The pool is the point.

Some people pick a destination and hope the hotel is fine. Others pick the stay itself: and for a lot of us, the pool is what makes or breaks it. A heated pool in December, a private plunge pool with a view, an indoor pool after a day on the slopes: that's the trip.

stayswithpool exists for the second kind of traveller. We hand-pick accommodation with pools across Greece, Spain and Italy: hotels, villas, apartments and farm stays: verify the pool details against the property's official facilities, and only list stays rated 8.0 or higher by at least 50 guests. The full bar is on how we select.

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