Warsaw Hotels with Indoor Pools for Families

An indoor pool in Warsaw earns its place in every season: it gives children a swim on a grey February afternoon and a calm hour after a long walk along the Royal Route in July. The hotels below differ less in comfort than in pool type, location and rules for children, so those details matter more than the star rating.

Hotel Sante, a 4-star boutique in Praga Północ, has the most complete spa of the group for a family that wants water time every day. Its heated indoor pool measures 18 metres and comes with a separate jacuzzi, a sauna, a steam bath and massage rooms, so parents can take turns while the children swim. Family rooms have sofa beds, which keeps a family of four in a single room. Praga sits across the Vistula from the Old Town, and tram 18 crosses in about nine minutes, which makes this a quieter base without cutting you off from the main sights.

Two hotels near the Palace of Culture and Science put the pool high above the city. The InterContinental Warszawa, a 44-floor tower next to Warsaw Central Station, has its indoor pool and hot tub on the 43rd floor, with the sauna and steam bath on the same level and free for guests. The Holiday Inn Warsaw City Centre, at Twarda 52 in Wola, has a 6th-floor pool with city views that opens at 6 am, plus a kids' play area off the lobby, a billiards table in the bar that guests use for free, and family rooms that fit four. For a short city break by train, both are practical.

For history alongside the swim, Hotel Warszawa and the Sofitel Warsaw Victoria sit close to the Royal Route. Hotel Warszawa occupies the former National Bank of Poland building on Plac Powstańców Warszawy, with a 16-metre pool in a vaulted basement spa, and families rate it 9.7. The Copernicus Science Centre is around 700 metres away. The Sofitel faces the Saxon Garden on Plac Piłsudskiego, about 400 metres from the Old Town, with a 15-metre pool, a sauna and a steam bath. Children are welcome in its pool between 09:00 and 18:00, so plan the family swim before dinner rather than after it.

The Regent Warsaw Hotel is the pick for parents of toddlers. It sits in the quiet diplomatic district next to Łazienki Park and pairs a 20-metre heated pool with a separate children's pool kept at 33°C, plus a sauna and one of the largest hotel gardens in central Warsaw. The trade-off is distance from the Old Town, which the hotel softens with a free shuttle that leaves every 90 minutes. A morning in Łazienki, around the Palace on the Isle and the park's peacocks, followed by an afternoon in the warm children's pool, makes an easy and unhurried day with small children.