Reader AB spent Easter weekend on a road trip from Los Angeles to Valle de Guadalupe in Baja, Mexico. While she was there, she visited Villas Maglen, an upscale, ultra modern resort / winery that’s definitely worth checking out. This Guadalupe is 20 miles or so outside of Ensenada, (not to be confused with …
Reader/contributor KS visited Casa De Campo in the Dominican Republic in late July. He says it was hot and humid and the pools could not be more welcome. It’s a golf resort, on the beach, with an equestrian center. So the pools aren’t the main attraction. But when you need …
Here’s another Reader Swim from another hope-to-be regular contributor, KB. KB is a travel industry professional who promises to share photos of the pools he encounters during his frequent travels. The Ritz Carlton, Marina Del Rey has it’s own dock, so you can sail in for a night—and a swim—whenever …
Here’s a reader swim pic from our International Textile Specialist pal ML from her recent visit to the Mandarin Oriental Singapore. The hotel is right on Marina Bay, with a view of one of the most famous hotel swimming pools in the world—The Marina Bay Sands. Pretty stiff competition for a hotel …
Here’s a guest post (our first!) from a reader, and another of our favorite travel bloggers, Travel Glitter’s Monica Poling: It seems Acapulco just can’t catch a break, when it comes to the media. Still when you’re ensconced in the grounds of the Fairmont Acapulco Princess, it’s pretty easy to …
Reader Alisa visited the Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island in October of 2012. As pools go, this one is a serious player. Maybe an all-star even. They’ve got: Kona Pool, the largest of the three freshwater pools, features a dramatic waterfall; Kohala River Pool, a system of four pools interconnected …
Reader Bill and his family went to the Grand Lakes JW Mariott in Orlando this summer and had a blast. He’s got 3 kids under 10 and the whole family loved the lazy river, the rocky cliffs. Here’s Bill’s photo of the lazy river. I think it sums up the Dad-on-vacation vibe quite …
Reader Lily sent us these photo from Lifestyle Holidays resort in the Dominican Republic. It’s an all-incluvise resort with several different levels of service. If you go for the VIP package, you get to use the pool shown above, which features a mini island in the middle of …
It’s pretty much the hippest thing going when it comes to hotel swimming pools right now: The Ace Hotel and Swim Club in downtown Palm Springs. It was built on the site of a mid-sixties Howard Johnson’s motor lodge. The Ace’s restaurant is in an old Denny’s. It’s the …
Hotel Swimming Pools reader Wendi, just got back from the Embassy Suites at Mandalay Beach, in Oxnard California. Not related in any way to Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, the Embassy Suites in Oxnard is an all-suite, beachfront resort about halfway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. While room rates for …