Unbelievable ABANDONED Four Seasons Luxury Beach Resort

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On the calm, crystal blue shores of Barbados, sits a little known failed development, flagged by the largest and most prestigious name in luxury hotels, The Four Seasons. From its halting of construction in 2008, this massive ultra luxury resort and residence was going to define the game of luxury in the Southern Caribbean. Celebrities such as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Simon Cowell had purchased units here, with villas priced at $18 million. However, since 2008, the workers never returned to the property and for over 15 years, the site has sat completely abandoned. Join me as I find out what's left of this truly unprecedented site, and discover the untold story of this $300 million, failed hotel.
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Chapters:
Opening - 0:00
1950's/Burned - 1:42
Project Beginnings - 3:46
The Hotel/Recession - 7:15
Workers Camp/Failed Restarts - 10:47
Villa Number 1 - 15:51
Final Thoughts - 20:33
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@tayzonday 11 ай бұрын

I like how you get further and further from the US and Canada in search of specimens. When you’re age sixty you’ll have to explore abandoned things in Antarctica ✊

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

As long as they have an abandoned four seasons

@nonna_sof5889 11 ай бұрын

@@BrightSunFilms Pretty sure Antarctica only has two seasons, cold and insanely cold. There are a number of abandoned settlements on the islands surrounding Antarctica, most notably South Georgia, which has several. Apparently it's accessible enough to have an operating museum in the summer months.

@aleksyperry8761 11 ай бұрын

CHOCOLATE RAIN!!!

@maxwalsh234 11 ай бұрын

@@BrightSunFilms please don't forget to mention the environmental impact and habitat loss associated with all the wasted materials.

@Bingo_Dingo_Dango 11 ай бұрын

@@nonna_sof5889Actually, Antarctica's seasons are sunny and cold, and dark and brutally cold with gale force winds.

@markgarrison7722 10 ай бұрын

The thing I love so much about these videos is that unlike so many others who explore abandoned places, you don't just walk around with a camera going "Oh wow, look at this. That's so crazy." You intercut it with a look into the history of the place, whether it's a former 5 star resort, or an abandoned motel on the side of the road.

@ShadowGirlyz 9 күн бұрын

Same!!

@chubipower 11 ай бұрын

You can really tell that the construction was done properly, with quality materials. Even the workers quarters had the sink area tiled. After so many years, the abandoned buildings did not have any pooling of water bodies, sunken floors, cracked walls etc. It's a shame it ultimately ended up in this state

@SLAAMIT 9 ай бұрын

Cinderblock is a common quality material

@mb6019 11 ай бұрын

It comes up a lot on this channel but I feel like it’s so hard to understand how devastating 2008 really was around the world for younger people.

@davidkennedy3050 11 ай бұрын

They will find out soon my guess is later this year. History always repeats itself.

@Azurethewolf168 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, it honestly didn’t really occur to me since I wasn’t even old enough to know what anything was

@Chocolate_dragon 11 ай бұрын

I was mid 20s then. Great time for. Grabbed a house from foreclosure for cheap. Sold it for 4 times more 5 years later. Paid cash for the house I have now. This house appraises now for 3 times i paid for it. I’m not rich by any stretch but if you have a decent paying job you can boost yourself off the less financially secure.

@Azurethewolf168 11 ай бұрын

@@Chocolate_dragon how did you even do that? You must’ve had a lot of money

@user-qr8zb4cd9j 11 ай бұрын

@@Azurethewolf168simple, he made it all up

@JuniperJadePR 11 ай бұрын

As someone who lives in the Caribbean, projects like this one are infuriating since they're massive wastes of money, resources & land.

@KamInBim 11 ай бұрын

As a Barbadian every time I go to Paradise beach and see that eyesore it breaks my heart. I've also always wondered what inside the structure looked like, so thanks for this.

@Mizz.Person 11 ай бұрын

What a mess. :( It's too bad they couldn't have cleaned it up, for locals to do something with. Or something?

@MolloyPolloy 11 ай бұрын

It needs to be flattened, cleaned out and left to the people of Barbados as public land for public use.

@youtub13 11 ай бұрын

@@MolloyPolloy People had their chance and ruined it. I say they clean it out, then give the land back to the crab and monkeys.

@lindanewton6057 11 ай бұрын

What a tragic waste of beautiful land. The contractors who created this should have to clean it up?😢

@okiecubsfan1961 11 ай бұрын

Sad to see so much waste, especially the beach. You would think they would bulldoze those buildings so maybe something else could be built there

@HeisenbergFam 11 ай бұрын

Its kinda depressing how people work on projects so much just to abandon them, crazy to think its been abandoned for 15 years

@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 11 ай бұрын

What are the criminals doing today breaking and entering, trespassing as usual

@ShawnPickettPauley 11 ай бұрын

@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 😲 Super🦸‍♀️ surprising 😯. What a shocking discovery, like never before

@34SkylineSedan 11 ай бұрын

It’s all about timing….2008/2009 ouch 😢

@ShawnPickettPauley 11 ай бұрын

@@34SkylineSedan 😯 Whoa. That's gonna leave a mark

@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 11 ай бұрын

Think about what people build that gets destroyed as well, like the World Trade Center a civil engineering marvel worth billions destroyed in just one day in a couple hours.

@phil1980a 11 ай бұрын

Incredible that something of this scale and value, was just abandoned, and by such a large company. Thanks for exploring this one for us Jake!

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@ShawnPickettPauley 11 ай бұрын

@@BrightSunFilms 😲 Super🦸‍♀️ surprising 😯. What a famous discovery, like never before

@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI 11 ай бұрын

That was the 2008 GFC for you...

@Three_Random_Words 11 ай бұрын

@@BrightSunFilms It's amazing that Four Season's still has their name etched in the main sign, usually that kind of thing gets knocked down or chiseled off. Expensive brand names like that do not like bad publicity, which kind of goes without saying, but there it still is.

@davidfranson9786 11 ай бұрын

Bird watchers sued to have an inviron mental impact report completed 😮😢

@capt.tuttle6292 11 ай бұрын

Bright Sun Films documentaries are Must-See TV. Well Done.

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@juancarlosb9781 11 ай бұрын

Agreed

@reedbowers1887 11 ай бұрын

It’s beautiful how quickly nature can take back over

@DavidAbyssal 11 ай бұрын

A lot of healing has to do. That proyect made a lot of damage...

@SF-eo6xf 11 ай бұрын

@@DavidAbyssali don't think nature really cares.

@wokewokerman5280 11 ай бұрын

...especially in Barbados

@j-skullz 11 ай бұрын

Nature's old, it waits you out

@joutoob9 11 ай бұрын

In the southeast US, with kudzu, honeysuckle, wisteria, and poison ivy, just a year or two in an abandoned state can look like a jungle grew over it

@Colbybartley 11 ай бұрын

“Opening in 2009” 10 seconds in was all I needed to hear 😐

@halfghostgirl 11 ай бұрын

I really appreciate how you do not fill the silence. You limit the use of background music and you space the narration out. That really allows the silence and ambient noise to sink into the viewer and envelop them in the melancholy of the structure. Thank you for your hard work. Loved the video.

@rickstarz 11 ай бұрын

This is what I love too. Other channels would fill that silence with stupid spooky music and sfx, but for me it's the silence that speaks volumes.

@jmuduke99 11 ай бұрын

I worked for the Four Seasons Beverly Hills for almost 21 years - wasn’t aware of this. Four Seasons Residences are the only thing Four Seasons actually owns - other than that, they’re just a management company for privately owned hotels.

@njwebwiz 11 ай бұрын

Yup, correct. The Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia is actually owned by Comcast, who licenses the name from The Four Seasons.

@glennac 11 ай бұрын

So essentially, Four Seasons franchises out its name like Starbucks, McDonalds, or 7/11. How the mighty have fallen. 🤔

@jmuduke99 11 ай бұрын

@@njwebwiz Four Seasons DC was owned by Gerard Louis-Dreyfus (father of Julia Louis-Dreyfus). The one I worked for was owned by two brothers.

@KatherineThrelkeld-kp3od 11 ай бұрын

When I hear “Four Seasons” and “Cunard,” I think that I’m going to see something beautiful and amazing! It’s hard to believe that two such massive and well known companies also have projects that suffered like this! So sad!

@therichard27 11 ай бұрын

From the moment I heard "completion expected in 2009", I knew this would be a victim of the recession. 2008/2009 and 2020/2021 were the worst years for construction projects in the 21st century.

@jh6031 11 ай бұрын

It’s important to remember that the Four Seasons is a hotel property management company, not the developers themselves. The developers would have paid a licensing fee to have the Four Seasons name on the property, which would include the staffing and day-to-day operations. The developers abandoned the project long before the Four Seasons management company took over.

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

That’s correct, however, it’s important to know that Fourseasons did take a larger equity stake in the project than they do with most of their announced projects

@rogersmith7396 11 ай бұрын

Sure it was'nt a Trump property? He would have cashed out before the fall and left the mess to others.

@Revkor 11 ай бұрын

@@rogersmith7396 I doubt that he would have made it work. remember they picture of him with gold toliets isn't jsut because he is rich, it's because he is successful. ANd consdiering Maralago I bet he could have done somethign with this or managed it better.

@doghut 11 ай бұрын

@@rogersmith7396do you just have to make this political?

@rogersmith7396 11 ай бұрын

@@Revkor Mar a Largo was a decrepit white elephant that the city took title to to keep it from falling to ruin. They had tried to unload it on someone for years. Trump bought it for next to nothing. It was built in the 1920s I believe. He probably figured the ground alone was worth something. Given that he is always in debt up to his ears and he has had multiple bankruptcies and his real estate company will probably be closed due to illegal activities, and how he is always crying for money from his dupe cultists I would'nt bet the farm on him actually being rich. He seems to be always one step ahead of the repo man.

@jayshaft3179 11 ай бұрын

The sheer amount of such high end materials going to waste is heartbreaking. That is some of the costliest material on earth, factoring in the extra import and crafting costs. I hope one day the people can get together and rebuild places like this. Rebuild and repurpose to provide more housing to replace all that was lost since 2008.

@imsomewhatcertain1024 11 ай бұрын

My ancestors came to America on the Mauritania (Cunard Ship). My grandparents went to the Cunard Paradise Beach Hotel on a Cunard Cruise in the late 1970s. My parents had their honeymoon on the QE2 (Cunard Ship), and my family is about to go on vacation on the QM2 (Cunard Ship). It all comes full circle.

@joaquinhernandez6940 11 ай бұрын

Wow. What a beautiful journey.

@ShawnPickettPauley 11 ай бұрын

@@joaquinhernandez6940 😲 Super 🦸‍♀️ surprising 😯. What a powerful💪 discovery, like never before

@jgood005 11 ай бұрын

There's also a Titanic connection - Cunard was a competitor of Titanic's White Star Line. Cunard later absorbed White Star Line.

@ShawnPickettPauley 11 ай бұрын

@@jgood005 😲 Super🦸‍♀️ surprising 😯. Happy😊 1st Day of July🎆! Happy😊 Canada🇨🇦 Day! 🌟💫⭐, 🌠🦸‍♀️🌌, 🎼🎺🎵, 🥳🎊🎆!

@ZGryphon 11 ай бұрын

To be fair, if a cruise ship _doesn't_ come full circle, something has gone badly wrong.

@reddog-ex4dx 11 ай бұрын

One can truly see just how bad the finacial crises of 2008 was. You have covered so many different places that didn't survive it and this is just another example. Thanks Jake and your crew!

@johnp139 11 ай бұрын

Fake crap!

@Revkor 11 ай бұрын

the saddest thing is that if not for that it would have worked. this and others are the prime example of shitty timing

@rickr6269 11 ай бұрын

Jake as a student at University I visited Paradise beach in 1992, it was very exclusive and the ocean at that spot is some of the best on the west coast. In around 2017 I returned to the property and it was a sad eerie site...not to mention a danger to the public. The beach however remains magnificent. Excellent video.

@jgreenberg 11 ай бұрын

Fancy seeing my home country on one of my favourite channels! This property is quite near to where I grew up. I never quite knew what went on with this project and it has become a terrible eyesore in the area. However, the hollow pandering to the mega-rich on that coast while many Barbadians who live not 5 minutes away struggle to make ends meet make this project's failure somewhat ironic and poetic. In any case, seeing somewhere so close to my childhood home made me quite homesick. Great video as always and I hope you enjoyed visiting my home! ❤

@laurat1129 11 ай бұрын

If I, from here in the U.S., could afford to visit such a beautiful destination as Barbados, your home country, don’t think I could enjoy a resort w/o considering the lives of the people and workers around me. (And the whole notion of Balinese design in the Carribbean makes no sense and rings false to me.) While the recession was worldwide, it’s inexcusable that these developers w/their grandiose plans just left the property to rot. It just goes to show how soulless and unspecial such people really are. “The hollow pandering to the mega-rich…” I couldn’t have said it better myself.

@Three_Random_Words 11 ай бұрын

Homesick? Where are you living now?

@jgreenberg 9 ай бұрын

@laurat1129 unfortunately our government has tanked our economy and dug their heels in against income diversification for many years and that pandering has become the main source of income. Through projects like this and COVID we saw how fragile our quality of life truly is in Barbados and it is depressing to say the least. They're all complicit.

@jgreenberg 9 ай бұрын

@@Three_Random_Words the great white north!

@TonyVRailfanning 11 ай бұрын

Once again Jake, nicely done. My in-laws are from here and the downturn in the economy really hit the Caribbean islands hard because many relied on tourism for much of their economic growth. I was in Barbados in 2019 and they were still having a thought time recovering from the 2008 recession. Beautiful place none the less and very friendly people.

@Mizz.Person 11 ай бұрын

Oh, that's sad that it's taking so long to come back from it. 😞 Ans covid probably didn't help.

@M.TTT. 11 ай бұрын

It's boutta get even worse 😄

@zarinaleslie9809 11 ай бұрын

I'm from Barbados so I'm so stunned to see this video. I've seen that building for pretty much all of my life. People my age ( early 20s) kind of just see it as part of the beach. Or use it for shelter and pictures on trips to the beach. It's so interesting seeing it from this perspective. Thanks for the video! I hope you enjoyed our island!

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

Barbados was absolutely stunning in every single way imaginable, thank you for watching!

@poddi63 11 ай бұрын

Barbados rules, been there 3 times and i did not know this place was there to explore :)

@Bblauu 11 ай бұрын

It’s sad that the company that owns the land isn’t made responsible to clean up all the trash debris in the area

@gordon1545 11 ай бұрын

That's been infuriating me throughout watching this - a bunch of rich foreigners fancied using the place as a colourful backdrop for their lifestyles, made a huge mess and then just walked away. They don't have to live with the consequences so they'll never do anything to clean it up or restore it. Meanwhile the poor people who live nearby have to put up with the mess, smells and probably infestations. Every day I'm more drawn to guillotines as a policy option.

@n1ikc 11 ай бұрын

But isn't the trash inside the buildings and around the area, along with the dog bones etc from the locals?

@jasonmyneni8605 10 ай бұрын

Comparing to the vast majority of abandoned sites, there isn’t that much trash.

@motojunkie8348 9 ай бұрын

The locals stripped the place of anything that had value and then used it for their personal dump. Do you want to "guillotine" them as well? If not then you're a hypocrite.

@reneeg4817 8 ай бұрын

They need to tear it down at least. bring the beach back there.

@fluttergrrl 11 ай бұрын

I was born in Barbados but left over 20 years ago so I never got the history of what happened. There are a number of abandoned buildings in Barbados however this is an intriguing one. Thanks for making this impressive video.

@Prettyeyegirl 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I really appreciated this video. I’m originally from Barbados and this abandon site is such an eye sore when entering the West Coast. It’s also an awful reminder how this project turned out. I hope in future something happens to that site because the beach is lovely there. Hope you had a great stay in Barbados!

@-abacchus 11 ай бұрын

Totally disappointed, not so much that it was never completed, but more for the remaining eyesore at such a beautiful location! Great insight into this fascinating abandoned development!

@Revkor 11 ай бұрын

cost money to remove crap

@duaneaaron2267 11 ай бұрын

Jake, you continue to impress me with your content. You fit a full-scale movie experience into a 23-minute KZfaq video. The production values are unmatched. Keep it going!

@barron204 11 ай бұрын

This site shows how superficial the luxury resort experience can be.

@laurat1129 11 ай бұрын

MTE!

@shaggytallboy4982 11 ай бұрын

It's crazy how much money was wasted, especially when parts of it were so close to getting to a point where they could have survived the elements. So many of these abandoned places could have been preserved with little investment compared to how much was already spent. Another job well done, great video.

@jasonk7072 11 ай бұрын

Interesting that as soon as I saw Simon Cowell and Andrew Lloyd-Webber I thought it looked like somewhere I wouldn’t want to be 😂

@tiaking2002 5 ай бұрын

I couldn’t agree more

@X3r0. 5 ай бұрын

Between the original footage interspersed with historical footage and proper history lessons, this is a top notch channel for history and abandoned exploration

@johnnolan5579 11 ай бұрын

Fascinating. The two times I've been to Barbados and driven past the Four Seasons sign, I always wondered what happened. With such a prominent and reputable name it surprised me that it was closed. Now I know!

@b4804514 11 ай бұрын

Yes Four Seasons and Trump have the same quality name for grifting wealthy people

@Azurethewolf168 11 ай бұрын

@@b4804514LOL

@luishernandez5732 11 ай бұрын

The quality production work of this channel is top notch; never disappoints. The opening was motion picture level!

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@luishernandez5732 11 ай бұрын

Thank you and your team! 👍

@fluffyfour 11 ай бұрын

For anyone interested, it's possible to see pictures of how Villa 1 was in its heyday, if you search for Alana Alang or Alang Alang Villa Barbados (both apply). As late as 2013 they were trying to sell it - I recall seeing it on the net, started at £25m - or rent it at US$5500 per night! Strange no-one has tried to recover this prime land, though the best way in Barbados is to work with local people and local materials as much as one can. Thanks for this, Jake, really interesting (as always).

@rcmadiax 11 ай бұрын

Everytime I hear the year 2008 or 2009, I automaticlly know why its abandoned lol

@sjones26573 11 ай бұрын

Looks like it needs Four Seasons Landscaping.

@laurat1129 11 ай бұрын

😂

@GummyDinosaursify 11 ай бұрын

It's insane to me that there's a housing shortage and somewhere out there someone is burning millions of dollars into absolutely nothing. Imagine if this person invested all their money into affordable housing instead of just burning it?

@AaronShenghao 11 ай бұрын

Some of these people got their money from the housing crisis...

@jamespfp 11 ай бұрын

Writing off the value of one of these mansions was probably why it actually made sense given the amount of fiat cash injected into the economies of the world during the banking crisis of 2008-9. Inflation sucks, and instant demurrage is another name for the burning of the cash itself because of the carrying cost of the currency.

@doowroh 11 ай бұрын

no housing shortage, just too many people.

@purplegill10 11 ай бұрын

@@doowroh Then why are there some communities and regions that don't have a housing shortage? Saying there's too many people completely misses the point that we got into this mess because of bad real estate investments and not building nearly enough housing because it's not profitable to build high-occupancy buildings compared to "luxury" apartments and massive single family homes.

@davidbowman2001 11 ай бұрын

@@doowroh You’re right, we should just kill everyone and then nobody would need food and shelter. Very smart.

@JimToronto 11 ай бұрын

Your videos just keep getting better and better, and I don't even know how thats possible. But thank you, for all your content.. I watch some over and over again. Truly remarkable what you bring to us, and to KZfaq Jake... amazing.

@Bizness10 11 ай бұрын

One of your more fascinating video's in the abandoned series. Enjoyed it.

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

Much appreciated

@TheTim09 11 ай бұрын

Ah, 2008 strikes again. Loved the intro, very dramatic and a cool property to explore. As you mentioned it's interesting to see how quickly even brand new sites can be reclaimed by nature and scrappers.

@Mhhnpodcast 11 ай бұрын

It’s disgusting to see the amount of garbage people leave behind with no respect for nature

@Aeon1019 11 ай бұрын

It's starts with those who build these MONSTROSITIES [Elites] and Abandon them and the land is rendered useless.

@legoqueen2445 11 ай бұрын

I wish the locals would take over the structures and somehow finish them to create housing.

@zachsmith1676 11 ай бұрын

@@legoqueen2445 if they were, with how long it's sat abandoned, they'll likely have to tear everything down and start over from scratch...

@legoqueen2445 11 ай бұрын

@@zachsmith1676 such a waste of resources benefitting noone! At least the looters got in and took stuff before it rotted away! Using Chinese workforce instead of locals is also shady.

@rafialmer3754 10 ай бұрын

As an Indonesian, Im Very proud Of my country. It has Inspired those who wants to build the Resort. When jake said "Batu Hijau" "Bali" I just cant stop smiling for some reason

@jakezoet-jd1wk 11 ай бұрын

Wow, never thought I would see an exploration of an abandoned place in Barbados, especially an abandoned hotel. Awesome video Jake, I love how this is the first abandoned place exploration that isn’t in the US or Canada. Wonder if you might do others abandoned explorations in places like Europe or South America, that would be very cool

@jatnielnunez9845 11 ай бұрын

Jake, I’ve gotta say I love how your videos have taken such a different approach. I thought I was watching a movie at the beginning! I’ve been following all your videos since 2015! Keep up the great work!

@izzypeasyy 11 ай бұрын

The thing that always sticks out to me in these abandoned videos is the amount of plastic waste that builds up and sticks out so badly. The half torn down structures being swallowed by the jungle and nature almost feel like art, but the plastic bottles and trash do not fit anywhere. They rarely ever look decomposed either. A skeletal structure of a building could at least be used with wildlife as shelter once it has been left behind, but not the plastic garbage that fills these places.

@lukewancewicz488 11 ай бұрын

I love your videos. Please never stop. Also is there a way to suggest a location? Cool old folks home abandoned in 2019, still has power, and super untouched. anyways thanks for improving my day

@wingerfan1 11 ай бұрын

I still think you need your own TV show. It would be great to do a whole series on all of this stuff globally. This resort could've been something special and I do believe that they should take the original concepts and try to complete it. I really like the balinese style. Such an awesome video from one of my favorite channels.

@seanmulligan4123 11 ай бұрын

Another amazing video. The cinematography the editing perfect. As someone who has made several documentaries I know the length it takes to make these. Keep up the great work!

@gulfcoastsunset5879 9 ай бұрын

Bright Sun's editing and narrating skills go continually unmatched....

@kyleanuar9090 11 ай бұрын

There's a brand new luxury resort in Malaysia styled in French Riviera abandoned soon after opening. Every guest got haunted out never to have a night of peace. According to the Wiseman the djinns inhibitors of the island vowed to never allow anyone to sleep there in peace as they were never considered when the resort was built. They claimed they would have moved if given a new place.

@GRosa250 11 ай бұрын

Maybe it was owned by Four Seasons Total Landscaping and not Four Seasons resorts. Sometimes those two companies get confused with one another 😂

@laurat1129 11 ай бұрын

😂

@brianblumenreich9026 11 ай бұрын

Your Abandoned videos are great!!

@yeet-lj3dr 11 ай бұрын

no one does abandoned videos quite like you, absolute GOAT

@stefanschneider3681 11 ай бұрын

If you look it up on google maps it‘s even more impressive. Those beachside houses with their huge pools, man, what a sight! You think for a second it wouldn’t take that much to get it back to life - then you get real and realize: it’s almond impossible to rebuild without loosing tons of money in the long run. Sad, very sad!

@stefanschneider3681 11 ай бұрын

Great video, perfect match of actual and old footage. Thanks 👍!

@glass1258 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if what we consider as ancient ruins were actually vacation destinations for the elites of that time period 🤔

@Ryan-sn6gn 11 ай бұрын

The market crash of 2800 B.C. was brutal

@ZGryphon 11 ай бұрын

As it happens, Pompeii _was_ in fact a popular vacation spot for wealthy Romans in the years leading up to its destruction in AD 79. Its scenic location on the Bay of Naples made it sort of the Capri of its day (the actual Capri having been the private property of the emperors at the time).

@glass1258 11 ай бұрын

@@ZGryphon wow that’s really amazing. Thanks 🙏 for the information I’m going to research this whole vacation destination idea I had .

@glass1258 11 ай бұрын

@@Ryan-sn6gn yes absolutely brutal crash in 2800 b.c they had a huge housing boom after that tho lol

@crocussativus5927 11 ай бұрын

I always get excited when I'm informed that Bright Sun Films has posted a new video!

@michaelpeterson9862 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting documentary. Even Four Seasons couldn't overcome the debilitating effects of a global recession. And we never really conquer nature. It just sits and waits, and it can always outlast us.

@kattriella1331 10 ай бұрын

It's incredible how quickly nature can and will take a space back once people vacate it. Everything really DOES return to the earth, eventually.

@lucsmith2092 11 ай бұрын

Ooooooh stunning location. Thank you Jake for visiting it and bringing it to life with your usual stunning cinematography, research and narration. I just cannot believe it has never been resurrected! If you ever want to come to Australia, there’s an abandoned resort on an island off Queensland…

@corgimom2 11 ай бұрын

Amazing how nature reclaims a place.

@andrew.l.5493 11 ай бұрын

They should bulldoze the lot and make the space for the public so everyone can enjoy the beautiful surroundings.

@Ontheroxxwithsalt 11 ай бұрын

Move the concrete into the water offshore and eventually a new reef will grow. Good for tourism and the ecology of the ocean.

@hannes3452 11 ай бұрын

Once again an astonishing and fascinating video. It is really hard to believe that this sits abandoned for 15 Years, this would be a great location for Holidays.

@JC-cm9bn 11 ай бұрын

Jake, always enjoy watching your videos. One of my favorites was Murf Klaubers Colony Beach and Tennis Resort in Longboat Key Florida, which I've watched several times. Thanks for memorializing these once wonderful places. Looking forward to your next location 😀👍

@apancher 9 ай бұрын

Wow, this is amazingly done. I only just found your channel, but now have a lot to catch up on!

@wdwexploreandchill 11 ай бұрын

this is hauntingly beautiful, thank you!

@AngeloGiles 11 ай бұрын

This was a great video, one thing that annoys me about these type of investments, is how much money that goes to waste on these projects if they fall through, that money go to so many’s other things lol.

@renypayne11 11 ай бұрын

Enjoy your stay in Barbados, definitely visit oinstins and enjoy the night life. My whole family is from Barbados so its nice to learn some history.

@johnp139 11 ай бұрын

He’s probably been back for months if not years.

@Azurethewolf168 11 ай бұрын

What is oinstins?

@journeyswithj246 11 ай бұрын

@AzureWolf168 a fishing town with vibrant nightlife.

@Azurethewolf168 11 ай бұрын

@@journeyswithj246 oh

@KamInBim 11 ай бұрын

It's actually Oistins and it's a very popular spot especially on Friday and Saturday nights to get great food, particularly fish.

@TheLubeKing 11 ай бұрын

I can really appreciate the hustle of getting to travel to Barbados for "work" and writing off the travel as a business expense. I should find a way to do that....

@fecteau8650 11 ай бұрын

The editing in your videos is getting better and better I love it

@lavapix 11 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure when I visited Bora Bora in 1986 there was an abandoned Four Seasons resort. We passed near it while taking the water taxi/ferry from the Atoh airport to the main island. Not sure if it had been open and failed or something like this failed venture. It would have been interesting to explore it. A different location than the current one on Bora Bora.

@SethsBudgetBuilds 11 ай бұрын

I really love these episodes. Abandon places are awesome

@dylanbennett7537 11 ай бұрын

Love the respectful, knowledgeable undestructive, well sought out pov you put into these abandoned videos. You don’t add some bs theories etc. 👌🏻👏

@LuckyPierre789 11 ай бұрын

Cool! Now do the Coco Palms Resort on Kauai! :) Awesome history as always. Thanks!

@chris_is_here_oh_no 11 ай бұрын

Fascinating documentary, very interesting backstory and progress of this property. Amazing work!

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@tigerv88 11 ай бұрын

Superb production yet again Jake, you do abandoned like no other 😊. I feel for the local people who now have to live with this, the developers should be made to clean up their mess and leave something of a positive legacy for the people of Barbados to enjoy. I do wonder how the properties would have fared by design given the open elements and the fact that storms could have damaged the proprieties. Guess we will never know

@lostlegend2197 11 ай бұрын

Always enjoy another Abandoned video 👍

@kellyngrey4950 11 ай бұрын

Been a long time follower, and I love how much your editing and videography skills have expanded and sharpened! Your intros are great. Cheers from Texas!

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@RobsNeighbor 11 ай бұрын

Love the work you do!

@IndeedBeni 11 ай бұрын

Don't mind if I watch this immediately.

@stephanebolduc6501 11 ай бұрын

Great find, thank you for sharing!

@josieann5031 11 ай бұрын

Just want to sit on that beautiful beach and watch the sunset.

@REVIEWSONTHERUN 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful work. Thanks for sharing it. ✌️

@minikawildflower 11 ай бұрын

This is an incredibly cool one mixing the exploration of the site with history portions!

@jerseythedog 11 ай бұрын

That was some insanely astounding architecture!

@matthewg3397 11 ай бұрын

Hell yea been waiting all week for this! Happy Friday everyone !

@bsenka 11 ай бұрын

It boggles my mind that a resort backed by such titans in the industry wasn't already done long before it got to the point of abandonment, never mind that it could be abandoned in the first place. Having travelled to many tropical resort destinations, I've seen so many of these types of complexes get built. You show up one year, and you can see them start breaking ground, and the next time you come by the whole place is fully built out and they are booked to capacity. Even from 2008-on, many places were building these types of facilities full-steam ahead. Heck, even when they get ravaged by a hurricane they are fully repaired and reopened within a year. Even COVID, where tourist and investment dollars almost completely dried up, a bunch of new ones got built.

@sushitales2284 6 ай бұрын

Love these videos. So well filmed and put together. Awesome job!

@BrightSunFilms 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@99percentirish64 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, to you and your crew, Mr. Jake. Great work. Great video. Peace, from Florida, USA.

@2TRUE210 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU BRO! KEEP UP THE BEST WORK!!!!

@PhoenixRCCrawler 11 ай бұрын

Shocking and fantastic at the same time. Thank you.

@stupid8911 11 ай бұрын

Good work, y'all. What a bittersweet look at this place; I hope one day the project can be revived.

@Revkor 11 ай бұрын

she would have to start from scratch. damage done is too much. at best maybe salavage the one tenet building

@firecwby1999 11 ай бұрын

Another excellent episode Jake, thank you.

@BrightSunFilms 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@MegaJviera 11 ай бұрын

I remember your first abandoned episode youve gotten so amazing. I hope you are able to meet your biggest goals

@aaronswed01 11 ай бұрын

I LOVE YOUR NEW INTRO i was always saying the "whats up guys, this is abandoned" or whatever it was, sounded soooo unprofessional. also, love your new cameras or editing software!

@pyrexmaniac Ай бұрын

The pavillion-style indoor/outdoor villas would have been truly magnificent. The quality of materials is evident in the fine condition of what remains. What is not surprising is that this was to be a Four Seasons managed property. It would have been remarkable to see it completed successfully.

@Hogtownboy1 11 ай бұрын

What great research job. This fascinating. Amazing how quickly the forest came back. I wonder if any of the roof damage due a hurricane

@andrewb3915 11 ай бұрын

Great video as always! I’d Love to see you do an episode on Picher Oklahoma. That would be amazing!

@zincmann 11 ай бұрын

You go to any of these islands in the Caribbean you will find many abandoned or half built houses, hotels, and structures. Its sad to see but thats life. They are left to rot and crumble over time.