Best Hotels with Pool in Vijayawada
4 family-friendly hotels with swimming pool in Vijayawada . Handpicked for families who want the best.
Vijayawada is not a pool-hotel city the way a beach destination is, but four properties on Booking.com carry a genuine swimming pool, and given how hot this city gets from April to June, that short list matters more here than it would in a milder climate. Vivanta Vijayawada, MG Road runs a rooftop pool above the financial district; Lemon Tree Premier and Grand Vijayawada by GRT Hotels both pair an outdoor pool with a full spa; and Novotel Vijayawada Varun adds an indoor play area on top of its pool for the days when the heat makes the water off-limits at midday. Prices for these four run from 52 EUR to 116 EUR a night.
A hotel pool matters more in Vijayawada than in most Indian cities because there is very little else to cool off in: no beach, and the Krishna River itself is not set up for casual family swimming. Temperatures regularly clear 40C from April through June, and the rooftop pool at Vivanta or the outdoor pool at Lemon Tree Premier becomes the difference between an afternoon spent recovering indoors and one the kids actually enjoy. Evening river walks near the Prakasam Barrage are the free alternative once the sun drops, but for the hottest hours of the day, a hotel pool is close to essential.
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🏊Why Vijayawada is Great for Hotels with Swimming Pool
Vivanta Vijayawada, MG Road runs a rooftop pool in the city's financial district, 3 km from Vijayawada Railway Station, and pairs it with a spa and wellness centre and four separate dining options. At 52 EUR a night it's the cheapest of the four pool hotels here, and the rooftop setting means views over MG Road rather than a ground-floor courtyard pool boxed in by the building. It suits families who want the pool as one part of a fuller hotel experience rather than the main event, and the four restaurants mean nobody has to leave the building once the swimming is done for the day.
Lemon Tree Premier and Grand Vijayawada by GRT Hotels both add an outdoor pool to a full spa and wellness centre, letting parents trade off water supervision for a spa slot. Lemon Tree Premier runs 68 EUR a night with a wide breakfast spread including a full English and vegetarian option; Grand Vijayawada is the pricier 116 EUR choice but adds pet-friendly rooms and a year-round pool, useful if swimming season timing is a concern and you're travelling with a dog. Both sit within a short drive of Kanakadurga Temple, so a pool afternoon can follow a morning of sightseeing without a long transfer in between.
Novotel Vijayawada Varun is the only pool hotel here with a genuine backup plan for bad weather: an indoor play area and a games room alongside its outdoor pool and spa with sun terrace. At 66 EUR a night, it sits in the middle of the price range, and the combination matters specifically for the July-to-September monsoon window, when an outdoor-only pool hotel leaves families with nothing to do once the rain starts. The international restaurant menu, spanning Chinese, British, Indian and continental dishes, also makes it the most flexible pick for a family with different tastes at the dinner table.
Parent's take
By our second afternoon in Vijayawada the heat had won and we retreated to the rooftop pool at Vivanta around 3pm, when the kids were too wiped out from the Kanaka Durga Temple visit that morning to do anything else. The pool itself was smaller than we expected from the photos, more plunge pool than lap pool, but with MG Road spread out below and a cold drink from WINK within reach, nobody complained. We went back the next two afternoons on the same schedule and built the whole day around it.
Our Top 4 Picks
Hotels in Vijayawada with swimming pool, sorted by guest rating.
Grand Vijayawada by GRT Hotels
Vijayawāda
Excellent
386 reviews
Grand Vijayawada by GRT Hotels is the pet-friendly option on this list, pairing that with a year-round outdoor swimming pool and a spa and wellness centre at the top end of the city's price range. Rooms carry air-conditioning and a private bathroom, with a choice of mountain, city or river views, and the restaurant serves a continental buffet breakfast alongside varied lunch and dinner menus catering to diverse dietary needs. The hotel sits 6 km from Vijayawada Station and 18 km from the airport.
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$116/night
Why families love Grand Vijayawada by GRT Hotels
Families staying here who travel with a dog will find one of the few genuinely pet-friendly options in Vijayawada, and the year-round pool means swimming isn't limited to the hottest months the way it can be at properties with a seasonal-only setup. The spa and wellness centre and the choice of river or mountain views push the rate up to 116 EUR, the highest on our list, but the 8.7 rating from 386 reviewers backs up the premium.
Lemon Tree Premier, Vijayawada
Vijayawāda
Excellent
472 reviews
Lemon Tree Premier pairs an outdoor swimming pool with a spa and wellness centre in the same 5-star property, 3.9 km from Vijayawada Station and 6 km from Kanakadurga Temple. Family rooms are air-conditioned with a private bathroom and modern amenities, and the family-friendly restaurant runs a wide breakfast spread covering continental, buffet, a la carte, full English/Irish and vegetarian options, plus a bar and free WiFi. A paid airport shuttle covers the 19 km run to Vijayawada Airport.
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$68/night
Why families love Lemon Tree Premier, Vijayawada
Families staying here will find a pool and a spa under one roof, a combination that lets parents trade off supervision duty at the water while the other gets a genuine break rather than a rushed treatment squeezed between activities. The breakfast spread is unusually wide for the city, with a full English/Irish and vegetarian option alongside the standard buffet, which matters for a family managing a picky eater or a dietary restriction. At a 8.7 rating from 472 reviewers, this is one of the most reviewed properties on our list.
Novotel Vijayawada Varun
Vijayawāda
Very Good
484 reviews
Novotel Vijayawada Varun is the only hotel on this list with both an indoor play area and a games room, alongside an outdoor swimming pool and a spa facility with a sun terrace and fitness room. Family rooms come standard, and the family-friendly restaurant serves Chinese, British, Indian and international cuisine across lunch, dinner and cocktail hours, with continental, American and local breakfast options. The hotel is 8 km from Vijayawada Station and 15 km from the airport.
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$66/night
Why families love Novotel Vijayawada Varun
Families staying here will find the widest spread of on-site entertainment in Vijayawada: a pool for the heat of the day, an indoor play area for the monsoon downpour that cancels outdoor plans, and a games room for the evening after dinner when nobody wants to go back to the room yet. The spa and sun terrace give parents their own retreat once the kids are occupied, and the international menu spread means four different appetites can usually agree on something.
Vivanta Vijayawada, MG Road
Vijayawāda
Good
270 reviews
Vivanta Vijayawada opens with a rooftop swimming pool above MG Road, in what the property itself calls the financial capital of Andhra Pradesh, 3 km from Vijayawada Railway Station. Rooms are air-conditioned with a minibar, a personal safe and hot-water en suite showers, and the hotel runs a spa and wellness centre alongside a fitness centre for the parent who wants ten minutes off duty. Four dining options cover a family that cannot agree on dinner: Bay Leaf for Andhra cuisine, MYNT for a Continental and Indian buffet, plus WINK for drinks and SWIRL for pastries.
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$52/night
Why families love Vivanta Vijayawada, MG Road
Families staying here will find a genuine rooftop pool rather than a token plunge pool, which is the property's real draw for anyone touring Vijayawada in the heat. The spa and wellness centre next door means one parent can swim with the kids while the other books a slot to actually relax, a split that rarely works at 3-star properties. Four separate restaurants also solve the nightly argument over where to eat, since the buffet at MYNT satisfies a fussy eater while Bay Leaf handles the adult craving real Andhra spice.
💡Tips for Choosing a Hotel with Swimming Pool in Vijayawada
- 1None of the four pool hotels advertise a heated pool, so plan a visit between April and October when outdoor water is genuinely comfortable rather than the cooler December-January period.
- 2Rooftop pools like the one at Vivanta tend to be compact plunge pools rather than lap pools. If your kids need real swimming space, check the pool dimensions with the hotel directly before booking.
- 3Book a pool hotel room with an afternoon time slot in mind: 2pm to 5pm is when the Vijayawada heat is worst and a hotel pool earns its keep the most.
- 4If travelling with a dog, Grand Vijayawada by GRT Hotels is the only pool hotel on this list that's also pet-friendly, worth booking ahead given how few properties combine both.
- 5Pair a pool afternoon with an early-morning temple visit. Kanaka Durga Temple and the Krishna riverfront are both best seen before 9am, leaving the hottest hours free for the hotel pool.
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