HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Pools

Yountville: 'Dive Bar' Wednesdays at The Bardessono Pool

EricRosen — 2009-11-04T09:29:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Bardessono_Pool.JPG" class="top"> Cant afford even the low-season $300 a night rate at Yountvilles new eco-resort, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Bardessono/local/1499">Bardessono Hotel</a>? Fear not. The exclusive resort opens up its guests-only rooftop pool to non-guests on Wednesday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm for its punny Dive Bar, so even Napa townies can enjoy the stunning mountain and vineyard views while enjoying a dip and a drink while DJ's spin tunes near the bar. The secluded pool is usually open only to resort guests, who come to lie in piece and quiet in one of the screened off day-bed cabanas. Come Wednesday evening, though, anyone can stop by the rooftop cement pond, and they're encouraged to come in their bathing suits to take a dip between

Guess the Hotel Revealed: Jade Mountain In St. Lucia

JetSetCD — 2009-10-30T14:29:18-05:00

<![CDATA[ <div style="display:none"> </div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script> <object id="myExperience47048957001" class="BrightcoveExperience"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="486" /> <param name="height" value="412" /> <param name="playerID" value="4862856001" /> <param name="publisherID" value="1321358962"/> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="47048957001" /> </object>  Yesterday we tempted you with a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/28/233713/04/hotels/Guess_the_Hotel_s_Infinity_Pool_On_Top_Of_Infinity_Pool">stack of infinity pools</a> so delicious yet so mysterious, since it starred as a "Guess the Hotel." Well, the tropical paradise resort is none other than Travel + Leisure's Best Caribbean Resort 2009, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Jade+Mountain+Resort/ian/245944">Jade Mountain</a> on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. We stopped by for a tour of the famous property, where The Girls Next Door's Kendra Wilkinson spent her

Carolina: El San Juan Puerto Rico is Bringing Back The Mancation

MsRebecca — 2009-09-04T11:24:45-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/elsanjuan_cabana.jpg" class="top">Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/mancation">mancation</a> has returned! Summers officially over this weekend. But you know whos not all torn up about it? NFL fans. Fall means footballand all the eating, drinking, and male bonding that comes with it. The folks at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/El+San+Juan+Hotel+%26+Casino/local/429">El San Juan Hotel & Casino</a> in Puerto Rico know this. Thats why, with the season kicking off next Thursday, theyre promoting their cabanas to football fans. They claim spending a game day inside one of their poolside cabanas is the ultimate mancation, which, frankly, hurts our feelings. We too are football fans, even if were female. (Maybe they could have gone with fancation?

Miami Beach: Overheard at the W South Beach Pool

MsRebecca — 2009-09-03T10:09:45-05:00

During our recent stay at the W South Beach, we did some morning pool reconnaissance around 11am on a Saturday. We were at first annoyed and then amused and then annoyed again by the loud-talking group of revelers taking up 10 or more lounge chairs nearby. The group, mostly women, seemed to be visiting for their male ringleader’s birthday, and were discussing how everyone had fared after the previous night’s partying. (“Who woke up naked?” was asked without sarcasm.)

Wailea: Start Your Vacation By Waiting in a Line at the Grand Wailea Resort

juliana — 2009-08-21T08:54:38-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/grandwaileacabanaline.jpg" class="top">Last month, we told you that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Wailea+Resort/local/486">Grand Wailea Resort and Spa</a> in Wailea, Maui might have the coolest pool amenities (little grottos, a kiddie pool with a beach, waterslides galore) but that the place was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/6/15624/45628/hotels/Is_the_Grand_Wailea_Resort_Like_Las_Vegas_But_for_Kids_">too crowded with children</a> for anyone to truly enjoy. Well, we thought you might like some photographic evidence of just how crowded the pool scene is: here's a snapshot of the line for beach cabanas that we snapped last Friday. Guests (only hotel guests are allowed access to the resort) must wait in this line before obtaining one of the beach cabanas. As usual with pool chairs and the like, the early bird gets the coveted seat on the beach