Family Hotels with Swimming Pools in Annecy
8 family-friendly hotels with swimming pool in Annecy . Handpicked for families who want the best.
Annecy sits at the edge of a turquoise Alpine lake, about 40 minutes from Geneva, and it's one of those rare French towns where the water is so clean you can drink it. A hotel pool here is a smart backup. Lake Annecy gets busy in July, the public beaches fill early, and rainy Alpine afternoons happen more often than the tourism brochures admit. A pool on-site means nap swims for toddlers, cannonballs after a hike up Mont Veyrier, and a chlorinated plan B when the thunderstorms roll through. The best options sit on or above the lake, from Impérial Palace's private beach to Les Trésoms' hillside pool.
Annecy feels like a toy town built around a lake. The old quarter is stone bridges, flower boxes, and canals running under crêperies. Kids can paddle in the Pâquier park, rent pedal boats at the Jardins de l'Europe, or ride the little tourist train around the vieille ville. The whole city is flat enough for scooters and strollers, which matters when you're five days into the trip and the legs give out.
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🏊Why Annecy for a Family Trip
Families pick Annecy for the mix: a walkable old town with canals, a 42 km bike path around the lake, and mountain air. The pool hotels listed below range from a budget Mercure with mountain views to the historic Impérial Palace on the lakeshore. All have family rooms, most have kids' pools or shallow ends, and every single one is within 10 minutes of Lake Annecy's public beaches for days when you want the real thing.
Lake Annecy has several public beaches, and most are free, but the crowds in mid-July are real: Plage d'Albigny and Plage des Marquisats fill early and parking overflows soon after. A hotel pool gives families flexibility, with a quiet early swim before breakfast and the lake in the late afternoon when day visitors head home. Impérial Palace, the 1913 Belle Époque hotel at the end of the Pâquier, combines both, with a heated outdoor pool 30 metres from its own private lake beach, three swimming pontoons and connecting rooms in its family wing.
Water temperature matters as much as space. In June and early July, the lake is often around 18 to 20°C, and toddlers rarely stay in for long, so a heated pool lets small children actually swim. Rivage Hôtel & Spa Annecy, on the eastern shore about 1.2 kilometres from the old town, has a heated outdoor pool ten metres from a private swimming pontoon, paddle board rentals on the dock and an indoor pool for cooler days. Its family suites look straight at the water, and parking is easier than at the central hotels.
For families who want the old town on the doorstep, Le Splendid Hotel Lac d'Annecy has a fenced rooftop pool, a reassuring detail with young children, and 200 metres of paved walkway to Plage des Marquisats. The canals, the crêpe stalls and the lake-boat dock are five minutes away, so a morning in the lanes can end with a swim on the roof. Mercure Annecy Centre, ten minutes on foot from both the old town and the lake, suits sporty families, with direct access to the tennis club next door and junior camps.
Above the lake, Les Trésoms Lake and Spa Resort offers the best panorama, set in 1.5 hectares of woods with an outdoor pool overlooking the water and a private 600-metre forest path down to its own small dock with a swim ladder. Its spa even opens a children's hour from 10 to 11am. Le Clos des Sens, a Relais & Châteaux on the Annecy-le-Vieux hillside, has a garden pool and a hot tub. After a hike on the Semnoz or a ride along the old railway cycle path, these quieter pools are the perfect reset.
Parent's take
For a family stay in Annecy, I would book Rivage Hôtel & Spa Annecy: its listing shows lakefront family suites, an indoor pool open all year and a lakefront pool 10 metres from its pontoon, with the Pâquier path on the doorstep. If you prefer to walk into the Old Town, I would choose Le Splendid, with a fenced rooftop pool and Marquisats beach 200 metres away.
Our Top 8 Picks
Hotels in Annecy with swimming pool, sorted by guest rating.
Excellent
A 4-star property on Avenue du Petit Port with both a full-size pool and a dedicated kids' pool — the only hotel in Annecy with a separate children's pool. The spa has a hammam and sauna.
From
€779/night
Why families love Rivage Hôtel & Spa Annecy
Parents of toddlers rank this the top choice in Annecy. The kids' pool is shallow, gated, and steps from the adult pool so you can actually relax. Spa facilities are adults-only but the restaurant does a proper kids' menu. Two rooms communicate for larger families. Lake is a seven-minute walk.
Impérial Palace
Annecy
Excellent
A historic 4-star palace on the shore of Lake Annecy with an indoor pool, formal gardens, and the in-town casino next door. Lake-view family rooms look directly onto the water and the Jardins de l'Europe.
From
€1038/night
Why families love Impérial Palace
Impérial Palace is the historic Annecy four-star I would choose for a family visit in any season. It stands on the shore of Lake Annecy behind a 1913 facade, with formal gardens, and lake-view family rooms look onto the water and the Jardins de l'Europe. The heated indoor pool is open year-round, the breakfast buffet has children's options, and on some rates children under 12 stay free in their parents' room. Guests rate it 8.9.
Le Pélican
Annecy
Excellent
A modern 4-star hotel in central Annecy with a seasonal outdoor pool and a terrace overlooking the lake and mountains. Family rooms have air conditioning and desks for evening homework.
From
€819/night
Why families love Le Pélican
Families rated this place 9.3 for stays with kids — the highest on this list. The pool is smaller than the Mercure's but the lake is a five-minute walk, so most parents use the pool for cooling off after beach days. Shuttle service helps with luggage on arrival. Light sleepers should request a garden-side room.
Le Splendid Hotel Lac d'Annecy - Handwritten Collection
Old town lakefront
Excellent
480 reviews
Renovated 4-star part of Accor's Handwritten Collection, with a fenced rooftop pool and 200 metres of paved walkway to Plage des Marquisats. Old town location puts you 5 minutes from the canal crepe stalls and the lake-bus dock.
From
€302/night
Why families love Le Splendid Hotel Lac d'Annecy - Handwritten Collection
The rooftop pool is what sold us — fenced on all sides so a 3-year-old can't bolt for the deep end, with shade umbrellas that the staff actually move with the sun. Family rooms 401 to 405 have bunk beds the kids preferred over folding cots. Old town location means you skip the parking nightmare but pay for it in delivery-truck noise from 6.30am.
Le Clos Des Sens
Annecy-le-Vieux, residential hillside
Excellent
320 reviews
Five-star Relais & Châteaux property on the quiet Annecy-le-Vieux hillside, two kilometres from the lake. The wellness side has a hot tub and a full massage menu, set in a refined hillside garden with its own outdoor pool.
From
€480/night
Why families love Le Clos Des Sens
This is the splurge pick that surprises parents who assume Michelin restaurants do not do families. The rooms are quiet, the garden is the de facto kid play space (under supervision), the outdoor pool is small but warm, and the staff routinely cooks a kid menu off-card. Use the hotel for one or two nights of your trip if you want a break from the central buzz, then move to a lakefront for the rest. The hot tub on a cold alpine evening with the kids asleep upstairs is the moment.
Les Trésoms Lake and Spa Resort
Le Semnoz hillside
Very Good
380 reviews
Hillside 4-star with the best lake panorama of the cluster, set in 1.5 hectares of wooded grounds. Outdoor pool overlooking the water, and a private 600-metre forest path down to a small private dock with a swim ladder. Spa includes a children's hour from 10 to 11am.
From
€347/night
Why families love Les Trésoms Lake and Spa Resort
Les Trésoms Lake and Spa Resort is the Annecy four-star I would choose for families with older children who enjoy a walk. It sits on the Semnoz hillside in 1.5 hectares of woodland with a wide view over the lake. A private 600-metre forest path leads down to a small dock with a swim ladder, though the climb back is steep. The outdoor pool overlooks the water, and the spa has a children's hour from 10 to 11am.
Mercure Annecy Centre
Annecy Gare
Good
620 reviews
Mercure Annecy Centre is the most established 4-star in the city, with direct access to the Tennis Club Annecy Centre next door, 6 hard and 2 clay courts. The hotel arranges junior tennis camps, has a lobby bike rental, and is 10 minutes' walk to both old town and lake.
From
€195/night
Why families love Mercure Annecy Centre
Our favourite of the central options for tennis families. Direct walk-out to the tennis club via a back gate, juniors went to morning lessons solo while we had coffee. Hotel has its own underground parking which mattered with luggage and tennis kit. Rooms are corporate-bland but spacious. Pool is small (lap-only) so use the lake for kid swimming.
Mercure Annecy Sud
Annecy
Good
A mid-range 4-star Mercure about three minutes' drive from central Annecy with an outdoor pool and genuine mountain views from the terrace. The pool is full-size and unheated, set in a quiet garden.
From
€146/night
Why families love Mercure Annecy Sud
Parents report this is the best-value pool hotel in Annecy. Family rooms sleep four, parking is free, and the Routes des Alpes highway exit is a two-minute drive. Kids liked the pool's depth (shallow end at 1.10m) and the flat grass lawn for running around between swims. Expect a short 12-minute drive to the lake.
💡Tips from Parents Who've Stayed Here
- 1Book a lake-view room at the Impérial or Rivage. Even if the kids swim in the hotel pool, the view at bedtime is part of why you paid for this trip — and watching the paddleboards from the balcony at dusk is a memory they'll actually remember.
- 2The public buses from Annecy centre to Talloires are easy with a stroller, and Plage de Menthon has a shallow roped-off area for small swimmers. It's cheaper than Plage d'Albigny and less crowded in July.
- 3Rent a pedal boat or small electric boat from the Jardins de l'Europe for an hour, not a full day. Kids lose interest by minute forty, and the rental prices drop sharply after the first hour anyway.
- 4Pack swim shoes. The public beaches are pebble, not sand, and little feet give up fast without them. The hotel pools are fine, but you'll want shoes for the lake and the paddle boats.
- 5Walk the old town at breakfast time before the tour buses arrive. The canals are quiet, the crêperies are opening, and your kids can run ahead without you losing sight of them in the crowd.
- 6Swim early, beach late. Use the hotel pool in the morning when public beaches such as Albigny and the Marquisats fill up, then head to the lake in the late afternoon when day visitors leave.
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