Take the plunge We all love a stylish hotel swimming pool, preferably one with an amazing view, but if there’s one thing better it’s having your very own picture-perfect, refreshing plunge pool. Having it available 24/7 just for your own use means even more chances for a romantic late night dip… Here’s a few of our favourites from around the world! The world-beating one SIX SENSES NINH VAN BAY Nha Trang, Vietnam All the rustic-luxe villas at this isolated private-bay escape come with their own plunge pools, but it’s the aptly named Water Villa 5 that really takes your breath. The one that’s actually a hot tub HOTEL CORT Palma, Mallorca The romantic rooftop Island Suite could melt the coldest of hearts with its honey-hued city views and just-right Jacuzzi. Add some chilled champagne, some Mallorquin morsels and the perfect playlist and cupid himself couldn’t compete. The one for striking Olympian poses beside AMANZOE East Peloponnese, Greece This sweep of Grecian grandeur perched on an olive-tree dotted hillside has a private pool per secluded pavilion, so if your deity-worthy surroundings inspire you into a splash sans strides, your only spectators are likely to be the migrating birds. The bay-view-and-bubbles one CAPO LA GALA Sorrento, Italy There aren’t many better spots from which to gaze across the Bay of Naples than this nautically-themed, terrace-toting sanctuary. And for total perfection, choose the Paradise Double and recline in the outdoor Jacuzzi – sipping something suitable to toast the ‘oh-wow!’ sunsets, of course. The one fit for an (exhibitionist) Bond villain JADE MOUNTAIN Soufrière, Saint Lucia Three-walled rooms opening out onto a dramatic sea- and mountain-scape, cascading koi ponds, adjustable fibre-optic lighting in rooms… if Blofeld were more of a lover than a fighter, he might have holed up somewhere like this and invited 007 for dip in the infinity pool halfway up a cliff, rather than trying to throw him off it. The Castaway-goes-contemporary one AMILLA FUSHI Baa Atoll, Maldives If you were ever to find yourself marooned on this white-sand-lined Maldivian island, you probably wouldn’t be too worried about getting rescued. You could retreat to the canopy-level tree house and survey the jungle, or do some underwater exploring from the dive centre… but it’s the Ocean Reef House pool that will give you the best castaway-in-comfort feeling. The inside-out one PERIVOLAS Santorini, Greece If the cliff-carved rooms and caldera views don’t win you over, the Perivolas Pool Suite will. It sports Santorini’s most remarkable pool – a turquoise stripe that snakes through its chalk-white walls and out onto the panoramic terrace, thus redefining holiday perfection. After you’ve experienced jumping out of bed into your own private pool, what next? Source