Crowne Plaza Hohhot City Center, An IHG Hotel
Five minutes from Five Pagoda Temple, indoor pool included
About this hotel
Of every indoor-pool hotel in Hohhot, this one sits closest to a landmark worth walking to: Five Pagoda Temple is five minutes away on foot, making an early visit before the crowds arrive genuinely easy. The pool is a standard indoor one without a hot tub attached, best used as a way to cool down after the temple walk or a day of meetings, since the hotel also carries a business center and golf amenity aimed at working travelers. A bar and restaurant handle evenings on site, free parking suits anyone arriving by car, and the airport shuttle covers the roughly thirty-five-minute transfer into the city. It reads as the most central of Hohhot's indoor-pool options rather than the most amenity-heavy.
- Indoor pool
- Near Five Pagoda Temple
- 5-star
- Golf amenity
Our take
Crowne Plaza is the right call for anyone prioritizing Five Pagoda Temple over the pool itself, since nowhere else on this list gets you there faster on foot. The indoor pool is a fair amenity rather than a standout, better suited to a quick swim than a long soak given there's no hot tub attached. Business travelers benefit from the golf amenity and business center alongside the walkable temple visit. Guests who want a hot tub paired with their pool should book Shangri-La or Sheraton instead.
- ✓Walk to Five Pagoda Temple early in the day, before the morning crowds really build up.
- ✓Treat the pool as a quick cool-down rather than the main event, since there's no hot tub here.
- ✓Use the airport shuttle instead of arranging your own taxi for the roughly half-hour transfer.
Why we love it
- Five-minute walk to Five Pagoda Temple
- Indoor pool for a quick swim
- Golf amenity for business travelers
- Free parking on site
Why guests love itBeing five minutes from Five Pagoda Temple meant we walked over before breakfast crowds arrived and were back at the pool by mid-morning, which suited our pace better than a taxi commute would have. The pool itself is simple, no hot tub and no real extras, so we treated it as a cool-down rather than the point of the stay. The golf amenity went unused by us, but it clearly signals who else the hotel is built for.