The World's Most Spectacular Hot Tubs Revealed

June 17th, 2017 | Updated on March 1st, 2024

It’s the sort of luxury most of us only get to enjoy on holiday. So where in the world are the very best hot tubs? One of the most relaxing things you can have in your yard is a hot tub. A hot tub draws people to your home and serves as a place for you to kick back and let all troubles melt away.

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1. Epic views: The lavish Amangani Jackson Hole resort in Wyoming is fronted by a narrow pool with an elegant slate hot tub just above it

2. Kulm Hotel in Switzerland’s scenic town of St Moritz boasts on outdoor pool with water jet features and bubbling waterbeds

3. Futuristic: The Aqua Dome spa in Austria boasts three huge thermal pools and a variety of hot tubs against the backdrop of the snowy Otztal mountains

4. Seamless: The breathtaking Velassaru resort in the Maldives has a vast hot tub which leads straight out into the crystal clear ocean surrounding it

5. African delight: Elsa’s Kopje safari resort in Kenya, which is positioned over Meru National Park, has a rustic tub from which guests, if they’re lucky, can spot wildlife passing through

6. Hop in: The luxurious Little Nell hosts the only rooftop spa facility in Aspen, with a cutting-edge geometric network of pools

7. Height of romance: andBeyond’s glorious Phinda Rock Lodge in South Africa has private hot tubs built into the cliff face of its suites, overlooking Leopard Rock

8. Icy grotto: Iglu-Dorf in Zermatt, Switzerland – a network of inter-connecting igloos complete with this hot tub offering – takes around 3,000 hours to build every winter

9. And relax: The Lodge at Tarraleah, which overlooks Tasmania’s highlands, has suites that come complete with wooden hot tubs nestled on polished rocks in the centre of sprawling oak floors

10. Sail away: You only have to travel as far as Surrey to take this HotTug cruise – essentially a small boat and a hot tub in one – down the River Thames, available at the Runnymede Hotel

11. Warm up: L’Apogee Courchevel offers a steaming Alpine hot tub perched on its roof with unbeatable veiws over the Alps

12. Take a pew: At Germany’s Spa Bad Aibling, dome-shaped tents sit dotted around a selection of pools and hot tubs, each with their own music theme and temperature

13. Healing: Somewhere between a pool and a vast hot tub, the Golden Energy bath at Tibet’s St Regis Lhasa Spa has water jets, is lined with gold tiles, filled with salt and kept very warm

14. Lagoon: North Caroline’s Grovepark Spa is a cave-like arrangement of azure blue pools, including a hot tub tucked into the corner

15. Bliss: At Richard Branson’s famed Necker Island resort, all day can be spent propelling one’s way between pools, hot tubs and bars

16. Step up: D-Resort Gocek, close to the pretty Turkish village of Gocek, has a beautiful softly-lit pool and hot tub, set in its modern outdoor lounging area

17. Au natural: The terraces of Pamukkale, Turkey – a Unesco World Heritage Site – have been created by the carbonate mineral in flowing water building up, and are about the best natural hot tubs you’ll find anywhere