The Pool at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

"View the entire 2011 Gold List of the world's best places to stay › Also appeared in the Gold List in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 Amenities: Pool, Spa View the entire Hot List of the travel world's most noteworthy debuts in 2006 ›"

"An hour in the vitality pool (complimentary for guests), where water jets and Tepidarium lounge chairs allow for self-administered massages, is a sure cure for jetlag"

"Two-Michelin-star restaurant and deluxe spa facilities that include a large indoor pool complete one of the swankiest hotels in the city"

"The 15 room Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Oriental Spa also includes high-tech features such as experience showers, vitality pools, ice fountains, amethyst crystal steam rooms, saunas, and Zen relaxation rooms, not to mention specialty treatment rooms such as a Turkish hammam, a Moroccan rhassoul mud room and a Roman-style laconium"

"The duplex 21,000 square foot Oriental Spa deserves it reputation as the island’s hottest: the vitality pool’s powerful neck massage jet pummels away tension with unexpected precision and yoga classes have developed a cult following"

"An indoor heated pool, mosaic steam room, relaxation room, Turkish bath with powerful directional jets, sauna, ice fountain, rain-forest showers and mud baths complete the experience"

"A few laps of the crisp indoor pool later, scoping skyscrapers as I swim, and I’m up for lunch"

"The “holistic spa area” is a highlight in itself, thanks to a lineup of vitality pools, crystal steam rooms and ice fountains to ensure you’re as relaxed as humanly possible"