0
A refreshing dip and splash about in your ski hotel swimming pool is the ultimate way to round off an idyllic day on the slopes. Whether unwinding together or playing with the kids, a hotel pool has become a must-have many in their ski hotel tick list.
With a heady mix of jet streams, poolside bars and views worth going all wrinkly for, the following properties set a high watermark for the hotels in the Alps.
Forget après-ski fatigue - luxury ski hotels with a swimming pool aren't just a healthy dose of relaxation and exercise, and many of the finest 5 star hotels have not just luxurious indoor swimming with floor to ceiling windows for stonking great views of the Alps, but also amazing outdoor heated pools where the steamy warmth rises from your breath and body.
Choose a luxury spa hotel for your base and you'll step from the water into wall-to-wall wellness facilities. On a family ski holiday, take an après-ski swim and children will have a whale of a time. Top hotels know it's a must-have on a high-end break at high altitude. Trade the ordinary for extraordinary at one of our 5-star ski accommodations with pool access.
Best Ski Hotels With Swimming Pool
Which are the best luxury ski hotels with a swimming pool? The most exclusive 5-star ski hotels with a swimming pool are The Kulm in St Moritz and the Grand Hotel Zermatterhoff, with the Top 5 completed by the Fairmont Chateau in Whistler, Chedi in Andermatt and W Verbier. Here's the Top 10:
Ski hotels with adult-only pools
Pulled off your ski boots, whipped on your swimmers, and sauntered into your pool to find it swimming in children?
If you like your laps without shrieks and splashes, stick to an adult-only pool, like the Hotel Elizabeth's, or look for a spa hotel which usually place age limits or hourly restrictions on children.
A chalet with a pool's another option, which outside of peak dates (Christmas, New Year, Easter and Half Term), are usually adult-only.
SNO's favourite hotels with Adult-only pools:
Hotel Riml, Club Med Val Thorens Sensations, Hotel Elisabeth
Ski hotels with child-friendly pools
Pools have always been must-haves many of our own family ski trips, and almost all hotel pools are open to children. Exceptions include some spa pools and adult-only hotels, but if unspecified on our hotel pages, you can be pretty sure that little ones are allowed – get our specialists to double check for you.
Some properties dedicate entire separate swimming areas just to children, like the Family Resort Seiblishof, where the spa's connected to a children's water area with vitality and tropical rain showers.
Just ask and we can find a hotel in a resort that's right for you and yours.
SNO's favourite hotels with children's pools:
Levitunturi Spa Hotel, Hotel Sport, Family Resort Alpenpark, Hotel Alte Post,
European pool rules
Given the continental attitude to nudity (generally the more on show, the merrier...), it's worth knowing what's the norm in resort.
The French Speedo rule: We've all heard of this one – that you're not allowed to swim in a public French pool in anything but Lycra. In truth, it's policed in some places more than others. Still, we've seen French leisure centres with a Speedo loan box for those who've forgotten theirs… If you're more into boardshorts than budgie-smugglers, ask us to find you a hotel with a pool where the rules don't apply.
Caps: Swimming caps are the essential wear in Italy, often even required in hotel pools, so make sure to pack one to avoid being turned away with your cozzie on. Our sources say a shower cap from the hotel bathroom won't do - it needs to be a proper bathing cap.
Luxury hotel pools
A lot of ski hotels have pools, but the elite offer more than a mere place to paddle. Planned by praised architects, find them outdoors and heated to heavenly degrees: with infinity edges, bubble jets and sweeping rooftop views. Or find them in the great indoors, inches from saunas and steam rooms with panoramic windows bringing the outside in. Some pools are adult only - all day long or for certain hours - while others pull out all stops for tiddlers, adding slides and fountains for splashing about in.
The best ski hotel pools
The pool at Kitzbuhel’s Schwarzer Adler should be on every skier’s bucket list – the biggest rooftop pool in the alps, with an underwater sound system, counter currents and massage jets. There’s a record breaking SEVENTEEN swimming pools at the Levitunturi Spa Hotel, including ones indoors, outdoors, especially for children and dedicated to fitness. Hotel Altapura in Val Thorens has the alps’ highest swimming pool, which is indoors and outdoors complete with an ice igloo… In Ortisei, Hotel Adler has a steamy outdoor pool surrounded by Dolomite peaks, plus an indoor pool and jacuzzi AND a grotto with a brine pool.
Popular Ski Resorts With Swimming Pools
France Ski Hotels with Swimming Pool
Whether you’re looking for the very best luxury ski hotels with pool in France, like the spectacular Hotel Le Fitz Roy in Val Thorens or a family friendly option with childcare and kids clubs like the ever popular Club Med L’Alpe d’Huez, France has one of the widest selection of hotels with a swimming pool in the alps. Among the most recommended and rebooked re the stunning Koh-I Nor in Val Thorens and the Village Montana Suites in Tignes, but our selection runs to almost 200 so enter your dates and airport to search all ski hotels with pool in France.
Luxury France Ski Hotels with A Pool
France is swimming in luxury ski hotels with inviting pools! Imagine taking a dip in the steaming warm waters of an outdoor heated pool such as at the Hotel Les Grandes Rousses in Alpe d’Huez, a family hotel where a splash of fun adds to your stay, or the CGH White Pearl Lodge & Spa in La Plagne where you can chill out after hitting the slopes. For breathtaking mountain views, make your way to Tignes and chek out the Hotel Voulez Vous or head to Hotel Le Kaila in Méribel, where doing laps with views of the snowy slopes is pure bliss. Browse the full range of luxury ski hotels with pool in France.
Austria Ski Hotels with Pool
Considered by some clients to be more authentically alpine, Austria has a long tradition of often family-run ski hotels, and a swimming pool is one of the most requested facilities. With well over 200 in our collection, you’ll find options to suit both your preference and your purse. Top recommendations from lux-loving clients include the stylish Hotel Arlberg in Lech and glacier-cool Arthotel Elizabeth in Ischgl, while one of our family groups has taken two dozen of their nearest and dearest to the Alpine Palace in Hinterglemm every winter for the last ten years. Lucky devils.
Austrian Luxury Ski Hotels with Pool
Charming village resorts like Obergurgl, Hinterglemm and Ischgl all have luxury ski hotels with pools that redefine après-ski. Imagine infinity pools amidst snow-capped peaks, family-friendly splashes, or rooftop cocktails overlooking vibrant scenes. Unwind in style at the Top Hotel Hochgurgl with a heated outdoor pool and panoramic views, the Hotel Edelweiss & Gurgl in Obergurgl with indoor and outdoor pools and slopeside views, or opt for the Elisabeth Hotel in Mayrhofen with its adult-only spa, stylish indoor pool and quiet rooms. Click here for more Luxury Ski Hotels with Pool in Austria.
Italy Ski Hotels with Pool
With a reputation as the alpine nation with the most laid-back atmosphere, it’s no surprise that off-slope activities carry as much emphasis in Italy as the skiing. The grand old piles of yesteryear like venerable Adler Spar Resort Dolomiti are still elegantly servicing the great and the good, but the Italians have more recently gone big in contemporary and boutique chic with notable recent reopening of the Hotel Cervino in Cervinia (5 star hotel with pool skiing the Matterhorn glacier for a fraction of the price of Zermatt). As clients with children have flocked to all inclusive family ski hotels, the ever popular Club Med Pragelato in the vast Via Lattea (Milky Way) ski area has been our most booked Italian ski hotel with a pool for 3 years running.
Italian Luxury Ski Hotels with Pool
Indulge in the perfect blend of poolside relaxation and thrilling slopes at Italy's luxury ski hotels. For a taste of old-world charm, Adler Spar Resort Dolomiti is your go-to, offering timeless elegance with both heated outdoor and indoor pools. Craving contemporary chic? Cervinia's Cervino hotel (where all rooms have Matterhorn views for a fraction of Zermatt prices!) has a sleek indoor pool. Family-friendly Hotel Le Massif in Courmayeur dazzles with its stylish indoor/outdoor pool, while Valtur Cervinia Cristallo Ski Resort, takes the fun to new heights with a massive 200m² pool featuring dedicated splash zones for the little ones. View the extended list of Italy's luxury ski hotels with pools.
Switzerland Ski Hotels with Pool
As the skiing fraternity’s global home of 5-star, it’s perhaps unsurprising that some of the world’s finest ski hotels with a pool are in Switzerland. The opulent Walliserhof Grand Hotel and Spa in Saas Fee stands out as the only pool we know of where you swim beneath a chandelier, and the old-world charm and levels of service at the Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof in Grindelwald match the views that you wake up to beneath the north face of the mighty Eiger.
Swiss Luxury Ski Hotels with Pool
Switzerland, the global hub of five-star skiing, proudly hosts some of the world's finest ski hotels with pools. The family-friendly Walliserhof Grand Hotel and Spa in Saas Fee takes the spotlight with a distinctive pool experience—you can swim in a grotto-like setting beneath an elegant chandelier. Exuding old-world charm, the indoor pool of the Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof in Grindelwald combines traditional Swiss chalet style with a backdrop of the mighty Eiger. Hotel Kempinski Palace in Engelberg elevates the experience with family-friendly luxury, offering an infinity pool against a backdrop of panoramic mountain vistas. Meanwhile, the architect-designed AlpenGold Hotel in Davos is a masterpiece, providing accessible facilities, including a soothing spa with both heated indoor and outdoor pools. Check here for more Swiss Luxury hotels with pools.
SNO thing better than a ski hotel with a pool
There are pools of the first water among our luxury ski hotels, and we've collected the finest in the mountains to point you in the direction of aquatic excellence. Properties lower down the price scale may not have hydro-massaging technology or tepidariums for you to climb out to, but then again sometimes water's all you really need…
One of our hotels, the Levitunturi Spa Hotel, has SEVENTEEN pools… and there are others, like the Schloss Lebenburg's, that are infinity edged so it feels like you're swimming straight out to the mountains. At Hotel Schwarzer Adler, there's an incredible open-air pool on the rooftop… Whether you'd like yours indoors, out, dedicated to little dippers or just one of the distractions in a hotel spa, at SNO we're wading in properties with pools.
Call 020 7770 6888 or Enquire Online
Need help choosing your perfect
ski hotel with a swimming pool?
We take care of everything!
© 2025 SNO Group Ltd • company no. 5995288 • VAT no. 946 9394 63 SNO, Apsley House, 176 Upper Richmond Road, London, SW15 2SH.
| why log in? |
Save Wish List view on any device
Share Holidays choose with friends
020 7770 6888
