Hotels with Swimming Pools in Graz for Family Fun

A pool hotel in Graz is a good way to balance a city break with children. The Old Town is walkable but involves a fair amount of climbing if you go up the Schlossberg, and a swim at the end of the day gives younger children something to look forward to. The four hotels on this page all list family suites or family-friendly rooms and accept pets. They differ mostly in where they are: three are within easy reach of the centre, while Hotel Süd Graz is a 20-minute drive from the Old Town.

The Schlossberghotel is the most central and the most distinctive. This 5-star hotel sits at the foot of the Schlossberg in central Graz and has a rooftop pool with views over the city, along with a spa, a gym and a 24-hour bar. Family suites are available, and its apartments include a kitchenette, which helps with young children who eat early. It scores 9.1 from more than 1,500 reviews. For a family that wants to walk everywhere and swim with a view of the red roofs, it is the one I would put first, and the bike rental makes the riverside paths easy to reach.

The Augarten Art Hotel, a member of Design Hotels, is about 1 km from the city centre and also scores 9.1, from more than 2,100 reviews. Its listing mentions an indoor pool, a spa with sauna and steam bath, a fitness room, air-conditioned rooms, family suites, bike rental and a pet-friendly policy. An indoor pool is the safer choice outside summer, when an open-air pool may be less inviting. The Augarten park and the Mur are close to the hotel, so a family can combine a morning walk along the river with an afternoon swim without using a car.

The Parkhotel Graz - Traditional Luxury is a 4-star hotel in the centre with a gourmet restaurant, a garden and a spacious car park, which is useful if you arrive by car with children and luggage. Its spa facilities include a swimming pool, two saunas and a fitness centre, and the hotel accepts pets. It scores 8.9 from more than 1,300 reviews. The garden gives children a quiet place to play outside, and the central location keeps the Old Town and the Schlossberg within reach on foot. I would choose it for a classic city stay with a pool as a bonus.

Hotel Süd Graz is the outlier: a 4-star design hotel in the south of the city, about a 20-minute drive from the Old Town. In exchange for that distance, it offers an indoor pool, a spa area with a sauna and an infrared cabin, family suites and a welcome for pets, and it scores 9.0 from more than 2,100 reviews. It suits families on a road trip who want easy parking and a calm evening swim rather than a central base. For a first visit focused on the Old Town, I would pick one of the three central hotels instead.