A balcony pool? A pool in the bungalow porch? These are two varieties of the same trends: Luxury holiday makers want their own private , and the hotels retrofit. For normal travelers the intimate waters is now affordable.

I jump. Pulled his knees to his chest, his hands on the shins, classic Arschbomben attitude. Less classic is the pool in which I dive right: He is buried in the balcony of suite 401 and is part of the eight-storey luxury hotel in New Delhi The Lodhi, a former Aman resort.

The house is one of the world’s few city hotel that offers guest rooms with a private pool. In addition to the 50-meter pool in the fitness department and tub next to the shower there in the balcony and a two by two meters wide, about 1.50 meters deep basin. It is a sublime feeling over a city to, well, splash. Not enough space for swimming.

The pool in the balcony is the logical development of a trend that has changed the luxury hotel industry: the mid-nineties, the Banyan Tree Phuket as the first luxury resort features villas with private swimming pool available. Since then, more and more wealthy guests require such Plunge pools, spend more money for a suite per night than other travelers for a two week all inclusive holiday in Turkey.

Holiday in Maldives:Today you pay for pool view

A gold rush fever gripped the top hotels, too. In the parks of many resorts frantic digging began. Ornamental plants and rhododendrons were torn out, dug and concreted holes, laid tiles and tiles. Some houses stopped the operation, only to retrofit. For the guest pays for private splash. Thus the Four Seasons in the Maldives requires for an overwater bungalow which stands on stilts in the sea, $ 1,300 per night. For an overwater bungalow with pool $ 1,900.

For about a hundred years pools are part of the adventure world of hotels. During 1927 some houses that campaigned to have rooms with radio, was the California Huntington Hotel famous for its Olympic lap pool. It set a standard. After the physical training of the fun came into the bathroom – with slides and water games. And when mass tourism meant that hotels were built in the second or third row, fluttered lagoon-style pools in front of guests, you should not go to the real beach. The pool as a replacement Lido.

Today, many elaborately staged swimming world attracts more attention than the model, not the bay is the star, but the basin. Picture books celebrate “Cool Pools”, and some hotels – such as the Melia Marbella – now demand for a premium room with a pool view. It used to be paid for a sea view.

One of our holiday desires seems to have changed – the dream of happiness on a desert island. Who was formerly at a packed beach, longed for a crescent-shaped bay with white sand and beautiful palm trees, where no radio blaring, no children quarreled and there was no smell of coconut suntan oil. One is alone, only with Schatzi. The suite with private pool is a new interpretation of this happiness.

Holiday in Maldives:A dream pool to beach

The pool villa “Belle Mare Plage” in Mauritius is located on the edge of the ghetto-like plant and is a luxury retreat with butler service. Through floor to ceiling windows the view goes on a roughly eight meters long, two meters narrow pelvis, a chest-high wall separating it from the beach, with mild anrollt against the force of the Indian Ocean. The hotel speculated in the construction of the super-rich with friends or family. And it was not sure at the beginning whether the concept would work out. Is there enough guests who are willing to shell out € 1500 per night?

Today this is no longer a question. Enrica Arend of dertour Deluxe says now every newly opened luxury resort offers naturally suites with private pools at more than 160 houses were alone in the world of the German organizer program available. And its wealthy guests ask explicitly for the pool for millionaires. Why? “Our deluxe guest,” said Arend, “is primarily want privacy.”

Armando Kraenzlin nods approvingly the statement of tourism sufferer and smiles. The Swiss is a very polite man and director of the Four Seasons Maldives. The professional with extensive experience in the luxury hotel it is sometimes even bizarre as his well-heeled guests tick. So that over-water bungalows are booked first, have a private pool. One of the finest swimming and diving in the world is the people’s feet – and take them to another pool.

Private pools are affordable

The intimate pool of the Four Seasons suites, however, is often not used at all. The tourists seem to prefer the luxury pool of the main house with other guests converse about sailing while trying to wag the key card for their special suite. About the longing has not triggered the boom of the lonely island pool, but that global, almost childlike “My car, my house, my boat” behavior?

Meanwhile, also have five-star hotels rooms with small pool of water. And they are affordable than the establishment of Maritius and the Maldives: About 140 euros per person costs the “Infinity Suite” at the Westin Costa Navarino in the Greek Peloponnese, 115 euros per person “Pool Villa” in the Thai Sala Phuket.

In a 20-million-metropolis like Delhi, marked by smog and heat of bustle and narrowness, the mini pool in the balcony is a special treat. And also awakens childlike behavior. And so I jumped, pulled his knees to his chest, his hands on the shins. Then splashed the water.

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