LOTTE HOTEL YANGON
Indoor and outdoor pools, eight minutes from Inya Lake
About this hotel
Running two pools rather than one is the real story here, unlike every other five-star tower on this list that offers a single outdoor deck: the indoor pool stays usable through Yangon's heaviest monsoon downpours between May and October, while the outdoor pool takes over once the dry season sets in from November. The hot tub sits alongside the indoor section, making a rainy-day spa afternoon fully possible without stepping outside at all. Inya Lake is an eight-minute walk for guests who want a lake view beyond the hotel's own cocktail lounge. Golf access rounds out a property built for longer, activity-filled stays rather than a quick overnight, with enough on site to fill several days without a taxi.
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor pool
- Hot tub
- Golf access
Our take
This suits travellers visiting during the rainy season who still want a reliable pool, since the indoor option keeps working when an outdoor deck elsewhere would be rained off for days. Guests who value choice between two pool styles in one stay get real value here. Anyone visiting only in the driest months and uninterested in golf or a cocktail lounge may find the extra pool redundant for what it adds to the room rate.
- ✓Use the indoor pool if you are visiting May through October, the outdoor one gets rained off often
- ✓Walk to Inya Lake in the early morning before the day's heat and traffic build
- ✓Book the cocktail lounge for sunset, the lake-facing tables go first on clear evenings
Why we love it
- Both an indoor and an outdoor pool
- Hot tub beside the indoor pool
- Eight-minute walk to Inya Lake
- Cocktail lounge with lake views
Why guests love itWe arrived in August, deep in the rainy season, and the indoor pool turned out to be the reason the trip did not lose a single swimming day to the downpours. The outdoor pool sat closed for two of our four days, exactly as the staff had warned. Inya Lake at sunrise, an easy walk over, was worth setting an alarm for. Genuinely useful to have both pools rather than a nice-to-have.