Where is The Real Marigold Hotel filmed, whereabouts in India is Old Kochi and is it a real hotel?

THE Real Marigold Hotel is a popular BBC reality show that’s taken eight ageing celebrities on the trip of a lifetime.

Viewers are currently loving the second series of the programme, which has seen the famous faces try out retirement in Kochi, India.

But where is the hotel located and can everyday tourists visit it?

What is The Real Marigold Hotel about and where is it filmed?

The programme has proven to be a reality TV show with a difference as it took eight senior celebrities on a mission to see how they would fare retiring on the other side of the world.

It became a ratings hit on BBC Two as stars such as dancer Wayne Sleep, actress Miriam Margolyes and former newsreader Jan Leaming took on the challenge to see what retiring abroad could offer them.

The celeb pensioners have been trialling what life without work would be like if they moved to Old Kochi, India.