Best Hotel / Motel Pool

W Hotel

For the third year running our readers have chosen this swanky spot to do their ... um ... business. It's the second year it has been chosed as a great place to take a swim. Don't think us weird, but we picture you, reader, in the middle of a wild night: You've come into the W for a cocktail, and you suddenly need a respite to fix your hair, apply a brighter shade of lipstick, or just be alone for a damn minute. In your private, darkened walk-in WC, you do any or all of those things. On the outside, there's a reason the W's hotel pool, Wet, is a registered trademark. Unless you're a registered guest or resident, the only way you're gonna see this sleek 'n' slender slice of heaven is before or after a spa treatment at the W's Away Spa. Still, it's worth trying to take advantage of one of the days when day passes are available to the general public ($25), if only to shed some tears at the opulence. It's not a saltwater pool ... yet.

W Hotel
200 Lavaca, 512/542-3600
www.whotelaustin.com