For the most part, the Lion City is masquerading as a futuristic Los Angeles, though it does get a name check in episode four. “Another simulation? Well, this one is a bit over the top,” snaps Thandie Newton’s character, at the Atlas Bar, only to be told, “No Maeve, it’s Singapore.”

While filming in the city, cast members Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright and Luke Hemsworth Instagrammed themselves at the Botanic Gardens, Haw Par Villa and Sentosa’s Adventure Cove Waterpark. Here are some of the Singapore locations that can be seen in the new series.

Parkroyal Collection Pickering

In episode one’s opening scenes, we catch a glimpse of this hotel, close to the central business district (CBD) and Chinatown, in a flashback sequence with Wood’s Dolores Abernathy (now a champagne-quaffing killer in a little black dress and heels). Specifically, we see the roof terrace, with its distinctive birdcage cabanas and infinity pool.

In a later episode, the hotel’s exterior is shown in its full splendour, all curved lines and draped with greenery. Tessa Thompson’s character, Charlotte Hale (or whoever is inhabiting her body since she was killed at the end of series two), meets Dolores here for a martini.

The interior shots of the bar and bedrooms were not filmed at the Parkroyal, though – in reality these are pared-back, Scandi chic. The cast and crew did, however, stay here during filming. Wright, who plays Bernard, posted an impressive picture of the hotel on Instagram with the caption, “’Til next time, Singapore.”

Marina One

Dolores arrives in LA by futuristic-looking helicopter. But the building she exits, having landed on the roof, is in fact in Singapore. An aerial shot focuses on a courtyard garden, complete with three-storey waterfall and surrounded by multi­level, loop-shaped walkways, which Dolores walks through as she demands, “Find me something fast.”

Although it looks as if it could have been created for a dystopian fantasy, this is the Green Heart at Marina One, an exclusive condo, office and retail complex between Marina Bay and the CBD. The garden was designed to provide shade for office workers, shoppers and now, presumably, Westworld fans.

School of the Arts (SOTA)

We are introduced to new character Caleb Nichols, an ex-soldier played by Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul, as he visits his mother in hospital – in reality, the School of the Arts (SOTA) – before leaving through the Stadium MRT station. Spectacular SOTA, made up of three towers connected by bridges and dripping with foliage, is a high school for visual and performing arts. Its three performance spaces – Concert Hall, Drama Theatre and the more intimate Studio – are open to the public for performances.

Lasalle College of the Arts

Caleb seemingly attends a job interview at Lasalle’s McNally campus, noticeable for its striking multifaceted glass facade. Then, in episode three, Caleb and Dolores are filmed outside Lasalle following, not to give any­thing away, their first official introduction. The college’s prominent “Expression” and “Collaboration” signs are strangely apt in the scene.

Orchard Road

When Caleb takes a phone call about his job interview against a nighttime backdrop of brightly lit designer stores and neon illu­minated steps, he does so between the Wisma Atria and Ion shopping centres, on Orchard Road. Sensibly, Caleb is there in the evening rather than during the punishing heat of the day. Had Caleb nipped inside the Ion, he would probably have skipped the cookie-cutter inter­national stores and headed to the sub-basement, four levels underground, to Food Opera’s hawker-style stalls.

The Helix

Taking another nighttime call, Caleb walks across the eye-catching Helix bridge, with the Singapore Flyer observation wheel just visible in the background. The pedestrian bridge links the Marina Centre waterfront with Marina Bay Sands and is constructed of a double helix, like a DNA molecule. The Helix looks particularly spectacular and futuristic at night when neon LED lighting emphasises the parallel curves of the steel structure.

Pulau Ubin

Atlas Bar

Maeve and new character Engerraund Serac, played by Vincent Cassel, meet for a drink at the visually ravishing Atlas Bar. Maeve is still knocking back the sherry (“In the largest glass you’ve got” – perhaps she’s heard about Singapore’s notoriously small pours), although gin and champagne are the house specialities.

“If you really wanted to impress me you’d have taken me to Paris,” Maeve quips to Engerraund. The line is doubly amusing as Atlas is a newly built homage to Europe’s original art deco brasseries. While it is consistently voted one of Singapore’s favourite bars, it feels decidedly theme park-ish, which makes it perfect as a Westworld location.

National Gallery Singapore

Dolores and Caleb’s visit to “the bank for a certain social set” takes place inside the National Gallery. The former Supreme Court and City Hall is worth a visit for the design alone: 19th century architecture mixed with modern glass and steel. Design and history tours take place daily during the week and twice a day at weekends. The pair’s banking transaction scene was shot on the Terrace, an event space in the Supreme Court Wing, next to the Rotunda.

The public can enter the dome, which contains a library (open Monday to Friday, except public holidays), and visitors are spoiled for choice for bars and restaurants, such as the rooftop Smoke & Mirrors, which has a bird’s-eye view of the curvaceous Singapore skyline.

Food Street

In episode four, we see Maeve meander under the red lanterns and past the roast meat and noodle stalls of Chinatown’s Food Street. Following a multimillion-dollar revamp, the shophouse-lined street with all-weather roof is probably the most theme park-esque of all the Westworld 3 locations.