The Urban Chalet
An indoor pool and sauna, year-round
About this hotel
The Urban Chalet's indoor swimming pool and sauna set it apart from properties relying on a seasonal outdoor pool, giving a family a genuine water option regardless of weather, useful on the rare cooler or rainy day during a Memadion trip when an outdoor pool elsewhere would sit empty. Rooms include dining tables and comfortable seating, practical for a family eating in after a tiring park day rather than heading back out for dinner. Charles Clore Beach is a 13-minute walk, and the Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater is six minutes, both reasonable outings on a day away from the water park. Nachalat Benyamin Crafts Fair sits 1.4km out, and Ben Gurion Airport is a 12km drive from the property.
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Near Suzanne Dellal Center
Our take
This suits families who want a reliable, weather-independent pool and sauna option without a full luxury price tag, and who value the walkable distance to Charles Clore Beach and Suzanne Dellal Center. Families wanting a rooftop view or seafront setting should look toward The Setai or Play Hatzuk Beach instead.
- ✓Use the indoor pool on a cooler evening or if weather disrupts a planned Memadion day, since it works regardless of conditions outside.
- ✓Book the sauna for after a long day of slides, a genuine recovery option that some boutique properties on this list lack entirely.
- ✓Walk to the Suzanne Dellal Center in the early evening, six minutes away, for a cultural stop before dinner.
Why we love it
- Indoor swimming pool, year-round use
- Sauna on-site
- 6-minute walk to Suzanne Dellal Center
- In-room dining tables
Why guests love itHaving an indoor pool turned out to matter more than we expected when one afternoon got rained out, since the kids still had somewhere to swim without driving anywhere. The sauna became my own quiet ritual most evenings after Memadion, and the walk to the Suzanne Dellal Center gave us an easy culture stop one evening. A smaller property, but the indoor pool did real work for our trip.