World’s Best Hotel Pools

The hotel pool certainly has gone through some changes over the year and our current iterations are the most gaudy and fantastic yet. Gone are the simple square pools, lame plastic lounge chairs and corny elevator music. Welcome the age of decadence and opulence at the finer hotels around the globe. If you are searching for the most outlandish and luxury hotel pools, you are in the right place.   Here is our list of the world’s Best Hotel Pools and Spas.

St. Regis Punta Mita Resort, Nayarit, Mexico

The Nayarit Riviera is a beautiful location for a vacation, located on the Western coast. Like most resorts nowadays the St. Regis Punta Mita Resort has multiple world-class pools to choose from. They range from a two level family friendly pool to two separate adult only options. The Beach club pool has an infinity edge and some of the tastiest cocktails in all of Mexico. We recommend ordering a “smoking Champagne”,” a surprising blends of spices, fruit and of course champagne. Pool butlers work off a handy phone app so even the laziest of vacationers can summon a bloody mary and lunch without lifting their heads.

Chileno Bay Resort & Residences, Los Cabos, Mexico

Baja Mexico is cranking out new top-notch resorts every few years and the Chileno Bay Resort & residences are the newest and shiniest one.   This all-inclusive mega resort offers up top shelf alcoholic beverages all day at the pool. Try one of their signatures frozen beverage s to cool you down poolside. A nice treat is their afternoon aloe vera ice cubes to help with any sunburn or to just chill you out.

Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The world’s most luxurious hotel has to have a top 5 pool as well and the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai does just that. They just unveiled their new 100,000 square–foot over water terrace with 32 lavish cabanas with A/C. These luxury cabanas surround two huge pools, one salt-water and the other fresh water.   It wouldn’t be Dubai if there weren’t a few opulent choices for the uber-rich. This resort offers eight “royal” cabanas with bathrooms and all the extras you could imagine. If you can afford it, the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah is the most luxurious choice.

Oil Nut Bay, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands

The most instagram-able pool in all the world, the Oil Nut Bay in the British Virgin Islands has staff whose only job is to take shots of guests. These staff members don’t only snap pics they also provide fun props like giant inflatable flamingos and funny hats to make your pictures the best. The three-tiered pool is incredible and spacious; you will feel like you are all alone here.

 Faena Hotel Miami Beach, Florida

You know Miami would be on this list with Florida’s year round beach weather and the city’s opulent reputation. The luxurious Miami Beach resort has a first-class staff that does everything for the guests. You will seriously feel like royalty here. Complimentary snacks are passed around like a fancy pool party and they will even clean your sunglasses for you. This resort doesn’t want you to lift a finger and it shows.  

Find your pool paradise with or without our list, everyone’s preferences are different so figure out what your top five hotel pools are.