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Brisbane Hotels with the Best Pools

Updated: Oct 29, 2022

With Brisbane's year-round subtropical climate, great hotel pools are a real bonus when it comes to choosing where to stay.

Here are 7 inner city Brisbane hotels where pools are one of the main attractions during the endless summer months, for both visitors and locals on staycations:

The Johnson

Hotel pools don't get much better than the 50m infinity lap pool designed by swimmer Michael Klim on the rooftop terrace of Brisbane's first art series hotel

Alex Perry Hotel & Apartments

The exclusive boutique Valley hotel has what is arguably the best rooftop pool of all - an infinity pavilion lap pool with jaw-dropping city skyline views

Hyatt Regency Hotel

1970s icon Lennon's Hotel was re-incarnated in recent years as this hotel which boasts the CBD's best pool terrace overlooking the city streets below

Emporium Hotel

The jaw-dropping rooftop infinity pool with sweeping view of Brisbane River and the City is the jewel in the crown of this hotel

Crystalbrook Vincent

The art-filled boutique hotel underneath the Story Bridge has an exclusive rooftop infinity pool elevated above the bar

FV By Peppers

The Valley apartment hotel has a glamorous rooftop U-shaped heated pool with swim-up bar

W Brisbane

The striking undercover pool is part of the Wet Deck, a pool bar with sun lounges and views across to South Bank

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