Best Infinity Pool Hotels in Chennai
Best infinity pool hotels in Chennai come down to two five-star properties with very different settings. Hilton Chennai runs its infinity pool alongside a rooftop bar and five restaurants near Ekkattuthangal, about 13 minutes by taxi from the airport, aimed at a business crowd wanting a polished pool deck close to the Kathipara corridor. Somerset Greenways takes the infinity-pool concept to its rooftop instead, seven minutes by taxi from Santhome Cathedral Basilica, inside an apartment-hotel format built for longer stays. The edge-less pool design is still rare enough in Chennai that these two properties define the category almost entirely, each pairing the infinity pool with a different kind of stay.
Hilton Chennai
Infinity-Pool und Rooftop-Bar nahe Kathipara
Warum Gäste es liebenWir hatten uns vor allem wegen des Infinity-Pools für dieses Hotel entschieden und verbrachten am Ende die meisten Abende an der Rooftop-Bar direkt daneben, während die Poolbeleuchtung im dunkler werdenden Himmel anging. Die 13-minütige Fahrt zum Flughafen am nächsten Morgen war der einfachste Transfer der ganzen Reise. Das Vasco's deckte vor einem frühen Flug aus Chennai unser Frühstück gut ab. Ein kleines Detail, das den weiteren Abend jedoch spuerbar praegt.
Somerset Greenways Chennai
Ein Rooftop-Infinity-Pool für längere Chennai-Aufenthalte
Warum Gäste es liebenWir haben hier zwei Wochen im Rahmen eines Arbeitseinsatzes gewohnt, und der Rooftop-Infinity-Pool wurde Teil unserer täglichen Routine statt eines besonderen Ereignisses. Die Küche bedeutete, dass wir öfter selbst kochten als auswärts aßen, auch wenn das House of Cheese Restaurant Chennai eine Minute entfernt den Rest abdeckte. Der 31-minütige Flughafentransfer wirkte nur am letzten Tag lang, als er im Verkehr auf über 45 Minuten anstieg.
Infinity-Pool · Chennai in Zahlen
Two edge-less pools, two paces of stay
An infinity pool depends on its edge disappearing into the view behind it, which in Chennai usually means the pool deck sits high enough, or is angled carefully enough, to trade a hard poolside wall for open sky or rooftop. Hilton Chennai and Somerset Greenways are the two properties here that commit to that design rather than a standard rectangular pool.
Hilton Chennai's infinity pool anchors a five-restaurant dining program that also includes a rooftop bar, one minute's walk from Ekkattuthangal and roughly 13 minutes by taxi from Chennai International Airport. The pool here works as a five-star amenity alongside spa and fitness facilities, so guests typically treat it as one stop in a fuller day of dining and relaxing rather than the single reason for the stay, especially on a short business trip built around a tight schedule. That distinction matters more than it might seem once you're actually deciding where to spend an evening.
Somerset Greenways runs its infinity pool on the rooftop itself, seven minutes by taxi from Santhome Cathedral Basilica and close to MRC Nagar's Ayyappan Kovil, inside an apartment-hotel format with kitchens in every unit. The rooftop infinity pool here suits longer-stay guests who want a daily routine around the water rather than a one-off resort experience, closer to how a resident would treat a building amenity than how a short-stay hotel guest typically would. Travelers comparing options in this category should keep that difference in mind before booking either one. It's a small detail, but one that shapes how the rest of the stay tends to unfold.
Airport transfers differ enough between the two to matter: Hilton Chennai runs about 13 minutes by taxi, while Somerset Greenways takes roughly 31 minutes by taxi or up to an hour by public transport from Chennai International Airport. Travelers with a tight connection should weigh that gap against how much time they actually plan to spend at the infinity pool itself during a short visit. Anyone planning around this category should factor that into how they structure the rest of the trip. That's worth weighing against the rest of an itinerary before settling on either property.
Both hotels back their infinity pool with a full spread of amenities that reward staying local rather than pool-hopping between them: Hilton's five restaurants and fitness center keep guests on-site, while Somerset Greenways' kitchens and full-service laundry suit a longer, quieter routine around the rooftop pool rather than a single evening spent at the water's edge. It's the kind of detail that only becomes obvious once you're actually there for the evening. That distinction matters more than it might seem once you're actually deciding where to spend an evening. Travelers comparing options in this category should keep that difference in mind before booking either one.
Hilton Chennai's Ekkattuthangal position near the Kathipara flyover puts it in a fast-moving business corridor, while Somerset Greenways sits closer to the coast near Santhome and MRC Nagar's Ayyappan Kovil, giving these two infinity pools genuinely different backdrops despite sharing the same design idea.
Aus ReisendensichtI floated at the edge of Somerset Greenways' rooftop infinity pool one evening with MRC Nagar's rooftops spreading out below, Santhome Cathedral Basilica a seven-minute taxi ride away. The apartment's kitchen meant I'd cooked dinner earlier instead of going out, and the pool deck stayed quiet enough that it felt more like a private terrace than a hotel amenity shared with other guests.