Hotels with Swimming Pools in Palma de Mallorca

Choosing a hotel with a swimming pool in Palma de Mallorca ensures that families have a dedicated space for leisure and recreation right at their fingertips. After exploring the city's charming streets, visiting the iconic cathedral, or spending time at the beach, a hotel pool offers a private sanctuary to relax and recharge. Children can splash and play in a safe environment, while parents can enjoy a moment of tranquility by the water. This amenity is particularly valuable during the warmer months, providing an immediate escape from the heat and enhancing the overall comfort and enjoyment of the family's stay.

Palma's pool hotels are mostly boutique properties in the old town, so the pool is often on the roof or tucked into a courtyard rather than a resort-style lagoon. Can Bordoy Grand House Hotel, a five-star in the old town, is the most family-oriented, with pools in its large garden and on the rooftop, a kids' club and family suites. Es Princep, a Leading Hotels of the World five-star on the eastern edge of the old town, has an outdoor rooftop pool, a spa, family suites and a kids' club. Both are a short walk from the cathedral and the Parc de la Mar.

Families who want to swim whatever the weather should look at hotels with an indoor pool. Hotel Gloria de Sant Jaume, a five-star in a restored 19th-century building in central Palma, has an indoor pool, a rooftop pool with city views and a spa with sauna and hammam. Terreno Suites, a renovated four-star aparthotel, keeps its outdoor pool open year-round and offers family suites with kitchens, which suit longer winter stays. Palma's mild winters make it a popular off-season city break, when an indoor or year-round pool keeps children happy between sightseeing.

Several smaller hotels have rooftop plunge pools that are better for cooling off than for swimming lengths. Can Alomar Hotel, rated 9.7, near the Passeig del Born, has a plunge pool with a hot tub on its sun terrace, a kids' club and family suites. Summum Boutique Hotel and Hotel Basilica both have small rooftop pools with sun terraces and spa facilities in the centre. They work well for families with older children who enjoy the city, but toddlers who want to splash for hours will be happier at Can Bordoy's garden pool or Es Princep.

Palma itself is an easy city with children. The Parc de la Mar, below the cathedral, has a lake and a playground, and the seafront promenade is flat for buggies and scooters all the way to Portixol. Bellver Castle, a round castle on a wooded hill, is a fun half-day climb, and the Palma Aquarium near the airport makes a good rainy-day outing. With a hotel pool to come back to after lunch, families can split the day between the old town in the morning and swimming through the hottest hours of the afternoon.