Picturesque Pools We Can’t Wait to Dive Back Into

If we didn’t know this place is real, we’d think it a figment of the imagination. At Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, there’s pools galore, including a main anchor-shaped one steps from the Indian Ocean and an overwater Quiet Zone for adults only.

Two rooftop pools, both alike in dignity, in fair Bangkok, where we wish to lay our towel. One on the 27^th floor welcomes all guests, while the other on the 30^th is reserved for those staying in 137 Pillars‘ suites and available all hours. Swim time at sunrise or sunset? How about both.

Like that scene in Zoolander when Hansel exclaims in wonderment, “The files are in the computer!” Grand Hotel Tremezzo’s pool is in the lake. The lake isn’t just any lake, but the Lake Como beloved by George Clooney and friends.

A darling of Instagram for obvious reasons, the pool at Hotel Villa Honegg is as picturesque as they get—just rest on the edge and gaze out at Lake Lucerne and the surrounding Swiss Alps. Seeing as it’s heated, it’s good to go year-round.

Take a long swim in more ways than one at The Chedi Muscat’s 103-meter Long Pool—the longest in the Middle East—which looks out to the Gulf of Oman. It’s adults-only, as is the infinity Chedi Pool, while all ages can soak up the shaded Serai Pool.

Perched on the cliffs of Imerovigli, referred to as “the balcony” of the island, Grace Santorini grants the best bird’s-eye view of the 3,600-year-old caldera beyond. Most suites have their very own plunge pools, but the pièce de résistance is the angular infinity pool.

The best execution of a three-tiered approach goes to Amankila. Rising from the mountainside like stadium seating for the ocean scene out front, the Balinese resort’s tri-set of infinity pools means everybody gets a good view.

When Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott designs your swimming pool, it’s bound to be sculptural. At the private and peaceful Playa Vik Jose Ignacio, it is artfully cantilevered, plunging away from the main building and towards the ocean for optimal views. At night, it lights up like a starry sky.

Although known for business, The Leela Palace’s terrace-top infinity pool is all pleasure—and it’s the only one of its kind in the city. From here, atop the 11^th floor, the Qutub Minar, Lotus Temple and Rashtrapti Bhavan can be glimpsed in the distance.

Looking over Ladera, we envision Oprah exclaiming, “You get a pool! You get pool! Everybody gets a pool!” They come with the rooms, which live a thousand feet up from the Caribbean along a ridgeline framed by the perfectly pointed Pitons.

Arguably, the sexiest curves in Los Cabos belong to the pools of Las Ventanas al Paraiso. Their infinity edges arc along the shoreline as sensually as waves curl up on the nearby Baja beach. There are eight shared pools to dip into, as well as alluringly private ones.

The private saltwater plunge pools connected to each villa would be satisfying enough, but then adults-only Casa Cameleon Hotel added an infinity pool overlooking the Guanacaste Coast that reflects both flame and fiery sunsets come nightfall.