Hotels with pool in Irkutsk
In Irkutsk, you can combine sightseeing with pool time, or head out of town for a break in nature. The collection includes city spa hotels and stays on Lake Baikal: check the location and the pool’s opening season.
A Pool Stay with Irkutsk Views
Baikal Forest pairs a trip to Irkutsk with time by the pool. The hotel occupies the seventh and eighth floors of the Novy shopping centre: choose a city-facing room rather than a courtyard-facing one for views of Irkutsk. After sightseeing, you can dine at the hotel’s Forest restaurant, which serves Russian dishes with a Baikal twist.
Indoor Pools for Relaxing After Sightseeing
These four Irkutsk hotels have indoor pools for unwinding after a day exploring the city. At Sun Hotel, each of the three saunas has a pool with slides, while Soyuz offers a Finnish sauna and hammam alongside its pools. Zvezda is a good choice if you’d like to combine a swim with dinner at a restaurant serving Siberian or Asian cuisine.
A Countryside Stay with a Swim
These stays combine pool time with a trip into nature, from the Irkut River just 3 km outside Irkutsk to Listvyanka and the village of Nikola. Nikola-Listvyanka has an indoor pool, a sauna and a hammam for a break whatever the weather. Flagman Listvyanka offers an outdoor pool in summer, with rooms in separate cottages.
Poolside stays on Lake Baikal
These places are not in Irkutsk itself, but on Lake Baikal: in Khuzhir and along the Small Sea. Baikal View has a heated outdoor pool, Baikalov Ostrog has outdoor and children’s pools, and Uyuga has an outdoor pool. Vorobyovy Gory na Baikale is a glamping site with cottages, spheres and domes, plus a children’s pool; there is no mobile reception, and Wi-Fi can be unreliable.
What to consider when choosing
For sightseeing, consider Rodina Grand Hotel & SPA: it is in the city centre, with access to the Angara embankment and a 25-metre pool. For a business trip, Amursky offers desks in the rooms and a business centre; check pool access arrangements before booking.
For swimming, consider the 25-metre pool at Rodina Grand Hotel & SPA; for a pool-and-sauna break outside the city, Nikola-Listvyanka has an indoor pool, a sauna and a hammam. At Flagman Listvyanka, the pool is outdoors and opens only in summer.
Check the pool depth, age restrictions and access rules: slides, such as those in the sauna pools at Sun Hotel, do not in themselves guarantee suitable conditions for a young child. Baikalov Ostrog and Vorobyovy Gory na Baikale glamping site have children’s pools, but both are on Lake Baikal rather than in Irkutsk; the glamping site has no mobile reception, and Wi-Fi can be unreliable.