Level up your next trip away with these luxury hotels with more fitspo than meets the eye.

Sure, a hotel pool and high-tech gym is nice and all, but why not book a sporty stay with a difference and break a sweat in a more surprising way while on vacation? After all, pre-breakfast b-ball or bowling in The Big Smoke certainly beats lifting weights in a basement while you’re taking some hard-earned annual leave - and just think how cool your workout will look on Strava when you clock in at one of these luxe stays…

Dunk before dinner and a show at...The Palms in Vegas

Inside a lavish suite high up in the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas you’ll find all the perks you would expect of a hotel room so expensive the price isn’t listed online: sumptuous king size beds, a pool table, a ‘hidden’ whiskey room, 24-hour butler service and 11 televisions (yes, 11) - to name just a few features.

But what sets the aptly named ‘Hardwood Suite’ apart from other rooms at this Vegas institution is one amenity in particular - the room contains its own private basketball court, complete with professional locker room for pre-game huddles and post-game cool downs of course. Practice your baskets at any time of day (or night) from the comfort of your suite, or invite your mates up for a game - the court contains three murphy beds that can be set up so the suite sleeps up to 10 people - the perfect number for a b-ball game. 

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Score a strike in Soho at...The Ham Yard Hotel London 

Your standard hotel basement gym will look positively basic when you see what The Ham Yard Hotel in London’s Soho has built into their basement instead. And while The Ham Yard does also have a very nice gym (and a beautiful spa to boot too, by the way), what is more exciting about this Soho establishment is the luxe bowling alley you’ll find down on the lower floors.

Vintage bowling shoes, bold artwork and a fully stocked bar set the mood and surround four solid maple bowling lanes - complete with UV pins on request. Modelled on an original 1950s bowling alley and one of only a few of its kind in the UK, there’s never been a better accompaniment to a nightcap, or a more fun reason to venture down to the basement of your hotel in the name of sport. 

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Bob and weave in Bangkok at...The Four Seasons at Chao Phraya River

With Muay Thai being the national sport of Thailand, it is only fitting that for their Bangkok property at Chao Phraya River, luxury hotel group The Four Seasons have installed a custom-designed boxing ring in this wellness focussed 5-star stay.

If you can peel yourself away from the outdoor riverfront infinity pools (yes, plural), fitness centre with 35-metre (115-foot) lap pool, spa, hair salon and nail bar, the hotel offers a series of boxing-focussed activities to get you in the ring, from Muay Thai Boxing coaching to Muay Thai Fit classes and even specially designed sessions for kids.

For recovery after a turn in the ring, the spa offers everything from classic treatments like facials and massages, to physiotherapy, energetics and traditional Thai body and beauty treatments like Nuad Phaen Boran and Thai Pra Kob.

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Ace your next holiday at...Lotte Hotel in South Korea

If you’re going to hit a ball whilst on holiday and partake in a bit of tennis, why not do so in aesthetically pleasing surrounds? Lotte Hotel in South Korea have some of the prettiest tennis courts we’ve ever seen, and they are also home to two Pickleball courts in the same pastel hues.

Growing in popularity globally as well as here at home, there were well over 90,000 people playing pickleball in Australia from 2023 - 2024, with those numbers seemingly on the up. Using a paddle and plastic ‘wiffle ball’, players in either singles or doubles like tennis hit the ball over the net in rallies to try and score points.

With benefits touted as including social, mental and physical well being, it’s well worth a try - especially on courts as picturesque as these (and at the very least your time on court will provide some great holiday snaps and memories). 

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