Best Indoor Pool Stays in Drummondville

Four Drummondville hotels list an indoor pool, and most of them sit along Highway 20 or Highway 55, which is how many guests arrive. An indoor pool makes sense in this part of Quebec, where an outdoor swim is out of the question for a good part of the year, and a heated pool turns a roadside overnight stop into a proper break. The four hotels differ enough to be worth comparing: one leans toward suites, one toward wellness, one toward family stays, and one toward a quiet, practical night near the golf club.

Quality Suites is the pick for a longer or more independent stay. It lists kitchenette suites, an indoor pool, a gym and a business centre with copy and fax service, plus a continental breakfast and bar service each day. The hotel sits just off Highway 55 and Highway 20, about five minutes by car from downtown Drummondville, and carries a 9.2 rating from more than nine hundred reviews. For anyone combining work and a swim, it covers both without fuss. The breakfast and bar service on site save a search for food after a day of driving, and a business centre helps if you still have work to finish.

Hotel and Suites Le Dauphin is the most wellness-oriented of the four. Its indoor pool has a built-in spa, and a dedicated wellness centre sits on the property, with the Globe-Trotter restaurant and the Menus Plaisirs bar for the evening. A terrace opens in warmer weather. It is listed as a four-star hotel in the Centre-du-Quebec region. If the swim is the point of the trip and you want a good meal afterwards without driving, this is the one I would look at first. For anyone who finds a plain pool too basic, a spa built into the water and a wellness centre next door make the stay feel closer to a short retreat than a motorway stop.

Best Western Hotel Universel and Grand Times Hotel round out the list. Best Western Hotel Universel sits directly off the Highway 20 exit, halfway between Quebec City and Montreal, and is built around a four-season indoor pool with an atrium, a hot tub, a sauna and the Italian restaurant Pacini. It lists pet-friendly family rooms and sits close to Centrexpo Cogeco. Grand Times Hotel has an indoor pool and fitness centre, air-conditioned rooms and free parking, about 1.4 kilometres from the Drummondville Golf and Curling Club. Both are practical choices if you want to settle in quickly, swim and eat without leaving the property.