The Ritz-Carlton, Santiago
Indoor and rooftop pools with a full spa near Costanera Center
About this hotel
The Ritz-Carlton, Santiago runs its wellness offering year-round: the indoor pool stays usable through Santiago's cool winter months, while the rooftop pool and terrace open up on clear days for guests chasing an Andes view instead. The spa and wellness centre backs both with a sauna, steam room and scheduled yoga classes, turning a stay here into something closer to a resort day than a city hotel stopover. Rooms lean elegant and modern, with marble bathrooms stocked with locally-made spa amenities and views over the city or the mountains depending on the floor. The seafood restaurant covers breakfast through dinner, and the location keeps Costanera Center, Parque Bicentenario Santiago and the Santiago Cable Car all within easy walking or short taxi range for sightseeing between spa sessions.
- Indoor pool
- Rooftop pool
- Spa and wellness centre
- Sauna and steam room
Our take
This suits travellers who want a five-star wellness routine layered onto a Santiago trip, especially outside the summer months when outdoor-only pools elsewhere in the city are closed. Couples and solo business travellers get the most from the spa and indoor pool combination. Families chasing a lively outdoor pool scene, or budget travellers unwilling to pay five-star rates for a rooftop deck they might use twice, should look elsewhere on this list.
- ✓Check the rooftop pool's seasonal hours separately from the indoor pool, which stays open regardless of weather.
- ✓Book a spa treatment a day ahead in high season, since slots fill up around winter ski-trip travellers.
- ✓Walk to Costanera Center after your swim instead of a taxi; the route is flat and well signposted.
Why we love it
- Indoor pool open year-round
- Rooftop pool with Andes views
- Full spa with sauna and steam room
- Thirteen-minute walk to Costanera Center
Why guests love itWe stayed three nights over a cool July weekend, and the indoor pool turned out to be the reason the trip worked at all, since every outdoor pool we'd researched elsewhere was closed for the season. My son used the pool most mornings while we alternated spa sessions in the afternoon. One clear day let us catch a short window on the rooftop deck too, Andes fully visible. Five-star price, but for a winter trip built around swimming, nothing else on our shortlist matched it.