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Indoor Pools

MOLITOR HOTEL, PARIS FRANCE WE-WISH!

It’s not Wednesday, but we’ve added another Paris pool to our wish list! It may not be The Ritz, but it sure sounds interesting. Molitor has a rich history (we learned about it here)—a hotel at the site of a restored public pool from the Art Deco era. According to the hotel’s web …

HOTEL MIRAMAR, BARCELONA, SPAIN

Hotel Miramar in Barcelona consideres itself “luxury boutique.” In an artistically restored palace on the slope of a mountain with  views of Las Rambas, the property combines historical 1920s grandeur, with contemporary comforts. It’s in a lively spot, near the center of town. The pool area feature wooden decking and bar …

HOTEL PERALADA, SPAIN

Hotel Peralada is about an hour and 45 minutes by car outside of Barcelona, in the Catlonia wine region. If Napa Valley were in southern california, only it were really small and with a disproportionate number of Michelin star restaurants, it would be sort of like Peralada. The hotel is …

100 DEGREES OF WE-WISH-WEDNESDAY

With triple-digit temperatures all over the west this week, this is where we want to be: Hotel Villa Honegg in Switzerland, in the Alps, above the town of Ennetbürgen. The resort hangs off the side of an ice-crusted mountain and reaches arctic temperatures mid-winter. There’s an indoor pool too, with heat …

HOLIDAY INN, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA

Nothing against Holiday Inn, but they aren’t usually the properties where one expects to find amazing hotel swimming pools. But not only is the Holiday Inn of Fargo a hotel with an indoor pool, it’s also got a pirate ship feature with 5 water slides! We would almost crown this …