Best Pool Hotels in Winston-Salem

Indoor Pools Beat the Piedmont Humidity

Embassy Suites Winston-Salem on North Cherry Street runs an indoor pool alongside a fitness centre, and its downtown address puts the pool within a short walk of the Arts District once the swim is done (parking here runs on-site rather than free self-parking). The suite layout also means a family can dry off and change without everyone crowding a single standard room, a small but real advantage over the limited-service properties nearby, and breakfast is included rather than a separate charge each morning. Evening drinks in the lobby before dinner rounds out a day that started with a swim and ended a short walk from Trade Street.

Home2 Suites By Hilton Winston-Salem Hanes Mall and Hampton Inn & Suites Winston-Salem/University Area both list indoor pools paired with free parking, useful for a rainy-day swim without paying for valet or hunting for street parking near downtown. Both sit close enough to I-40 Business that a family driving in from out of state can be in the pool within minutes of pulling off the highway, without a detour through downtown traffic first. Extended-stay kitchenettes at Home2 Suites also mean a swim can be followed by a home-cooked dinner rather than another restaurant stop.

Holiday Inn Express Winston-Salem by IHG and Holiday Inn Express Winston-Salem Medical Ctr Area each confirm two swimming pools on site, an unusual amount of pool capacity for a limited-service property and worth checking if traveling as a larger group. Both also keep nightly rates below the downtown boutique hotels, so the extra pool space comes without a matching jump in price, a rare combination worth booking ahead of a summer weekend. Free WiFi and a simple breakfast round out both properties without pushing the nightly rate closer to the downtown boutique tier.

Courtyard Winston-Salem Downtown keeps an indoor pool despite its Fourth Street address, letting downtown guests skip the drive to Hanes Mall entirely for a swim after walking Old Salem (parking runs to valet here, budget accordingly). Its central location also means a pool afternoon can be followed by dinner in the Arts District on foot, no second drive required, which is rare among the pool properties on this list. The fitness centre alongside the pool also gives business travelers a full workout option without leaving the building between meetings, a genuine convenience on a tight downtown schedule.

The city's pool hotels split into the same two geographic pockets as everything else here: Hanes Mall on the west side, where free parking and an outdoor pool suit a family driving in for a weekend, and downtown or university-area properties with indoor pools that hold up better against variable Piedmont weather.