The Pool at Park Hyatt Chicago

"—Updated by Raphael Kadushin View the entire 2011 Gold List of the world's best places to stay › Also appeared in the Gold List in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 Amenities: Pool"

"“Beautiful” rooms boast “all the frills”, including “buttery-soft" chairs, window seats with “great views” of the city, free WiFi and “large and elegant bathrooms” with oversized soaking tubs that “seem six feet deep” at this “stylish but comfortable” Gold Coast/Mag Mile luxury outpost; “incredible” service from an “amazing” staff, an on-site spa, a “great" work-out room, an indoor pool and an “exceptional” restaurant that's popular among locals make this “one of the best hotels in Chicago” for those who “really want to indulge"

"Fitness-minded folks will appreciate the 24-hour gym with amenities like chilled scented towels, flat-screen monitors attached to cardio equipment and a three-lane lap pool with sweeping skyline views"

"Older sugar addicts can work off calories in a half-Olympic lap pool or borrow complimentary Jamis commuter bikes to ride the scenic Lakefront Trail four blocks east on the beach side of Lake Shore Drive"

"And the constellation of the NoMI spa (signature treatment: a lake stone massage), a 24-hour fitness center and the indoor lap pool, banked by picture windows, offers a complete workout"

"Other seventh-floor facilities—a panoramic lap pool, 24-hour fitness center, whirlpool and steam room—are busy during the morning hours before corporate guests head to the office"

"A heated pool in the spa tends to draw lap swimmers, but tends to be low-traffic for family swim hours"