La Colombe d'Or Hotel

The pool

• 10th-floor rooftop pool
• Downtown skyline
• Outdoor bar
• Guests only
• 32-suite property

Why it's on the list

Thirty-two suites and a pool ten floors up, which makes this the least crowded good deck in Houston almost by construction. Guests only, no day passes, no scene — the Montrose answer to a downtown rooftop, and better for it.

The stay

La Colombe d'Or is the intimate, hidden one — a 32-suite boutique in a historic Montrose mansion where the guests-only rooftop is the least crowded good deck in the city almost by design. Montrose puts you in Houston's arts-and-dining heart, near the Museum District and the neighborhood's restaurants, a world away from the downtown convention crowd. At $$$$ you're paying for privacy, character, and scale-of-one service rather than amenities — the pick if you want quiet and a real neighborhood, not a big hotel.