10 Best Rome Hotels With a Pool: Indoor, Rooftop & Summer-Only (2026)

Indoor pools: for a winter visit. These six hotels have a pool you can use outside the summer, and several add a big outdoor pool when the weather turns. Rome Cavalieri is Rome's resort hotel, a Waldorf Astoria on Monte Mario, the hill north-west of the Vatican, about 4 km from Piazza Venezia as the crow flies. In spring and summer its outdoor pools in the private park are free for hotel guests; the rest of the year there's the indoor pool in the Grand Spa Club, which hotel guests pay €50 a day to use. It's the pick for a city break that feels like a resort, especially with children in summer, when the Kids Club runs for ages 4 to 11.

The location is the trade-off: it's a hill away from everything, so you rely on taxis or the hotel's shuttle, which runs to Via Bissolati just off Via Veneto several times a day (from 9am Monday to Saturday and 10am on Sundays and holidays, with the last return at 6:30pm). The outdoor pools close in late autumn and winter. The spa is for over-16s, and under-16s may use the pools only under a parent's direct supervision. And the hotel announced a phased renovation of all its rooms and suites, designed by Tihany Design, with the hotel staying open and the first renovated rooms due in late spring 2027; Hilton's site showed no rooms for Tuesday 19 January 2027, so check your dates and ask which rooms are affected.

Bvlgari Hotel Roma has the most striking indoor pool in the centre: a 20-metre natatio decorated with Bisazza mosaics inspired by the Baths of Caracalla, with marble columns in the middle and two bronze spouts, at the heart of a 1,500 sq m spa. The hotel is on Piazza Augusto Imperatore, beside the Mausoleum of Augustus, a short walk from the Spanish Steps, Piazza del Popolo and the Pantheon.

It's a luxury hotel with prices to match, and you're paying for the address and the design as much as the pool. The spa sets specific times and supervision rules for children in the pool, so check them before you book with children. No rate is shown here for Tuesday 19 January 2027; check your dates on its own site.

Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel & Spa gives you both: a 25-metre heated outdoor pool in its botanical garden in summer, open 9am to 8pm, and an indoor pool with chromotherapy lighting in the Prince Spa, open on weekdays from 7am to 10pm and at weekends and on holidays from 8am to 9pm. It's a big 5-star in residential Parioli, on the edge of the Villa Borghese gardens, and the hotel says rooms look over the Villa Borghese gardens towards St Peter's dome.

It's about 2.5 km from Piazza Venezia as the crow flies, outside the walkable centre, so plan on a taxi or a bus to the sights. The spa also sells day passes, so the indoor pool can be busier with outside visitors. For Tuesday 19 January 2027 a 28-square-metre Superior Room was €327 room only, non-refundable, with access to the Prince Spa, city tax extra.

Palazzo Montemartini is the central option with an indoor pool: a Radisson Collection hotel near the Baths of Diocletian, a few minutes' walk from Termini. Its spa has a heated hydrotherapy pool with counter-current swimming, a Jacuzzi, multi-sensory showers, a sauna, a Turkish bath and a salt room, open to non-residents too. It's convenient for the airport train and for Monti and the Esquiline.

The spa and pool are for over-16s only (16 to 18s with an adult aged at least 25), so families with younger children should look elsewhere. It's a spa pool rather than one for laps. The spa is open daily from 10am to 9pm. The streets round Termini are busy rather than charming. For Tuesday 19 January 2027 a Collection Room was €229 room only, non-refundable, on Radisson's member rate (free to join while booking), city tax extra.

Crowne Plaza Rome St. Peter's is the resort-style 4-star on Via Aurelia Antica west of the Vatican, four to five kilometres from Piazza Venezia. It has two pools: an outdoor pool open from June to September, 10am to 6pm, with a lifeguard, a children's section, loungers and a pool bar; and a heated indoor pool in the St. Peter's Spa, open daily from 9am to 8:30pm, with a hydromassage pool, a sauna and a Turkish bath.

The catch for families in winter: IHG's pages for the hotel conflict. Some say the spa, the indoor pool and the gym are for guests aged 16 and over; another says children aged 5 and over are welcome in the indoor pool from 3pm to 6pm. Ask the hotel before you count on it. It's also well outside the centre, so budget for taxis or buses to St Peter's and beyond. No rate is shown here for Tuesday 19 January 2027; check your dates on IHG's site.

Hotel Villa Pamphili Roma is a garden hotel west of the Vatican and Trastevere, near the Villa Doria Pamphili park, with a large private park of its own and a 25-metre semi-Olympic outdoor pool, 1.6 to 4 metres deep, with a 500 sq m sundeck and a pool bar. It's included for hotel guests, with up to two loungers per room subject to availability and a lifeguard on duty. It has 4.8 on Google from 4,662 reviews, the highest score on this page, and a shuttle to and from the city centre runs on booking.

The outdoor pool is open from May to October, according to the hotel's FAQ (one English page says June to September), so confirm before an early or late-season stay. In winter the only pool is the heated hydromassage pool in the 800 sq m spa, which is for over-16s. It's four to five kilometres from Piazza Venezia, so it suits a slower trip with a car or the shuttle. For Tuesday 19 January 2027 a Superior Room was €225 with breakfast, non-refundable, city tax extra.

Summer-only pools: the warmer months. These four hotels have outdoor or rooftop pools that close for the colder months; book them for a warm-weather trip. Villa Agrippina Gran Meliá is a luxury hotel in its own garden on the slope of the Janiculum hill, between St Peter's and Trastevere, and Meliá says it's the only one of its Rome hotels with a pool. The outdoor pool opens from May to September, a short walk from St Peter's Square.

The pool isn't heated, so swims at either end of the season are cool. The hotel sits on a hill, so the walk back from Trastevere's restaurants is uphill. No rate is shown here for Tuesday 19 January 2027; check your dates on Meliá's site.

Anantara Palazzo Naiadi is a luxury hotel in the curved palazzo on Piazza della Repubblica, with a rooftop pool over the square, normally open from May to September. Repubblica Metro (line A) is on the square and Termini is a few minutes' walk.

Know before you book: the hotel says the rooftop pool is closed from 5 October 2026 until the summer 2027 season, so there's no swimming here this winter or spring. Outside guests get limited access, subject to availability. For Tuesday 19 January 2027 a Premium Room was €537 with breakfast, non-refundable, with the city tax included.

Mercure Roma Centro Colosseo is the mid-range pick: a 4-star on Via Labicana, about 600 metres from the Colosseum, with a panoramic roof terrace, an outdoor pool and the La Grande Bellezza pool bar, open from May to September. You can see the Colosseum from the roof, and Monti and the Colosseum are on the doorstep.

It's a chain hotel on a busy road, and the pool closes from October to April. Rooms are standard; the Privilege Double with a sofa bed sleeps three. For Tuesday 19 January 2027 a 14-square-metre Superior Double was €188 on Accor's public rate, taxes and fees included, or €170.70 at the free member rate.

The Rome EDITION is a design hotel near Via Veneto with a travertine plunge pool on The Roof, its seventh-floor terrace restaurant and bar with views over the city. Barberini Metro (line A) is close, and the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps are a walk away.

The hotel's own pages disagree on the season: the amenities page lists a heated rooftop plunge pool open all year, but the rooftop page listed the pool as closed in November 2026. Book it for the pool only in the warm months, or get the hotel to confirm in writing. It's a plunge pool, for a dip rather than lengths. No rate is shown here for Tuesday 19 January 2027; check your dates on its own site.