We’re starting a new (hopefully regular) feature at Hotel Swimming Pools. We’ll pick a big city and then give you unique hotel pool options within driving distance–when to find the best slide, who’s got a lazy river to float, and other pool options we know you love. Since we’re So. Cal …
We’re not planning on visiting Egypt anytime soon, but in case you are, here’s a round-up of some Egyptian hotel swimming poolsfrom Daily News Egypt. No pyramids in sight, but some nice looking properties. Picture below is from the Dusit Thani Lakeview, Cairo. This one is nuts. A hotel for …
There’s a Wall Street Journal piece this week on hotel pools catering to local residents. These are places that for a monthly or yearly fee, allow locals to be “members” or have day-use access of pools, spas, health clubs. They mostly talk about the Rosewood Sand Hill resort in Menlo Park, …
Spending 6 hours at Atlantis sounds to me a bit like flying to Las Vegas for a cocktail, or taking your lunch break at Disneyland. You’d be there just long enough to fully appreciate exactly what it is you are missing. Just a tiny sip of paradise that would leave …
Who knew, that the world’s deepest Geo-Thermal Hot Spring is in a town called Pagosa, Colorado? We definitely love us some Hot Springs here at Hotel Swimming Pools. This one is about an hour’s drive from Durango and 3 hours from Santa Fe, New Mexico. There are three hotels that …
If you’re in or near San Diego, check out The Pearl Hotel. As the Ace is to Palm Springs and The Avalon is to Beverly Hills, The Pearl is a mid-centruy modern motel turned hipster paradise. A little sprucing up, well-chosen paint and the word “boutique” can do wonders for a …
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 …
I’ll bet you didn’t know that the pool at The Los Angeles Downtown Standard hotel is open to the public. Yep, anyone can show up, goggles at the ready, floaties in hand and flip-flop through the lobby, to the elevator bank and up the 12th floor. From there you can …