Miami Hotel Day Passes: $20 Rooftop Pools and Faena's $150 Chaise

By Matt Spaulding · September 2, 2026

Photo: Daniel Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Faena publishes no pool day. It rents its sand by the chaise at prices it prints itself, and the National and the Angler's also sell days at their own published rates. Most of the rest sell through ResortPass, whose starting price moves with the date you pick. The figures here are what it showed on 19 October 2026, when we checked the 63 Miami hotels we cover against their own sites and their ResortPass and Dayuse listings.

For the beach

A chaise on Faena's beach is $150 Monday to Thursday and $250 Friday to Sunday, and an oceanfront daybed with two chaises is $500 any day. Non-guests get chaises first come, first served and book by email. Faena says prices can change with occupancy and holidays, and its page never says whether a non-guest can use the pool.

1 Hotel South Beach sells two beach days on ResortPass, a chair and umbrella from $149 and its Tala Beach Experience from $199. ResortPass adds a 21% service charge and 9% tax to both, collected at the hotel, which takes the $149 chair to about $194. Neither gets you into the hotel's four pools.

For less, Eden Roc's Beach Pass is from $50 for adults and $25 for children, and Andaz Miami Beach sells pool and beach together from $55, or $40 for a child. Grand Beach, farther up Collins at 48th Street, is from $50 for pool and beach. The Best Western Plus Atlantic Beach next door to the Andaz is from $25, and the Riu Plaza down at 31st Street from $30, both with the pool and the sand.

In South Beach, the Sagamore's pool is from $25 on ResortPass, and its Pool and Beach pass from $45 adds one reserved chair on the sand. Kimpton Surfcomber, next door, sells its oceanfront Solei Beach Club from $30 for adults and $15 for children.

The famous pools

The Four Seasons on Brickell sells a day at what ResortPass calls its two-acre pool oasis, from $125 for anyone 13 and over and $100 for children, with a reserved lounger from 9am to 6pm. A cabana is from $300 for four, plus a $75 service charge collected at the hotel. The Ritz-Carlton South Beach is from $115 for anyone 13 and over and $50 for children, beach not included, although the hotel's own FAQ says it has multiple pools on-site for hotel guests.

Eden Roc's own pools page says visitors without a reservation are welcome to spend the day at its three pools, and it sends them to ResortPass, where the Pool Day Pass is from $50 for adults 18 and over and $30 for children. That pass leaves out the beach. Nobu Hotel Miami Beach shares the resort at 4525 Collins and says in its FAQ that it doesn't offer day passes, so buy the pass under Eden Roc's name.

ResortPass sells a Lapis Spa, Pool, Beach and Fitness pass at Fontainebleau from $175, and daybeds from $175 for two. The hotel's own site sells no day pass, and the parts of its pool rules we could read tie the deck to a room key and a wristband. Ring the hotel and ask which rule the pool desk follows.

Loews sells no plain pass. Its SOAK daybed is from $150 for two with a $100 food and drink minimum, and a family cabana is from $400 for six with a $175 minimum. A 25% service charge goes on the food and drink check. The Shelborne sells only cabanas on ResortPass, from $300 for four with a $200 food and drink minimum.

The National sells its pool day from its own online store. A Pool Day Pass is from $55, and every guest has a $50 food and drink minimum on top, so one person's day costs at least $105 before service and tax. A cabana for up to three is from $350, which the same page calls both inclusive of tax and service and subject to them. The hotel is adults only, 21 and over, and its FAQ says passes depend on occupancy and season.

Rooftops and courtyards from $20

The Elser's 132-foot rooftop pool downtown is from $20 for adults and $10 for children on ResortPass, though the hotel's own FAQ quotes $50 for its pool daycation. Aloft Brickell's rooftop is from $20 and the AC Hotel Brickell's from $25, both for 21 and over. Dua's rooftop infinity pool is from $30, or $15 for a child, and YOTEL is also $30 and takes day guests 21 and over only. EAST and the InterContinental's rooftop pool are both from $35.

Kimpton EPIC costs more, with its two rooftop pools from $50 on ResortPass. Its rooftop page calls them primarily for hotel guests, and its cabana page sends day visitors to ResortPass anyway.

On the beach side, Dream South Beach sells its rooftop pool from $20 to adults 18 and over, and Freehand is from $25. The Hotel Continental's pool is also from $20 and comes with beach access, though its listing gives the age limit as 21 in one place and 18 in another. The Lennox's courtyard pool is from $30.

The Angler's sells its own day. A reserved lounger by the rooftop pool is $39 for adults and $19 for children, and a cabana for up to four is $169, or $189 for one right at the pool's edge, plus tax and fees. Booking is a request form on its site, and you pay in full with no refunds or date changes.

The ones that say no

Nobu offers day access only to members of its 4525 club, and Esmé keeps its rooftop pool for hotel guests during the day. W Miami uses the Icon Brickell pool on the 15th floor, which is run separately from the hotel, and the hotel says only registered guests may use it. The Setai's FAQ says its three pools are open to hotel guests, and we found no day pass on its site or on ResortPass.

Two more keep their pools for guests but sell a way in. The Palms sells no day pass, but a spa treatment of 50 minutes or more gets you the pool and beach, and ResortPass sells that from $170 for adults 18 and over, plus a 20% service charge on the treatment collected at the hotel. The Hotel Croydon rents a day room on Dayuse from $75 with a $100 deposit at check-in, and its group's site says a day room comes with the pool.

SLS LUX Brickell publishes its pool hours and first-come cabanas and never mentions visitors. Hilton's site wouldn't load for us on Hilton Miami Downtown, and neither hotel turned up on ResortPass, so ring before you count on a day at either.

Parking

A few hotels publish what a visitor pays to park. The National charges $25 for up to four hours and $35 for four to eight. Cadillac Hotel charges a visitor $25, or $10 with a restaurant validation. It also sells a $50 day pass on ResortPass, but parts of its lobby and pool have been closed since 20 July. Loews' daytime valet is $50, or $30 if you're there for one of the hotel's restaurants or other outlets, and the public garage across the street is $20 a day. 1 Hotel's is $30 for three hours with a validation from one of its venues. The Lennox and the Angler's both charge visitors $25 plus tax. Most other listings say parking is available for a fee and give no amount.

If we had one afternoon

We'd spend a weekday at Faena, on a $150 chaise. Eden Roc is the big resort that tells visitors on its own site they're welcome, at $50 an adult and $30 a child for three pools. The Elser's rooftop, from $20 on ResortPass, is the cheap swim. And if you were going to eat lunch anyway, the National's $105 before service and tax starts to look like a meal with a pool attached.

To sleep by the water instead, compare tonight's South Beach and Mid-Beach hotels, or downtown if it's the rooftops you're after, and see the Miami hotel pools we'd book a room for. Orlando's day-pass list is mostly water parks and lazy rivers, and Tampa Bay's goes as low as a $5 strip of sand.