Hotel Portofino is the name of a TV series created in 2022. Even though the first season was just released, it has already been renewed for a second season due to its popularity. How can you stream this series online?
Matt Baker is the director of the series and it is about an English family who moves to Italy to run a hotel there. It is more complicated than they would expect, not because of the things happening within the family, but because of a hard political situation in Italy where fascism is growing more and more.
There are several hotels in Italy named Hotel Portofino, and other is also an area named Portofino. This TV series has nothing to do with any of the hotels carrying its name. But, if you want to have fun in Italy, it could be a good idea to visit a Hotel Portofino to sleep a few nights there after streaming Hotel Portofino online. But how can you watch this series starring Natascha McElhone and Lucy Akhurst online?
How can I stream Hotel Portofino online?
This TV series is available on SKY in Italy (which is complicated and expensive) and on ITVX in the United Kingdom. The latter is much easier to access, so if you want to, follow these instructions and you will be able to watch Hotel Portofino on ITVX in a couple of minutes.
ITVX is the streaming service of the popular TV network ITV in the United Kingdom. This is the big competitor of BBC, but most people use both and watch all the interesting content on both networks. The streaming service ITVX launched in November 2022, before that it was just known as ITV.
If you try to stream content on ITVX like Hotel Portofino online, you will see an error message like this.
Since you are abroad, you do not have access to the content on the platform. What can you do about that? You need to use a VPN that unlocks ITVX abroad. That is harder than you would expect, because even though many VPN services are available, most of them are blocked by ITVX. Even though you use a VPN, the stream will not start and you will still see different error messages.
The only VPN I could use to stream ITVX online during my most recent tests was ExpressVPN. This fast and brilliant VPN is perfect for unblocking TV networks and streaming services.
You can also use ExpressVPN to stream BBC iPlayer, Hulu, PeacockTV, Paramount+, Amazon Prime, RaiPlay, Viaplay, and many other streaming services and TV networks online.
- Visit the ExpressVPN website and purchase a subscription.
They have different subscriptions available. You will get the best price if you purchase a 12-month plan. If you use the link above, you will get three additional free months if you purchase a 1-year plan. No matter which plan you purchase, they have a 30-day refund policy which makes you entitled for all your money in return if you cancel your subscription within this period.
Download the ExpressVPN application and install it on your computer, phone, tablet, or browser.
ExpressVPN has applications for all the big platforms and devices. As a result, you can use it to unblock Netflix on your mobile phone, secure your computer, and stream Hotel Portofino and other content in your browser. You can use one subscription on five devices simultaneously!Run the application and connect to a server in the United Kingdom.
This will give you an IP address in the United Kingdom, and as you visit the ITVX website, you will be seen as a person in the UK. What is the consequence? You can stream Hotel Portofino online at the ITVX website immediately.
You might need to restart your browser for this to work.
Isn't it awesome that you can stream Hotel Portofino for free on the ITVX website abroad? You will see a couple of ads while streaming, but they are short and not annoying at all.
Here I am streaming the first episode of Hotel Portofino on ITVX. I am writing this article in Hungary, meaning that the first error message was 100% authentic and real. But as I connected to an ExpressVPN server in the United Kingdom the problems were solved and I was able to watch Hotel Portofino online.
Is Hotel Portofino worth streaming?
It is still a new series, so there are few reviews available online. Based on what I have seen so far, the reception is mixed. It has a 6.7/10 score on IMDb based on 2000 ratings, while it has a 50% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes based on a few reviews.
Have you seen it? What do you think?