With the lines blurred indoor and outdoor spaces, secluded cabanas just feet from all-the-rage bars, and skyline views paired with live music, each of Valencia Hotel Group hotels’ swimming areas was created with the overarching concept to be much more than just a pool.
#1Â LONE STAR COURT
Rustic local flagstone paving surrounds the half-moon–shaped pool, and with the Water Trough bar and restaurant just a stone’s throw from the bright yellow loungers, your pool day doubles as experiencing the best of Austin: big blue-sky days and legendary live music
#2Â HOTEL VALENCIA SANTANA ROW
Tucked away on the sun-kissed rooftop, overgrown flowers, plants, and recliners offer seclusion, but one gaze over the edge reveals Santana Row, San Jose’s buzzy shopping and dining district.
#3Â TEXICAN COURT
Amidst the beautiful courtyard is a circular – styled swimming pool, a perfect nod to the nostalgic days when travel was an adventure.
#4Â COTTON COURT
The pool and cabanas are local-inspired. The pool bar invites you for cocktails by the pool, and live music fills the air Thursday – Saturday at this urban retreat getaway. Steps away is the Midnight Shift Restaurant serving your favorite Texas-American-inspired cuisine.
#5Â CAVALRY COURT
Sharp courtyard details and an overlaying grid design showcase a rigidity to represent the corps of cadets’ strong presence at Texas A&M in town, but luxury comforts are exuded through secluded cabanas, poolside service, and padded sunbeds.
#6Â THE GEORGE
An illuminated pool lies center to the eventful courtyard, Indoor-to-outdoor spaces are shared with glass walls, and cocktail tables.
Four Valencia thresholds that are more than just passageways
#1 IRVING’S FAMED PINK DOORS TO THE COURTYARD
The vibrant color serves as an accent to the Spanish mission architecture style. (Texican Court Hotel, Irving, TX)
#2 SAN JOSE’S GLASS COURTYARD DOORS
These European glass doors and canopy transport you from Silicon Valley to a bustling plaza in the heart of Spain. (Hotel Valencia Santana Row, San Jose, CA)
#3 AUSTIN’S ANTIQUE PUBLIC SPACE DOORS
The contrast of rustic and refined wood and brick is found in this common space’s entryway. (Lone Star Court, Austin, TX)
#4 SAN ANTONIO’S TERRACE DOORS
The riverside suites’ French terrace doors with plantation-style slats let you look out to the River Walk without those on the other side looking in. (Hotel Valencia Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX)
SMEG Refrigerators
Fully stocked with local snacks and plenty of throwback charm, these refrigerators go beyond – way beyond – the traditional mini-bar in every room at all courts by Valencia Hotel Group.
Lone Star Court
Austin, TX
Cavalry Court
College Station, TX
Texican Court
Las Colinas, TX
Cotton Court Hotel
Lubbock ,TX
NEON SIGNS
Neon marquees at the Courts immediately evoke warm images of roadside motor lodges and playful soda fountains to travelers.
Lone Star Court
Austin, TX
Cavalry Court
College Station, TX
Texican Court
Las Colinas, TX
Cotton Court
Lubbock,TX
#1 BUDDY HOLLY MURAL BY MAKSIN KOLOSKOV (Cotton Court, Lubbock, TX)
Guests are welcomed into a lobby reminiscent of a historic cotton exchange with all the deconstructed luxury of the exchange trading floor. The double height space is anchored by a large chalkboard similar to an old futures board with numeric patterns rearranged into a portrait of Buddy Holly.
#2 FLAMENCO DANCERS BY JAMIE AND JEREMY WELLS (Hotel Valencia Santana Row, San Jose, CA)
Caricatures of flamenco dancers twirl across the walls of each floor’s elevator lobby to give the hotel an unmistakable Spanish charm.
#3 TWO MULES MURAL by MAKSIM KOLOSKOV (Texican Court, Irving, TX)
Painted to resemble the roadside signage prevalent on restaurants buildings throughout small towns in west Texas. It is made to look sun faded like it has been backed by the Texas sun.
#4 BILLY BY MELINDA BUIE (Lone Star Court, Austin, TX)
Texas’ oil-painting-in-the-lobby tradition gets a playful pop art kick.
#5 THE FLOCK BY GONZO247 AND TEXAS PRIDE BY THEDRA CULLAR-LEDFORD (The George, College Station, TX)
Animal sculptures tagged by local graffiti artist GONZO247 and a floor-to-ceiling bookcase that invokes the state flag are among the hotel’s many Texas-themed installations.