula, Croatia

For the filming of the final episodes of season 2, especially the yacht scenes, the production arrived at the Croatian coast where most scenes were shot in and around Korčula’s Old Town, close to the main square in front of the St. Mark’s Cathedral and also in a local restaurant, Cupido, which is located near the 5-star hotel Lešić Dimitri Palace.

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'Succession' filming locations: Inside the world of Waystar Royco

From NYC skyscrapers to luxe Italian villas, here's your 'Succession' filming locations field guide as we get stuck into season 4

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Hurrah—the Roys are back with more family drama, insane wealth, and opulent Succession filming locations! Season four of the hit HBO show is currently airing, and while we've all been pretty pre-occupied with *that* plot development in episode 3, the transatlantic series once again sees the scheming employees of Waystar Royco, and the Roy family themselves, traversing the world—from iconic New York City settings, to vast California estates.

Across the four seasons, the series has used IRL locations (only a few scenes are filmed on studio sets) to accurately flaunt the billionaire lifestyle of the Roy clan, a ruthless family tree that owns and runs one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. The Roys and their employees never usually stay in one place for too long, travelling the world for business deals, family events, and lavish parties. So where exactly are the main Succession filming locations across all four seasons?

If you want to step into the gilded world of Waystar yourself, here's a field guide to Succession' s filming locations—from flashing city enclaves, to country retreats.

*Warning: Spoilers for all Succession seasons (including season 4) below!*

Succession filming locations: A field guide

1. New York City

The Roy family and their Waystar Royco media empire are based out of New York City in the show ( if you know what Succession based on , this won't come as a surprise). So naturally, the bulk of filming does actually take place in good ol' Gotham. Main filming locations include the headquarters of Waystar, which were set at the World Trade Center in seasons one and two, but moved to the 28 Liberty Street skyscraper for seasons three and four. Then, there's Logan Roy's expansive Fifth Avenue apartment, which—as fans who are caught up with season 4 will know—features heavily in episode 3.

Logan's apartment (or is it now Connor's?!) is actually filmed on a set, meaning that sadly the beautiful location doesn't exist in real life. However, the lobby of the building is real, and is filmed at the American Irish Historical Society.

We've also had multiple glimpses into Kendall's NY apartment—and the impressive penthouse is real, spanning three floors. It's located on 180 East 88th Street.

Over the four seasons, NYC production has bounced all over the boroughs, from the highbrow hotels of midtown like The Pierre and The Plaza, to the East New York Freight Tunnel in Brooklyn where Tom's bachelor party takes place. We're looking forward to seeing what other New York spots the Roys hit up next.

2. California

Season 4 of Succession kicks off with three of the four Roy siblings ( Shiv , Roman, and Kendall), masterminding a new start-up—'The Hundred'—at a palatial Los Angeles home, high up in the hills.

The property couldn't really get much slicker, with an expansive outdoor pool, all-glass walls, and a panoramic view of the city. And it turns out that the property is real; and just as expensive as you might have guessed.

This scene was filmed at a real home in Pacific Palisades, which was recently bought by a young tech billionaire for an eye-watering $83 million. With approximately 20,000 square feet of space, six bedrooms, 18 (?!) bathrooms, an outdoor sauna, and a kitchen design by Nobu, it's certainly a location fitting for the Roy family. And when it comes to Succession filming locations, it doesn't get much pricier.

And that's not the only Californian location in season 4 so far. When the Roy kids make a hurried dash to Nan Pierce's estate to close the deal on buying Pierce Global Media, in actuality, it was just a short drive to Santa Barbara, about an hour and a half from the center of Los Angeles. 

It's thought that the Peabody Estate provided the setting of the fictional Pierce Estate. And interestingly, its real life owner isn't too far off its fictional owner. It's reported that the property was bought by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt for $30.8 million, in 2020.

3. United Kingdom

Like Brian Cox, the actor playing him, Logan Roy was born in Dundee, Scotland, a locale we get to see for ourselves in season two when the Roy patriarch visits his birthplace to celebrate his 50th anniversary as CEO of Waystar Royco. 

The UK also served as the setting for Shiv and Tom's wedding at the end of season one, which was held at her mother's family estate in England and was shot at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire. 

3. Long Island, NY

Although the majority of the action happens in New York City proper, the moneyed, eastern edges of New York also see some Roy shenanigans throughout the series. Oheka Castle in Huntington, NY, stood in for the Roys' Hungarian hunting lodge, the setting of the infamous "Boar on the Floor" scene from season two. 

Fans got to see Logan Roy's Hamptons home in the beginning of season two. The actual home is the 1960 Henry Ford Estate in Mecox Bay, Southampton, chosen to signify Logan's "new money" sensibilities, reports Vulture . The show's production designer Stephen Carter told the outlet: “Given the age of the character, he would have been forming his impressions of what trendy style would be in the sixties.”

Season two opened in the Land of Fire and Ice, where Kendall Roy was holed up in a swanky rehab clinic following the tragic accident that took place at the end of the first season. 

Speaking to Filmmaker magazine, Carter said of the Icelandic setting: "With about a week to go, we were locationless, which was a little bit scary. I’d been a big fan of Black Mirror and remembered a house I’d seen on an episode, which I knew was in Iceland. It happened to be available, and we jumped all over that. It was a fantastically stark location."

5. New Mexico

The season one episode "Austerlitz" sees the whole Roy clan head to Connor Roy's sprawling New Mexico estate for a publicized family therapy session. Playing the part of the southwestern home is Rancho Alegre, a Santa Fe private house/museum with panoramic views of the Ortiz and Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

The Succession New Mexico ranch has 11 bedrooms, a wine cellar, a media room, and is sat on 190 acres—and amazingly, you can actually stay there yourself (if you've got the cash, of course). The home can be booked for private stays—with seven nights minimum booking preferred), or private events. 

6. The Adriatic Sea

The finale of season two sees the Roy family and their closest Waystar cohorts lounging and backstabbing on an 85-meter super-yacht off the coast of Croatia. 

Filming took place in the picturesque shores of Cavtat, Korčula, Mljet and Šipan, aboard the rather majestic super-yacht SOLANDGE, which measures in at a whopping 279ft and has accommodation for up to 12 guests.

7. Tuscany, Italy

While the Succession season 2 finale capped in Croatia, season three finished off in typically glam fashion in Tuscany. One of the most stunning Succession locations so far, Villa Cetinale, a 17th-century villa and gardens in Sovicille, served as the wedding location of Caroline Collingwood, Shiv, Kendall, and Roman's mother.

Plenty of other scenes were filmed across the region too, with the Italian filming locations in season three including Villa La Cassinella in Lake Como, which serves as the backdrop for GoJo founder Lukas Matsson's home, while a tense discussion between Shiv and husband Tom Wambsgans took place in the the hamlet and village of Bagno Vignoni, located in the commune of San Quirico d'Orcia.

Finally, Caroline's bachelor party, which sees her and Shiv partake in an awkward heart-to-heart, was filmed in the town of Cortona, in the Arezzo province. 

Season 4 of Succession is currently airing on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic and NOW in the UK. Want to watch shows like Succession once the series comes to an end? Look no further than our guide.

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Superyachts on film are not uncommon: The Bond series is famous for its fast cars and sleek luxury yachts, while recent Netflix film Murder Mystery was filmed aboard 60m/198ft motor yacht SARASTAR , but M/Y SOLANDGE has brought new heights of glamour to the small screen as the notable backdrop in Season Two of hit TV series Succession .

SOLANDGE top deck – star of the HBO TV series Succession

The comedy-drama centres around the Roy family as patriarchal figure Logan Roy, who owns and controls a worldwide media conglomerate, declines in health and his children are sized up for taking his place as head of the empire.

Mega yacht SOLANDGE

SOLANDGE is a yacht worthy of a media mogul, boasting an enormous amount of onboard amenities, a supply of water toys just as large and exquisite living areas from the beach-club to the bedrooms. She was refitted in 2019 to have her looking better than ever, and she’s available for charter throughout the year.

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Luxury yacht SOLANDGE measures 85.1m/279.2ft and was launched from the Lurssen shipyard in Germany in 2013 before going on to win the Exterior Design category at the Monaco Yacht Show Awards 2014 , as well as making it to the finals at three other awards shows that same year. Her exterior styling is the work of renowned designer Espen Oeino , while the interiors from Rodriguez Interiors transport guests to a more elegant age using classical styling, golden accents and detailed patterns of Eastern origin.

Impeccable service by the professional and highly trained crew is offered at all times

Built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, she provides an excellent balance between stability and power, reaching a top speed of 17.5 knots.

Logan Roy (Brian Cox) on the top deck of the yacht.Photograph by Graeme Hunter / HBO

Accommodation

The lavish on board accommodation provides for up to 12 guests in a choice of eight en-suite cabins: 1 Master suite, 1 VIP stateroom, 3 double cabins, 2 double cabins convertible to twins and 1 twin cabin.

Master suite offering the utmost in luxury and unprecedented views

The majority of the guest accommodation is placed on the main deck, where the elevated position provides better views and more natural light into the spacious and light interiors. Each has a classical appearance using light coloured wood and inlays in mother of pearl, and a subtle Middle Eastern motif in the patterns.

Master stateroom with a private deck area

The guest companionway is unique in offering hot and refrigerated drinks as well as snacks so that guests can get what they desire late at night without needing to call the crew.

Owner’s bathroom – Photo by Klaus Jordan

The Owner’s suite is a part of its own dedicated deck, which includes an office and separate his-and-hers dressing rooms and bathrooms. There is a salon more casual in appearance the opulent main deck lounge, and the bedroom itself contains hand-made Italian furniture and a stunning chandelier above the central bed. Its forward position overlooks the bow through 180-degree windows, where there is a private spa pool.

One of the best spots to enjoy the views while relaxing in the Jacuzzi

There are also 15 cabins to accommodate a professional and highly skilled crew of 29, ensuring that guests are treated to a truly indulgent experience while on board, from health and beauty treatments in the spa massage room to Scuba diving deep underwater.

Season 2 finale of Succession filmed on board Mega Yacht Solandge – Photo © HBO

Day or night, guests will be tempted outside to live under the Mediterranean sky by the choice of sumptuous seating designed for cocktail evenings while dockside or roaring parties away from the city lights. The sweeping central staircase from the lower deck to the main deck aft makes a statement by itself and is a great opportunity for a photo-shoot before heading in to view the splendour within.

Close up of the aft decks

Sunbeds, a swimming pool and stern-side seating only partially fill the spaces across each deck, leaving plenty of room for dancing the night away or yoga in the fresh morning air.

The contra-flow swimming pool

M/Y SOLANDGE can accommodate hundreds of guests for dockside events, who have plenty of choice when it comes to refreshments from the wet bars. On the Owner’s deck and the sundeck, where a forward Jacuzzi lets you wallow under the stars. The Owner has a private Jacuzzi and sunpads on the foredeck that’s perfect for lazy afternoons after a big celebration or nightcaps and stargazing before bed.

Aft deck sunbathing

The exceptional decor by Rodriguez Interiors is what has given luxury yacht SOLANDGE her character and was no doubt a deciding factor in selecting her over many other options for the superyacht in Succession: Opulence is around every corner and guests ascending the main deck aft staircase will be awestruck by the extravagant main salon where golden tones in the furnishings and light fixtures are contrasted by cool blues in the surrounding wall panelling.

Ultra-luxurious interiors with amazing attention to detail and carefully selected materials and furnishings

The Owner’s salon meanwhile has a comfortable lounge setting in front of a widescreen TV, a fireplace with armchairs and a games table for entertaining small groups on cosy nights indoors.

The most impressive of all however is the Tree of Life at the centre of the stairwell, which stretches from the lower deck all the way up to the sundeck.

Central staircase – a true work of art

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Motor yacht SOLANDGE is expensive for a reason: She lavishes upon her guests almost every modern convenience conceivable. The beach club alone contains a DJ station, a dance floor hiding a spa pool beneath, and a golden bar with 14 matching stools. Across the decks there is also a massage room and hair salon, an indoor cinema, a sauna, steam room and gym plus a helipad for getting to and from the airport in style.

Amazing beach club with shower

Water Toys and Equipment

There is an extensive collection of water toys on board to suit all ages, interests and fitness levels, and with status as an Approved RYA Water Sports Centre and a Certified PADI dive centre, guests have the opportunity to earn a jet ski and Scuba diving license during their time on board. The collection contains:

• 6 x Paddleboards
• 5 x wakeboards
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Everywhere Succession Season 3 Was Filmed

From New York City’s famed Plaza Hotel to a 13-bedroom, 17th century Tuscan villa.

Shakespearean-level drama demands an equally tremendous setting, and Succession has certainly provided an opulent backdrop for its corporate, familial warfare. Across three seasons, the Roys have traveled around in Learjets, gone yachting in the Mediterranean, and held court over extravagant lobster lunches. Season 3 continues to serve up magnificent views alongside high-powered backstabbing, visiting lavish New York City hotels and sprawling beach mansions before setting off for Italy later on. Here’s everywhere the series filmed to bring its sumptuous world to life in Season 3.

New York City, New York

The central playground for Succession is New York City, with locations across Manhattan, Queens, and Long Island providing interior and exterior shots throughout the show. For instance, the Waystar RoyCo headquarters are located in the Financial District of Manhattan, while production uses venues like the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, The Plaza, and the New York Marriott Marquis as settings for lavish galas and parties. According to The Cinemaholic, other spots around the city featured in Season 3 include The Foundation Building, CBS Broadcast Center, and The Shed, a cultural center in Hudson Yards. Condé Nast Traveller reports that filming also took place at the famed Plaza Hotel on fifth avenue, including scenes in the Palm Court, Terrace Room, and Grand Ballroom.

Suffolk County, New York

Season 3, in particular, filmed in Suffolk County on the eastern end of Long Island, primarily in Wainscott and Montauk and on the beaches of Shadmoor State Park and Kirk Park. The notable scene in Season 3, Episode 4 in which Josh Aronson — a Waystar investor played by Adrien Brody — welcomes Logan (Brian Cox) and Kendall (Jeremy Strong) to his beachside estate was filmed in Montauk. The house was one of four properties considered by the production team, who looked for a location that felt isolated and private. “One of the nice things about this property is that once you get out onto the pool deck, you sense that there might not be too many other buildings close by,” production designer Stephen Carter told Architectural Digest. They also liked that the space had high windows.

“That was one of the most impressive things about the living room,” Carter said. “You’ve got these great views out toward the beach. You have great light coming in. One of the things we try to do on the show is to create [the suggestion of] wealth through an abundance of space, light, and [ceiling] height in every situation.”

Richmond, Virgina

According to Cinemaholic, parts of Season 3 were filmed at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. The outlet reports that production shot throughout multiple parts of the city. However, it’s unclear if the Roys will actually head to Virginia or if these shots will serve as a stand-in for a different location.

Tuscany, Italy

In Season 2, the Roys went yachting around Croatia. In Season 3, they’ll head abroad again — this time to Italy, where they’ll take up residence at an extravagant 13-bedroom, 17th century Tuscan villa. Per the Cinemaholic, these scenes were filmed at the Villa Cetinale , a Roman Baroque-style mansion in the Ancaiano district near Siena, Italy. According to the villa’s website, it was built in 1680 by Cardinal Flavio Chigi for Pope Alexander VII, and its gardens are renowned as some of the most beautiful in Italy.

Other filming locations in Italy include Florence, Val d’Orcia, Bagno Vignoni, Chianciano Terme, Montalcino, Argiano, and the ancient town of Cortona. Per Condé Nast Traveller, viewers will see Shiv and Tom touring the bathing pool in the spa village of Bagno Vignoni, and the Roys dining at the La Terrazza Del Chiostro , a popular restaurant in the town of Pienza. There’s also a visit to another spa town: Villa La Foce in Chianciano Terme.

For Succession showrunner Jesse Armstrong, a British screenwriter, setting the final episodes of Season 3 in Tuscany was a deliberate nod to the Roys’ extreme level of wealth. “I don’t know how much of a social signifier it is to Americans — anybody who can go abroad is really rich — but [Tuscany] has this particular flavor for the English upper class,” he told Vulture. “Some call it Chiantishire in a slightly sickening way.”

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It will be (family) business as usual when  Succession ’s contentious Roy clan returns for the fourth and final season of the HBO series on March 26. Perpetually discontent siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), Shiv (Sarah Snook), and Connor (Alan Ruck) aren’t likely to accept being excluded from the merger their media-mogul father Logan (Brian Cox)—with an assist from Shiv’s husband Tom (Matthew Macfadyen)—has orchestrated with GoJo streaming CEO Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård). 

But internecine power struggles among this privileged company have their perks. Rather than taking place in dull corporate boardrooms, the battles over Logan’s C-suite have played out in glamorous locations befitting a billionaire and his entitled kids. Ahead of this season’s premiere—with a trailer that hints at destinations including a Pacific Palisades mansion and Matsson’s home turf of Norway—we tour some of the series’ top filming spots that are open to the public or available for rent.  

The cocktail party which kicked off the siblings’ mother’s wedding weekend was filmed at La Foce. 

This famous 3,500-acre  estate in southern Tuscany, with its lush lawns, clipped hedges, and pine stands, is said to have Italy’s most beautiful gardens—and boasts the first cypress-lined lanes designed by famous English landscape gardener Cecil Pinsent. Though the property can accommodate up to 24 guests, only some Roys bedded down there during their mother Lady Caroline Collingwood’s (Harriet Walker) destination wedding in season three.  

Also notable about the Renaissance mansion in Val d’Orcia is the  role it played in World War II, when its owners, Iris Origo and her husband Antonio Origo, offered refuge to children and escaped prisoners of war. 

The wedding ceremony was filmed at Villa Cetinale.

This 17th-century 13-bedroom Italian  mansion near Siena was the venue for Collingwood’s Tuscany nuptials to Peter Munion (Pip Torrens) in season three. Built for Pope Alexander VII, the cream-colored villa with its own chapel is surrounded by aristocratic gardens with Baroque sculptures, where the wedding reception took place.   

This gorgeous pool becomes the scene of a scary moment for Kendall Roy.

Located in Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia , this former rest house with exposed wood-beam ceilings and original stone- and brickwork, was originally used by Christian pilgrims. Kendall and his kids called the country casa home during his mom’s wedding in season three. The six-bedroom, six-bath villa has modern amenities, a fireplace, and a pool—where Kendall almost drowned. 

Matsson’s villa is the site of tense negotiations. 

Accessible only by boat, this meticulously restored überprivate 19th-century  estate was Matsson’s vacation home in season three. The nine-bedroom main house with a separate boathouse has panoramic lake views and is decorated with Italian antiques and fine art. Accommodating 17 people, the property is surrounded by lush gardens and has a heated infinity pool, pool house with a screening room and gym, and a tennis court. The secluded getaway is on the western shore of Lake Como, not on Lake Maggiore in northern Switzerland as  Succession suggested, and is available to rent through  Bellini Travel . 

The Roys visit this New Mexico property in season one.

The Land of Enchantment was anything but when the Roys descended on Santa Fe, New Mexico, in season one for a family summit at this sprawling 190-acre property where bison roam free. Supposedly owned by Connor, the 11-bedroom art-filled main residence filled with formal Spanish furnishings was designed by William F. Tull, who was considered the southwest’s best designer of adobe structures. Mogul Jochen Zeitz bought the ranch (available for  stays ) in 2012, and turned it into an authentic—troweled plaster walls and vaulted brick ceilings—Pueblo-style place that includes a cantina inspired by a 300 year-old Spanish cowboy bar, a carriage house, and a chapel, all connected by Mexican stone pathways. 

A Long Island hotel and wedding venue stood in for a Hungarian hunting lodge in season two.

A 109,000-square-foot, 127-room French-style  mansion in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, stood in for the Hungary location where Waystar senior staff decamped for a company hunting retreat that included season two ’s infamous “boar on the floor” game. Built by Otto Hermann Kahn in the 1920s, the now meticulously restored chateau was the financier’s summer retreat. It remains the second-largest private home ever built in the US and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

The Roys were hardly able to enjoy their time aboard this luxurious yacht.

A  superyacht was the Roys’ private floating hotel at the end of season two as they cruised the Croatian Adriatic around Cavtat—dubbed the Dubrovnik Riviera. On the 279-foot, five-deck luxury vessel—with amenities that include an infinity pool, bar with a piano, nightclub with a DJ station, and full spa (sauna, steam room, beauty salon)—it was decided that Kendall would take the fall for the company’s cruise ship malfeasance. But not before a stop on the island of Korčula and its Old Town—listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site—and a business meeting at  Cupido , a restaurant with a modern take on Mediterranean dishes and views over Korčula’s archipelago. 

Shiv honored her English roots by having her wedding at a UK castle in season one.

This 19th-century medieval  castle in Herefordshire on the edge of the Cotswolds is the elegant estate where Shiv’s ill-fated marriage to Tom took place in season one . The venue that’s truly a favorite wedding site was built between 1810 and 1824 by the Second Baron (Lord) John Somers Cocks and is still owned by his descendants. Visitors can explore the revival castle’s opulent state rooms and bedrooms, as well as grounds that include a deer park, arboretum, and manmade lake. 

The exterior of The Shed in New York City. 

This visual arts and performance space on New York City’s West Side was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group as part of the 28-acre Hudson Yards complex. It was transformed into the over-the-top birthday venue—replete with a walk-thru vagina—for Kendall’s 40th in season three. Known for its shell design featuring a moveable 16,0000-square-foot outer skeleton, the structure expands and contracts using industrial crane technology and can envelop the adjacent 20,000-square-foot plaza.

Here, the Roys hold court in a Plaza hotel suite. 

Though it’s The Jefferson Hotel entrance that’s seen when the Roys arrive at a Virginia political conference in season three, it’s New York City’s iconic Plaza Hotel that provided the meetings’ interior scenes. The king-making Roys mingled with potential presidential candidates in the elegant five-star’s public (The Palm Court, Terrace Room, Grand Ballroom) and private (Royal Suite) rooms before anointing their man. 

Roman and Gerri (J. Smith Cameron) in a scene filmed at Whiteface Lodge.

This modern Adirondack-style  lodge evoking the rustic timber design of retreats built during the Gilded Age is where various Roys attended the Argestes tech conference in season two. Though the main lodge’s wood-beamed exterior may be 19th-century style, the Lake Placid, New York, property offers 21st-century accommodations and amenities, including a spa. 

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The Absolute Best Filming Locations in Succession History

From a Norwegian hotel to Italian villas, these are the most extravagant spots in the HBO show's four-season run.

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Succession ’s fourth and final season is underway, meaning fans will soon find out the fate of the fictional media conglomerate Waystar Royco and the powerful family behind it. In the massively popular HBO show ’s run, the Roys and their cohorts have frequented countless high-end places that any admirer of architecture, design, and travel would adore. To ease the bittersweet weekly release of the show’s final 10 episodes, we’ve laid out the absolute best filming locations in every season of the show—many of which you can actually visit. From a Norwegian hotel and Italian villas to New York estates and even a superyacht, you'll want to see these incredible places for yourself.

Juvet Landscape Hotel

Among the many incredible Norwegian filming locations in Succession ’s fourth season is the Juvet Landscape Hotel . “When we saw images of the remarkable architecture and setting of Juvet, we got really excited,” producer Scott Ferguson told Variety . “Norway is a glorious, natural setting. It immediately seemed like a perfect place for a family gathering in the series. We studied different countries, but we realized Norway just has this exceptional landscape—like nowhere else in the world.”

Located in a birch forest just outside of the village of Valldal in Norway, the hotel features seven landscape rooms, two “bird houses,” and a four-bed “Skrivarstua” or writer’s lodge. On the property , guests can also enjoy a bathhouse, small huts, and coves.

Other notable filming locations in Norway seen in the fourth season include the Romsdalen Gondola , Atlantic Ocean Road , and Eggen Restaurant .

San Onofre Estate

In the premiere episode of season four, Shiv (Sarah Snook), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), and Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) convene at an unsurprisingly luxurious modern home tucked into California's Santa Monica Mountains. Specifically located in Los Angeles's Pacific Palisades neighborhood on San Onofre Drive, the 20,000-square-foot mansion blends indoor-outdoor living with high-tech features. The six-bedroom, 18-bathroom home was built by real estate developer Ardie Tavangarian in 2020. In 2021, it was reportedly sold to a young tech CEO for $83 million. Learn more about the property's incredible, over-the-top amenities here .

Villa Cetinale

The true star of Succession ’s third season is a lavish Tuscan palazzo called Villa Cetinale. The 17th-century architectural marvel comes complete with famous gardens that feature holy wood, a tennis court, a heated pool, and a center for horse racing. The Roman Baroque-style villa—which you can book as a private rental for a vacation or wedding—also has a park that features “seven votive chapels, sixteen full-length statues and 29 busts, as well as many stone animals and monsters,” according to its website.

Another stunning Italian destination featured as a wedding venue in season three is La Foce in Southern Tuscany. Built in the late 15th century, the property is made up of six historic houses—all of which are available to book for an extravagant stay. The renowned gardens on the property were designed by one of the owners Iris Origo and the English architect Cecil Pinsent. They are"considered today to represent the ideal combination between the natural landscape and XXth-century architecture, blending Italian and English traditions and taste," according to the property's website.

Villa La Cassinella

Right on Lake Como, Villa La Cassinella was used to portray tech visionary Lukas Matsson's (Alexander Skarsgård) secluded private estate in season three. Only accessible by boat, the villa is outfitted with Italian antiques and fine art. Manicured gardens, a heated infinity edge pool, a cinema, and a gym are only a few of the delightful highlights. The property accommodates up to 17 guests for a stay and 25 people for events.

Oheka Castle

The company hunting retreat in Hungary, featured in season two, was actually shot in New York at Oheka Castle . Located on Long Island in Cold Spring Harbor, the 109,000-square-foot, 127-room estate was built by financier and philanthropist Otto Hermann Kahn in the 1920s. The castle is the second-largest private home to ever be built in the United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It's available for tours and hotel stays as well as a wedding venue. Plus, it's been featured in other iconic productions including Citizen Kane .

Solandge Yacht

To further cement the Roys as a wealthy bunch, the family spends time along the Croatian coast and specifically around Cavtat on a superyacht. That yacht is portrayed by the German-built vessel called Solandge . Stretching 279 feet, it's one of the largest and most luxurious charter yachts in the world. Learn more about the yacht, including how to book it, here .

Eastnor Castle

At the end of season one, Shiv marries Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) at Eastnor Castle in the United Kingdom's Herefordshire. Built between 1810 and 1824, the medieval mansion is the home of the Hervey-Bathurst family . Visitors can stay on the estate in cottages or camp in the deer park. Tickets for castle and ground tours are available. Plus, the estate is bookable as a wedding venue, corporate event space, and party location. If you're curious to know more about the show's filming experience at the castle, you can view some behind-the-scenes images and learn details about the shoot here .

The Roys and co. frequent various high-end spots across New York City, so naturally the show tapped The Plaza as a filming location. But here’s the twist: The iconic hotel portrays the interiors at a Virginia political conference during season three. Some of the rooms featured include a private royal suite, the Palm Court, Terrace Room, and Grand Ballroom.

Whiteface Lodge

Nestled in the Adirondacks, Whiteface Lodge sets the scene for the Argestes media conference in season two. The Lake Placid, New York, resort boasts a wood-beamed exterior and rustic interiors with carpet-covered sitting rooms and cast-iron fireplaces.

Jule Pond, the Henry Ford II Estate

In season one, viewers are taken to Logan Roy's (Brian Cox) Hamptons home. That luxury abode is portrayed by the Henry Ford II estate, which is also known as Jule Pond. The Southhampton property sits on 42 acres and was built in the 1960s by Henry Ford's grandson. It underwent a significant renovation in 2008 and sold for $105 million in November 2021. You can browse photos of the sprawling property here .

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Croatia Locations Steal the Show in HBO Drama ‘Succession’

By Saron Lease , 8th January 2024

HBO Drama ‘Succession’ has done it again! This time at the Golden Globes 2024 where it dominated the TV awards winning four, including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Croatia has played a part in the Succession phenomenon. As ‘Total Croatia News’ reported a few years’ back it had been one of a series of programmes to take advantage of fabulous Croatia locations and amazing scenery while filming in the country. Previously the show had achieved no less than seven prestigious Emmy awards for the season partially filmed in Croatia.

Other films using Croatia locations

Succession’s Croatia locations of course follows the discovery by the producers of Star Wars, Robin Hood, Game of Thrones and Mamma Mia, amongst others, that Croatia’s amazing cultural scenery makes a superb backdrop to the action. Netflix ‘The Weekend Away’ is a great thriller filmed in Split old town. These films are a great way to spot the Croatia locations where you’ve been on holiday, or to check out where you might go in future…

If you are taking a Croatia villa in Mlini , then a short walk takes you to the set used in Kate Winslet’s historic drama ‘Lee’. Here the backdrop is of some soon-to-be redeveloped abandoned hotels left in the village of Kupari. The film title reflects Winslet’s role as American photo-journalist Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller. A Cavtat villa ? Then check out Nicolas Cage’s comedy ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’.

For ‘Succession’, the super-expensive German-built yacht ‘Solandge’ was used to film in the waters around Cavtat , on the Dubrovnik Riviera and also the islands of Korcula , Mljet and Sipan.  Further north, atmospheric Zagreb the capital city of Croatia and the port of Rijeka in the bay of Kvarner were also locations used for the film. Croatia locations with the backdrop of amazing scenery, take you from the sparkling Adriatic to the mountains and to lovely Istria with its very ‘Tuscan-like’ countryside, loved by mountain bikers and walkers.

‘Succession’ stars British actors –  Brian Cox as the ailing family patriarch and Matthew Macfadyen playing the unlikable Tom Wambsgans.  Kieran Culkin heads up the largely all-American cast.

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Among the many joys of watching HBO’s Succession is the visual feast its impressive filming locations provide. These locations range from relatively new builds to 17th-century villas, from the heart of Manhattan to the sun-kissed hills of Tuscany. But despite the variety of filming locations on the show, nearly all are united by their links to power, wealth, and inheritance. As we take a closer look at some of Succession ’s most notable settings, we’ll see that these gorgeous locales can actually provide some insight into the show’s themes. Whether it be connections to tycoons such as Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan, U.S. Presidents such as Donald Trump and Abraham Lincoln, or even a 17th-century Pope, these filming locations constantly emphasize the Roy family’s status and ambition.

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Trump Tower

In Season 4, Episode 2 of Succession , the three primary Roy siblings (Kendall, Shiv, and Roman) meet up with their older brother Connor ( Alan Ruck ) at the Jean-Georges in Trump Tower. The restaurant is widely regarded as one of the best in New York City, having received a perfect four-star rating from The New York Times. Donald Trump and Mitt Romney famously dined there together in 2016 in an attempt to squash their rivalry.

Despite filming at Trump Tower, Succession has gone out of its way to keep Trump out of its storylines. In the fictional world of Succession , the current president’s actual name is unknown (he is only derogatorily referred to as “the raisin”) and he hails from California, not New York. Nonetheless, Trump looms large as someone who would likely be in the Roy family orbit. Producer Adam McKay and star Brian Cox have noted the Roy family’s similarities to the Trumps , most notably Donald’s appointment of his daughter and son-in-law to prestigious White House positions.

Cooper Union

Cooper Union is a private college housed in an elegant brownstone located in Lower Manhattan that first opened its doors in 1859. A year later, it was enshrined in American history as the site of then-presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln’s famed Cooper Union speech, in which he argued against the expansion of slavery. Since then, presidents ranging from Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama have delivered speeches in the building’s hallowed halls.

Cooper Union made history yet again, albeit in a less consequential manner, when it was featured in Season 3, Episode 2 of Succession as the setting for a scene between Cousin Greg ( Nicholas Braun ) and his grandfather Ewan ( James Cromwell ). While not a terribly important moment in the show, it nonetheless emphasizes that the Roys are constantly in the grandest and most historic of locations. If there was such a thing as an American palace located in New York, Cooper Union would be it.

The Henry Ford Estate at Jule Pond

Henry Ford II, grandson of Henry Ford and President of Ford Motor Company for 15 years, built this 42-acre Southampton home in 1960. In 2021, it became one of the Hamptons' most expensive properties when it sold for $105 million . The home features 12 bedrooms, a pool, tennis courts, basketball courts, and a spa. It was designed by legendary architect Philip Johnson, who was responsible for the Museum of Modern Art’s sculpture garden, as well as the famous Glass House in Connecticut.

The estate is the setting of Logan Roy’s new Hamptons home in Season 2, Episode 1. It’s hard to ignore the home’s ties to not only Henry Ford, one of America’s most well-known business magnates, but also his grandson, who inherited a company he was ill-prepared to manage. It seems that everywhere the Roys go, they are surrounded by the legacy of familial wealth.

Salutation Manor

In Season 2, Episode 5, the Roys make a run at buying Pierce Global Media, a plotline that might be inspired by Rupert Murdoch’s successful acquisition of Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. The Pierce family, as all rich New York families tend to do, own a mansion in the Hamptons. Instead of a Ford estate, this time it’s Salutation Manor, which is located on its very own 46-acre island. Salutation was built by J.P. Morgan’s grandson Junius Spencer Morgan III in 1929. It hosted the grieving Jackie Kennedy shortly after the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, and served as a party destination for Andy Warhol in 1981. Salutation’s grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park. As of 2017, the property was valued at $125 million .

Junius Morgan III is another benefactor of a vast family fortune who, despite once being part of the family business, was said to know nothing about banking . During World War II, Junius served as a captain in the OSS, an intelligence agency that served as a precursor to the CIA. Junius died in 1960, only six months after hosting an elaborate 800-person party at his estate.

Villa Cetinale

This Roman Baroque villa in Tuscany was built in 1680 by Flavio Chigi, who inherited the property from his uncle, Pope Alexander VII. Notably, this Pope was elected because he was believed to oppose nepotism, but he ultimately appointed many of his own family members, including his nephew Flavio, to important positions in the Church. Villa Cetinale includes lush, elaborate gardens, which were featured in a book written by Edith Wharton. The gardens include a giant statue of Hercules, as well as a bell tower, olive grove, and lemon garden.

The villa later became the home of Anthony Lambton, a Conservative Member of Parliament and cousin to a Prime Minister. Lambton moved to Villa Cetinale after a story, published in the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid News of the World, revealed that he had solicited prostitutes. After Lambton’s death in 2006, this storied villa became available for private rentals, eventually serving as the wedding venue in the Season 3 finale of Succession .

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All the filming locations in Succession season 4 — and how you can visit them

The following guide to Succession season 4's locations contains minor spoilers.

What is Succession if not a guided tour of the zero-point-one per cent's most ludicrously capacious homes and meeting spots? Season 4 , which premiered in late March, stays true to form in its parade of grotesque architectural excess. In the first episode, along with the usual New York high-risery we've become accustomed as the series has progressed, we get two lavish California compounds reportedly owned in real-life by tech CEOs; fitting locales for a bit of obscenity-laced corporate backstabbing. And that's just the premiere.

Jesse Armstrong's series is always a globetrotting affair, seldom relegated to the urban sprawl of the Big Apple nor the high-end homes of the Golden State. Indeed, in episode five, we hop over to Norway, checking in with GoJo founder, and apparent future Waystar Royco proprietor Lukas Matsson ( Alexander Skarsgård ), with scenes reportedly shot at the bucolic Juvet Landscape Hotel .

Though it wasn't quite as jet-setty as seasons one and two, season four has featured some of the show's most stunning filming locations yet, saving potentially the best for last, with a little stopover in Barbados in the finale. Here are all the locations…

Episode one: The Roy kids plot a new startup… from a multi-million dollar mansion in L.A.

His portrayal of Kendall Roy has made him a major sensation – and infamous for his extreme approach to the craft of acting. Here, on the verge of what may be the end of the show and the character that made his career, Jeremy Strong responds to his critics and contemplates life after  Succession

“Greatest writers. Top minds in every field from Israel-Palestine to A.I. to Michelin restaurants. One-stop info shop, high-calorie info snacks.” This isn't how Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) describes GQ , alas, but the startup he plots with siblings Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin), “The Hundred,” which sounds like the ravenous media hub to end all outlets — think The Athletic but for culture, politics, food (and yeah, probably sports).

Such a ploy for monopolistic domination demands an imperious-looking boardroom: this is seemingly why they scheme from a 20,000 square-foot mansion in L.A.'s Pacific Palisades neighbourhood, reportedly priced at $83 million and owned in real-life by the 26-year-old “tech wunderkind” founder of self-driving car startup Luminar. The thing has eighteen bathrooms, but a measly six bedrooms. That's three bathrooms for every bedroom. Who needs that many fuckin' bathrooms?

Episode one: Haggling the billions over at Nan Pierce's California estate

Another tech CEO home stands in as the estate of legacy media proprietor Nan Pierce (Cherry Jones), where the three Roy kids find themselves in an intense game of financial brinkmanship with their dad (Logan, portrayed by Brian Cox) — and on his birthday! Poor guy. As if we didn't already know that money is utterly meaningless to those whose bank accounts match the GDP of a small country, they negotiate at half-billion intervals; Roman's the solitary voice of reason, for once, but even he eventually throws up his hands.

According to Robb Report , the Peabody Estate in California's Santa Barbara acts as the Pierce residence. Per the Wall Street Journal , former Google CEO Eric Schmidt bought the house (mansion? Compound? Totem to greed? Prime guillotine real estate?) back in 2020 for $30.8 million. The main home is 22,000 square feet, and is situated on 11 acres of hilltop grounds. Alright for some, we guess.

Episode two: Tragic karaoke

Dragged along by elder brother Connor (Alan Ruck) on the eve of his wedding, the Roy siblings head to New York's Koreatown for a “spot of karaoke” in episode two. The venue they fall on is a classy micro-club you might like to hit up before you head to the main event somewhere in Brooklyn, though perhaps one trying a little too hard with all the neon lights and disco balls — it's Maru Karaoke Lounge off West 32nd St.

The interior gives something between Blade Runner , Tron and Euphoria , the sort of place you'd expect everyone to wear sequinned tops and glittery eyeshadow while clinking $30 highballs (the real-life menu is a little more modest, asking but 23 bucks for an Irish coffee). Maru's champagne, as seen in the background of a shot or two in Succession , is priced between $320 and $1500; we're sure the Roys have that down the back of a sofa somewhere to fund an impromptu night out.

Episode five: Cooking a Swede in Norway

Or, rather, being cooked by a Swede in Norway, the Roy kids — in the wake of Logan's death — fly across the Atlantic to iron out the particulars of the Waystar Royco- GoJo acquisition . What we actually get is a Succession -flavoured variant of that gag from Shaun of the Dead where the surviving heroes bump into their doppelgangers mid-apocalypse: Tom meets Swedish Tom, Frank meets Frank the Swede, etcetera, etcetera. Oh, and Roman (Kieran Culkin) finally blows the emotional gasket that has been waiting to explode for, like, four seasons now, Matsson on the receiving end of his mournful rage.

It all takes place in one location (but crucially, for the TV pedants, isn't a bottle episode) which is the Juvet Landscape Hotel and its bucolic grounds, more your prototypical Bond lair than high-end luxury getaway. Hence why it makes for such a grand shooting location for the offices of a dead-behind-the-eyes sadist like Matsson, who engages in a bit of blood brick peddling on the side (oh, the boredom of rich people). How many rooms has Matsson lured employees into for some noise-cancelling action? Well, there are seven landscape rooms.

Episode ten: the big Barbados love-in

Kendall , Shiv and Roman revert to their childhood selves in their mother's villa in Barbados in the show's devastating finale. Their Caribbean trip is very short, with Ken and Shiv both flying in to put the squeeze on Roman ahead of the imminent Waystar Royco board vote on the Gojo sale. While there, they agree to anoint Kendall as the company's new CEO, albeit temporarily.

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Of course, this being Succession , they actually did shoot on location in Barbados. In fact, it's where the show wrapped its final ever scene – the “Meal fit for a king segment”, where Jeremy Strong really, method actor as he is, really did drink that horrendous, spit-filled smoothie. The beach scene, where the trio go out for an ill-advised midnight dip, was filmed in Bathsheba, a small village on the east coast of the island.

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How ‘Succession’ Trapped the Roy Family in a ‘VIP Room’ of Grief in Episode 3

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It feels weird to spoiler warn something “ Succession ” has built towards and hinted at since the pilot. But spoilers abound!

Death comes for us all, even for Logan Roy ( Brian Cox ). The inescapability of that truth, as much as any tears, denial, guilt, and/or panic, is what makes Episode 3, “Connor’s Wedding,” so affecting. The rhythm of the edit and, as director Mark Mylod put it, the “sadism” of the camera reinforces that reality, refusing to let the Roys beg, browbeat, or weasel their way past the one force even Logan couldn’t cow: time.

Mylod and cinematographer Patrick Capone hammer home the helplessness of this moment and the illogical gravity of grief by delivering maybe the fullest version of the visual and dramatic approach that has made “ Succession ” so remarkable. They, veteran camera operators Gregor Tavenner and Ethan Borsuk, and the shows’ actors stress-tested the series’ preference for shooting as freshly as possible with as long a take as possible. The limit for takes on “Succession” is usually about 10 minutes, as the show shoots with film that must be reloaded once the reel is used up. But for the sequence where the siblings learn that Logan died en route to Sweden (putting business over family until the very end), Mylod and the actors wanted to cover about 30 pages of material in one go.

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“That felt like it really needed to be an unbroken take, an unflinching take,” Mylod told IndieWire. “Normally, if there’s a [dramatic] moment, we explore it fully and even go beyond it, so having to artificially say, ‘OK, we have to cut there because the camera’s run out,’ felt just a little less than satisfying, even though the work that the actors and everybody was doing was fantastic. Patrick Capone, my brilliant friend and DP, was the key to it. The camera team basically worked out a way where they could have the two camera operators hide a bunch of film magazines around the set all over the place. Perhaps even a third camera body to pick up at some point. And [we just went] for it [and] I’m so glad we did. I’m really proud of that take.”

The show’s two cameras dance around the actors, exposing how small Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv ( Sarah Snook ), and Roman (Kieran Culkin) are by moving through the scene with them and reacting like an unseen person in the room who is turning to us and oh-so-quietly whispering, “What the fuck?” For this massive 30-minute take, a third camera was added so that as one camera did a quick reload, at least one operator was always following the siblings wherever they went and however they navigated the multiple decks of the ship to find somewhere less exposed to process the shock of losing their father.

But one of the great joys of “Succession” has always been that the trappings of wealth do not necessarily afford the Roys any dignity. Setting Connor’s (Alan Ruck) wedding aboard a yacht in the New York harbor, underneath a bright and beautiful blue sky, played a key part in how Mylod and Capone use composition to create the feeling of sudden, isolating grief. “The positioning of the boat with the stern facing out into New York Harbor was to me a lovely visual contradiction,” Mylod said.

“On the one hand, you have all the freedom of the water and the harbor and the great adventure of New York City out beyond. But at the same time, these characters are trapped in this little glass cage, in this VIP room, trapped in their grief and in their frustration of not being able to get the knowledge or comfort they seek. That, to me, was the perfect visual juxtaposition. And so when Kendall finally goes up onto the deck, that’s the first time you can properly breathe,” Mylod said.

But one of the ingenious things about the episode is that the visuals don’t draw attention to themselves as technical feats. In fact, the show deliberately diffuses most of the bravura camera moves with quick cut-ins so that nothing feels like a “Oner” with a Capital O, and so the perspective of the camera never distracts from the emotion of the sequence.

“One of the things I’m most proud of in the whole way that we’ve evolved this way of shooting is this dance that’s evolved between the camera operators and the actors over the years,” Mylod said. “We’ve tried to evolve this idea of the camera, and therefore by extension the viewer and sometimes the characters themselves, barely keeping up with events. The whole way in which we try to manifest [this approach] is that we rarely rehearse, and we never rehearse with cameras. We throw the actors and the camera operators together into a space, with sometimes very little guidance from me. They’ve just learned to anticipate one another – I don’t know of any other show that does that in quite the same way – and I’m really proud of it.”

The frisson of the actor and camera scrambling for perspective and control is beautifully, heartbreakingly counterbalanced in Logan’s death scene by cutting back to the scene onboard the airplane. The episode uses each new shot of Tom (Matthew MacFadyen) on the plane as a kind of punctuation mark that only feeds the desperation and denial on the boat.

“The biggest single dilemma, for me anyway, was the aircraft side of [Logan’s death sequence] initially. Particularly during that 30-page section, a lot of that was supposed to be played off in that you’d hear Tom on the phone, obviously, and that was Matthew live [on the call] each time. But you wouldn’t necessarily cut to the aircraft much, if at all, during that section. But we thought we’d shoot it anyway, and Matthew and the rest of the cast on the plane were so damn compelling. It was really hard to get the balance between intercutting the boat and the aircraft at that point in the story,” Mylod said. “We ended up cutting to Matthew’s side of the call a lot more than we originally intended because he was so good.”

The other moment in the episode that was both planned and surprising was the final shot: Kendall alone on the tarmac after his father’s body is taken off the plane. That was always the final moment of the script, but Mylod didn’t call cut. “We let the moment play on. And actually, you know, in certain takes, Jeremy’s character broke down completely, emotionally. One of the takes, one of my favorites, was a continuation of the one we actually used. The moon happened to be rising very beautifully behind him.”

In that unused take, Mylod let the camera roll past Kendall getting into his car, the ambulance driving away, the police cars leaving, and the press trudging away on the other side of the fence. Mylod held on a very “lone and level sands” composition of just the plane sitting on the runway. “There was that lovely kind of emptying of the stage, you know. The play is over, and all the players exiting. That was really beautiful and very emotional for me,” Mylod said. “It would’ve been beautiful, and Nicholas Britell would’ve scored the hell out of it. But the right moment was [the one in the episode]. It’s the zenith, all the complications and contradictions going through Kendall’s head, seeing his father’s body there.”

Nothing better encapsulates the visual sensibility of “Succession” than that preference for finding landscapes that betray the characters’ ambitions, making them look small, showing them at that peak moment when their emotions leak through, and then cutting away. Much like Logan himself, the show’s cameras always put business over pleasure.

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The Luxurious Yacht from HBO's Succession: A Deep Dive

HBO's hit series Succession has captivated audiences with its gripping portrayal of a powerful media family's internal struggles. Among the many stunning visual elements featured in the show, Logan Roy's luxurious yacht from Succession has become a symbol of opulence and power. In this article, we'll take an in-depth look at this magnificent vessel, its features, design, and some behind-the-scenes insights.

A Floating Palace: Design and Features

The yacht featured in Succession is known as the Solandge , a 279-foot (85-meter) custom-built vessel by renowned German shipyard Lürssen. Designed by Espen Øino, the Solandge boasts a timeless exterior and a lavish interior crafted by Aileen Rodriguez.

Luxurious Amenities

Some of the yacht's standout features include:

• Six expansive decks
• A beach club with a fold-down swim platform
• A fully equipped gym and spa
• A large swimming pool
• An outdoor cinema
• A glass-enclosed elevator

The Solandge can accommodate up to 16 guests across eight opulent staterooms, each with its own en-suite bathroom and state-of-the-art entertainment system. The master suite features a private deck, a study, and a luxurious bathroom with a Jacuzzi.

A Glimpse Behind the Scenes

Succession filmed aboard the Solandge for several days during production. To shoot the scenes set on the yacht, the production crew worked closely with the yacht's crew to ensure smooth sailing and adherence to maritime regulations.

Real-life Ownership and Charter Opportunities

In real life, the Solandge is owned by a private individual and is not part of the Roy family's fictional fleet. However, the yacht is available for charter , with rates starting at a staggering €1 million per week.

The Yacht's Role in the Show

The yacht serves as a backdrop for some of the show's most pivotal moments, with its opulence and grandeur reflecting the excesses of the Roy family. The vessel's striking presence serves as a visual reminder of the immense wealth and power wielded by the show's central characters.

The Solandge, featured in HBO's Succession, is a floating palace that exemplifies the extravagant lifestyle of the ultra-wealthy. With its breathtaking design, state-of-the-art amenities, and memorable role in the series, it's no wonder that this stunning yacht has captured the imaginations of viewers around the world. So, the next time you watch Succession, keep an eye out for the Solandge and marvel at this extraordinary vessel.

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You Too Can Charter the Yacht on Succession

The fourth, and final, season of HBO’s Succession has just started, and it picks up where season three ended, with some of the most crucial scenes taking place on a 279-foot megayacht cruising in the Adriatic not far from Dubrovnik, Croatia.

At that time, the fictional Roy family, owners of the media giant Waystar (if you don’t think of Fox and Rupert Murdoch you’re not paying attention) have gathered for a critical business meeting. The first evening on board, Logan, the patriarch, announces that he will have to fire one of them (or another leader of the company) to satisfy his investors and troublesome Congressional investigators.

The yacht, Solandge , a $174 million Lürssen launched in 2013, is a perfect setting for a corporate beheading. Indeed, Mark Mylod, the show’s director, said it was “the ultimate gilded cage to trap these characters in” with the metaphor of throwing one of them overboard.

Solandge , as it turns out, is close to gilded; the interior does not include gold, but it does include 49 different marble and granite surfaces, and 30 types of wood. It holds 12 guests in eight cabins plus 29 crew in 15 cabins. Its six decks include a private owner’s deck, where the bulwarks have been lowered so they don’t interfere with the view from the bed.

Elsewhere, Solandge has a helipad, a dance floor with a DJ setup on the upper deck, a Jacuzzi, a fully stocked wine cellar, spa, massage room, elevator, and what Moran, which charters it, calls “a number of bars, buffet areas and even a large swimming pool.”

The toys include diving equipment, three Yamaha WaveRunners, wakeboards, kayaks and four tenders, including a 36-foot Fjord.

Solandge is powered by two 2,660-hp CATs. It  cruises at 15 knots, tops out at 18 knots, and has a range of 6,000 nm.

You don’t have to own a media company to charter Solandge , but owning something would help. It charters for 1 million Euros plus expenses a week, winter and summer, adding up to a total of $1,166,472, roughly. Read more at  https://www.moranyachts.com/luxury-yachts/solandge-3/?yacht-type=luxury-yachts-charter and see  the video below:

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Let’s Talk About the Yacht Clothes on “Succession”

In January, 1973, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times flew to Nice, France, to interview the director Herbert Ross about “The Last of Sheila,” a mystery picture that he was shooting on the Côte d’Azur, much of which took place on a luxurious, hundred-and-sixty-five-foot yacht called H.M.S. Malahne. The gilded ship, which was built in England in 1937 and once helped evacuate soldiers from Dunkirk, became something of a Hollywood fixture in the nineteen-sixties and seventies: it served as the floating production office for “Lawrence of Arabia” in Jordan, was a regular Mediterranean clubhouse for Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra, and popped up in “The Last of Sheila,” as the watery summer home of a sinister film producer played by James Coburn. (There was a kernel of truth buried in this fiction: at the time of filming, H.M.S. Malahne was the property of a womanizing film producer named Sam Spiegel, who was allegedly so handsy with actresses that Billy Wilder once said that he had “velvet octopus arms.”) Dark things can happen out at sea, when people feel unmoored from both the shoreline and a landlocked sense of morality. “The Last of Sheila,” written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim—who used to host infamous mystery parties together in New York—pushes this idea to murderous excess. A group of glamorous strangers (including Raquel Welch, Ian McShane, and Dyan Cannon) set sail, people start dying, and it’s up to the viewer to discover whodunnit. In his Los Angeles Times interview, Ross acknowledged the inherent creepiness of floating stories: “If you have a group of people on a ship,” he said, “the ship becomes a metaphor for existence, you can’t help it. . . . it’s about civilization and barbarism.”

I could not stop thinking about “The Last of Sheila” while watching the Season 2 finale of “Succession,” which traps the Roy family and their closest remora on a superyacht in the Adriatic. Like H.M.S. Malahne, which would look like a dinghy beside the Roys’ “boat” (rich people never say “yacht”), their sea vessel is also the setting for a kind of murder mystery. After a series of scandals involving Waystar Royco’s cruise division (dark things happen at sea!), the company’s board demands a “blood sacrifice,” a scapegoat that they can tie up in litigation while the empire sails on, more or less unscathed. Each person who boards the ship knows that they could end up as the one overboard.

And yet they look fabulous. Relaxed. Expensive. Carefree. Cool in Top-Siders and floral maxidresses and gossamer pareos. Like Cannon in “Sheila,” who wore oversized tinted glasses and a circus of colorful caftans and straw hats, even as she was fearing for her life, the Roys, in resort wear, are engaging in high-stakes high fashion, on the high seas.

When I wrote about the fashion on “Succession” earlier this fall, I argued that the Roys are a family of “little pleasure or sparkle,” that, in spite of their money, they are tasteful to a fault, dressing protectively in uniforms of beige cashmere rather than in eccentric couture. I spoke to the show’s costume designer, Michelle Matland, who told me that this was accurate—but that she could not wait for me to see the finale, where we would get to see a different side of the Roy dress code. “I shouldn’t even be telling you this,” she said, at the time. “But they go on a yacht. We get to see them at play.”

Even with this tip-off, the Roys’ maritime peacocking came as a thrilling visual surprise. At last, here was the family in private, dressing only for each other. “Sails out, nails out, bro,” as Kendall instructed Cousin Greg . And while their fashion choices are more adventurous at sea—Tom’s pink linen Ralph Lauren jacket, Shiv’s flowy white Hobbs jumpsuit with an oversized waist sash, Willa’s floral Equipment dress, which she likely bought after seeing it on Kate Middleton—there is still a sense of gloom that seeps through the pastels. I spoke to J. Smith-Cameron, who plays Gerri, Waystar Royco’s general counsel, who did her best Sue Mengers impression in a series of Cynthia Rowley caftans. Smith-Cameron told me that she wanted to look like she was seasick with stress, even in spangles. “We see these people on this plush boat on the Adriatic with delicious food, and there’s a pool and a slide and Jet Skis,” she said. “But everyone is filled with dread. So it was actually meant to be jarring: beautiful surroundings with long faces and furtive glances, not people enjoying themselves. So all of our resort wear is meant to look nice but at the same time be amusingly counter.”

Matland echoed this sentiment. Tom, for example, is coming off his disastrous performance at the congressional hearings on Waystar Royco’s crimes and is “highly agitated,” she said. “His clothing, which was a lot of Ralph Lauren linen suits, is there to belie the fact that he is on the edge of a breakdown. He is constantly trying to look as if he is comfortable—pink linens say honeymoon, vacation, enjoyment—but it is there to cover for the fact that he is unhinged.”

Matland’s goal with the episode was to telegraph the shared anxiety that each character feels while laundering this panic through the resort-wear section of Bergdorf Goodman. Kendall (Jeremy Strong), who quietly slumps around, wears a tiny Paul Stuart trilby hat (Strong’s idea), which Matland says serves as both a security blanket and as a sign that he is feeling deeply insecure. “The hat was crumpled, if you’ll notice,” she said. “It was purposefully imperfect.”

In the final twist, when Kendall turns saboteur, he is back in his city armor: a sharp, fitted Tom Ford suit that almost shines like sharkshin. He sheds the earth tones that he has been wearing all season and dons the color black—a mournful color, but also one that marks him as an assassin, capable of patricide. He’s lost his blingy Oliver Peoples sunglasses, the typical eyewear of rich scions who have a trust fund and personal shoppers who run errands to SoHo; he is at last seeing clearly.

Sunglasses were crucial to this episode, Matland told me, when it came to winking at subtle differences between characters. Shiv, for example, wears traditional Ray-Bans, a sign that she wants to traffic in old-money rituals rather than in flashy ostentation. (“It was significant that she did not wear Gucci or Prada,” Matland said.) Tom’s sunglasses in his much memed chicken-stealing moment , right after he breaks down about his unhappy marriage, are Persol, an old-world Italian brand favored by worldly celebrities, most notably by Anthony Bourdain, who wore his pair all over the globe. His shades are as close to representing rebelliousness as one can get in the Roys’ world. Tom is past his breaking point; he’s having his Brando moment.

Logan never lets his guard down, even in the sun—his sun hat is wool, from Walker Slater, a tweedy, posh haberdasher from Scotland. Nor does Roman, who, despite being the most feckless character, may also be the most authentic, in that he almost never changes his costume. “He has a uniform he’s super-comfortable in,” Matland said. “Blue oxford button-ups. Always.”

As for Shiv, most of her boat wear, including her cream pinstripe suits, is Ralph Lauren Purple Label, a sign that she arrived on the ship most prepared for professional ruthlessness. She wants the top job, she’s dressed for it, and she’s willing to throw her husband under the bus for it, save for a rare moment of weakness in front of her father. Her one whimsical touch is an oversized straw hat with a black ribbon, from the Brooklyn brand Lola, which makes her look pampered and pastoral, like an extra from “ Anne of Green Gables .” Even with her sharp, new-ish bob and architectural wardrobe, Shiv is still a spoiled, priggish little girl who throws tantrums if she can’t get her way, and her accessories betray her true nature. (As a side note, Smith-Cameron told me that she was so taken with Shiv’s hat that she went out and bought one for herself after the episode wrapped.)

In “Succession,” no detail is out of place. Like a classic whodunnit, it is the kind of show that begs rewatching, studying, squinting at with a gimlet eye. If you run the finale back, you might wonder when exactly Cousin Greg decided to betray Logan and give Kendall the incriminating documents that he stole. Was it while shirtless and in baggy swim trunks, drinking a mediocre rosé, or was it while he was wearing a navy Lacoste polo on the Roys’ private jet? When Greg first boards the yacht, in a striped French blue sweater and tailored khaki shorts, he looks suspiciously like Tom Ripley, a sleek interloper in the world of luxury who is willing to kill to survive. Perhaps even then Greg was eager to turn traitorous. Matland, who worked on the film “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” understands more than most how to make summer attire appear instantly malevolent. She creates a world of sunny poplins and ivory linens and breathable cottons, but, in the end, we are the ones left holding our breath.

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By Katia Damborsky   29 October 2019

The 279ft (85m)  charter yacht SOLANDGE is the yacht in HBO’s  Succession. Hitting TV screens in 2019, the season finale of season 2 gives viewers an inside glimpse into life on board the Lurssen luxury yacht in the Mediterranean .

The curtain closed on season 2 of hit HBO show Succession earlier this month, after a dramatic season finale filmed on board SOLANDGE cruising the Mediterranean .

The series gives viewers a peak inside the six-deck superyacht, which can be rented from €1,000,000 (approximately $1,136,000) per week plus expenses.

While the yacht is fictitiously owned by the Roy family in the series, Succession showcases the type of lifestyle you can expect when chartering million-dollar megayachts ; from stylish helicopter departures to zipping between islands on a luxury tender.

The finale of Succession Season 2 is filmed on board superyacht SOLANDGE

Succession is an award-winning comedy-drama which centres around the life of the uber-wealthy and highly dysfunctional Roy family.

At the helm of the family is patriarch Logan Roy, a media titan who heads up and controls an international media conglomerate. After his health takes a turn for the worst, his adult children must each face the prospect of becoming heir to the family business. 

Rife with power struggles, backstabbing betrayals and family loyalty, Succession offers a fresh take on abuse, media and wealth in contemporary America.  

Succession showcases the type of lifestyle you can expect when chartering million-dollar megayachts.

The dramatic end to season 2 of Succession premiered in October 2019, with the finale to Succession filmed on board the motor yacht SOLANDGE.

This glamorous setting gave us plenty of scandal; Logan disingenuously suggesting stepping down as CEO, Connor's iPad getting thrown overboard and of course, the shocking final moments where we see Kendall blowing the whistle on his father.

How much does it cost to rent the yacht in Succession?

The cost of renting luxury yacht SOLANDGE is upwards of 1 million euros (or 1.136 million dollars) per week plus expenses during both the winter and summer. This price does not include the cost of food, drink, fuel dockage, VAT and tips.

SOLANDGE features in our article, the world’s most expensive charter yachts which cost over $1 million to rent per week .

What does the yacht from Succession look like inside?

With her Lurssen pedigree, innovative design and stunning selection of amenities,  SOLANDGE is recognised as one of the world’s most iconic superyachts.

She is home to all the facilities you would expect on a yacht of this calibre, including a sleek swimming pool with jet-stream technology and a cutting-edge chromotherapy spa with Hamman and treatment room which both integrate light therapy. 

Her main deck plays host to the expansive owners’ suite, which enjoys his and hers en suites with adjoining dressing rooms, a private lounge-cum-office and a private deck area with dip pool and intimate seating areas. 

While chartering her, guests can make use out of a fully-stocked wine cellar and an elevator with the capacity for nine.

Inside superyacht SOLANDGE

SOLANDGE features ornate interiors from Florida-based studio Rodriguez Interiors. A palatial theme is reflected in plush fabrics, a rich colour palette and a selection of semi-precious stones, including amethyst, honey onyx, gold leaf and rose quartz.

The design team behind SOLANDGE has also sourced plenty of glass fixtures from Murano, an island near Venice famed for its rich history of glass-making. 

Her opulent finish is evident in the main salon, which is flanked by two walls of LED backlit amethyst that imbue the room with a soft lilac glow.

An elaborate focal point, the walls have been created by slicing a piece of amethyst into tiny segments with diamond wire and gluing them to a glass sheet, before then being covered by a panel of Plexiglass studded with LED lights.

Another talking point aboard the charter yacht is the floating central staircase, which features a sculpted ‘Tree of Life’ statue ascending the full height of the yacht.

In total, 1,423 points of light illuminate the space with a warm glow. Themes of nature continue in the owner’s suite, where backlit mullions depict the Garden of Eden. 

In total, around 25 wood veneers have been used throughout luxury yacht SOLANDGE. On the lower decks, where there is typically less light, the yacht features darker, ebony finishes; higher up, lighter blondewood and caramel finishes are more prevalent.

This delicate mix of traditional opulence and contemporary punches of colour and texture lend SOLANDGE an atmosphere quite unlike any yacht.

A motor yacht of her calibre makes the perfect backdrop for Succession, and it’s hoped we’ll see SOLANDGE return to reprise her role as the Roy family’s luxury yacht in season 3.

If you’d like to learn more about chartering M/Y SOLANDGE, please get in touch with your preferred yacht charter broker .

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