Eight Swanky Hotel Pools in Austin That Are Open to the Public

Barton Springs not posh enough? We have some options for you.

"...descend upon our fair city once again. These Austin hotels and bars offer a cool respite from the summer..."

April 4, 2018 Events Post by Mae Hamilton

Five Austin Hotel Pool Happy Hours to Cool Your Heels

Because it's always 5 o'clock somewhere

"...warmer months make it possible to take happy hour poolside. There are lots of hotel pools around town, but..."

July 21, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Yappy Hour for Working Dogs at Hotel Vegas

"...Vodka held a Yappy Hour for Working Dogs at Hotel Vegas, with proceeds benefiting Austin rescue and rehabilitation group..."

June 25, 2018 Photo Gallery

Don't Let Me Fall

One ancient, cracked 45 opens the doors to the church of the Relatives

"...the late 1960s, the Relatives played mainly parties and hotel pools around Dallas as an R&B group. Soon after,..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

I Am Cuba

I Am Cuba is a remarkable marriage of technical experimentation, artistic innovation, radical storytelling, and left-wing politics

"...way through crowds of sun-soaked Americans basking decadently by hotel pools, over the waterlogged underworld of Havana's shantytowns, through..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...last Thursday to spend over $123,000 to keep nine pools, slated to close on August 10, open until Oct...."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Feature

Chow Downtown

Dining in the Heart of Austin

"...the 300 block of the dark, quiet street, two pools of light spilled into the night, indicating business activity..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Food Feature

Money Don't Buy Everything, It's True …

City Council plows through housing, energy, and budget hearing

"...• Parks (especially pools): Although the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget doesn’t have..."

Aug. 21, 2017 News Post by Michael King

You Deserve an Escape This Year, to Lakeway Resort & Spa

Because you don’t have to run yourself ragged 24/7/365

"...It’s no big secret: Hotels in and around Austin weren’t built just for out-of-towners..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...youth and senior services, athletic leagues, golf courses, museums, pools and swim lessons, summer day camps, tennis courts, nature..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: On the Waterfront

The latest MoPac expansion plan is only part of the problem

"...The 291-room Four Seasons hotel Downtown sold this week for $197 million. ... And..."

May 8, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Two Hotels for the Price of ... Two?

Convention center hotels seek city waivers

"...It's no secret that Austin could use another convention hotel to meet growing demand to host bigger events –..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Day Trips

The Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden is just one of many reasons to visit Lampasas

"...it was a celebrated resort town. The luxurious Park Hotel was built on the southwestern edge of town near..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The defunct Comal Power Plant in New Braunfels finds new life as a hotel.

"...was considered a liability by many into a luxury hotel on the banks of the Comal River...."

June 2, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Downtown Developments

"...development will include a health spa, underground parking, swimming pools, and a stone's throw proximity to the future hub..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

Bedside Manner: Chasing the 'Infinite' Dragon

What do you read next when you really, really loved what you last read?

"...until further notice save drinking G&Ts in backyard swimming pools. And even though my schooling is over, I haven't..."

Oct. 17, 2011 Books Post by Sarah Smith

Day Trips: Hot Wells County Park

Ruins of historic resort anchor SA park

"...served celebrities and the well-heeled. The walls of the old hotel and bathhouse look like the remnants of an ancient..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Brigid Shea: 'A Proven Leader'

Brigid Shea sits down for a Q&A on a wide range of city topics

"...give you another example, with the Marriott [Convention Center hotel]. They'd already bought the land [on Congress Avenue] and..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

City Budget Squeezed Between Basic Costs and State Neglect

The city has $1.03 billion in taxpayer money. Here's where it's going.

"...cuts, but also increases in budgets for police, parks, pools, and transportation."..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...doing so, as I was walking back to my hotel, a Texas State Trooper car pulled up to me...."

July 5, 2002 Column

SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To

Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.

"...last March. Ditto for the gold-tasseled indoor stage at Hotel Vegas, now used to film fuzzy Hotel Free TV..."

March 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...disability, and social justice advocates outside the JW Marriott Hotel Downtown on Wed., Aug. 14. "Hey, ALEC, you can't..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Standing Around on "The Corner"

My Big Role as a subUrbia Stand-in

"...On my way to the Embassy Suites Hotel for the rehearsal, I passed the crew of Michael,..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature

SXSW Saturday International Bands

Plenty of exotic headliners left for Saturday

"...Warsaw label LADO ABC pools alumni into an English-folk-pop collective led by its titular..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Day Trips

Hancock Pool in Lampasas is one of the few free-flowing pools in the state

"...a health resort. A boardwalk from the two-story Park Hotel led to Hancock Springs and the creek. Later, the..."

July 22, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...seven-story, brick building might be converted into a boutique hotel, but those hopes soon died...."

April 11, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...in fine style (see cover), we crashed many apartment pools that summer, but this would be our first foray..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Pushing Priorities

Councilmembers Lay Down Their Cards

"...$900,000 for the conversion of the city's fill-and-draw swimming pools to filter systems; $500,000 for PARD youth programs; $1.2..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Book Smart: Four Young Bookers Fueling Austin's Collegiate Music Scene

Behind the unjaded lineups of Happen Twice, Howdy Gals, Moonbby, and Beary Good

"...crowd. Shenanigans from recent events include wrestling in kiddie pools filled with baby oil, offering a cigarette buffet to..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips: Faywood Hot Springs, New Mexico

Healing waters and a whole lot of history

"...hot springs. A soak in the public and private pools leaves the skin feeling revived and sore muscles soothed...."

May 6, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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