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August is best spent inside a swimming pool. Sure eventually you’ll get prune hands and the chlorine might change the color of your hair, but still, in August, why leave the pool? Maybe Michael Phelps’ll show up? Maybe? Anyway, luxuriating poolside is actually best in every month, especially when its at one of the 9 most awesome pools in the entire world.
1—Four Seasons, Sayan, Bali
When we wish we were a bird so we could fly far far away, in this hotel atop the trees, with a pool, we’d like to land.
2—Hotel Joule, Dallas
Hotel Joule Dallas
Take off those cowboy boots, grab a partner and go for a dip in this salinated pool that reaches 8 feet out past the building’s walls.
3—Hotel Hacienda Na Xamena, Ibiza
Hotel Hacienda Naxamena Ibiza
Because after clubbing for 2 days straight, you might like to relax for 2 more continuous days.
4—Hotel Caruso, Amafi Coast Italy
You might run in to luxury herself chilling in this pool that’s at the highest point of the hotel, just past a preserved 18th century ruin and right next to a concierge ready to answer your every demand.
5—Banyan Tree Hotel, Seychelles .
Banyan Tree hotel
Um. Yeah. Coming back home from here, never
6—Obeberoi Hotel, Udaivilas India
Oberoi Udaivilas Hotel
The hotel was imagined as an Indian palace. We’d say—the pool matches perfectly.
7—Amangani, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Amangani Hotel
Finished in frost-colored quartzite, you can stare at snow capped mountains year round in this heated pool that’s also attached to a little whirlpool.
8—Hotel Chocolat, St. Lucia
Hotel Chocolat
Hey, who’s in the mood to hang at a black quartz infinity pool with views of the Piton Mountains and a personal steward to deliver cocktails?
9—Perivolas, Santorini, Greece
Perivolas Hotel
When people speak of that place called Heaven—this is what they mean.
Matt Bell is a New York based travel and style writer who contributes regularly to Esquire.com and Essential Homme Magazine. He has also written for Out.com, Next Magazine, American Spa Magazine and was the Senior Editor for Genre Magazine.
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