Hotel Indigo, Adelaide: Rates, pool and fun inclusions

The Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets is a fun but comfortable addition to the Adelaide hotel scene. There’s a tiny pool, a fun rooftop bar and an impressive commitment to the local area.

The Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets is one of the newest hotels in the South Australian capital, and it comes with a sense of fun. Entrance is via the hotel’s restaurant/ café, Market and Meander, and you’re immediately hit with a barrage of pink stools and curving cushioned benches.

The Indigo brand is a chain, part of the IHG group. But there are deliberate steps taken to make each hotel look different and reflect its surroundings.

**15 fabulous Adelaide experiences to supercharge your visit**

DOLPHINS 🐬: Swim with wild dolphins, kayak with the resident bottlenose pod or watch them on a dolphin cruise.
FOOD AND WINE 🍷: Indulge on Adelaide food tour including Adelaide Central Market. Or try a wine discovery tour with tastings at the National Wine Centre. Or the ultimate Penfolds Magill Estate experience with full estate tour & Grange tasting.
WILDLIFE 🐨: Spot koalas on a guided Morialta nature hike. Or walk from Waterfall Gully to Mount Lofty with entrance to Cleland Wildlife Park.
CRUISES ⛵: Watch the sun set on a twilight coastal cruise, get to know the city on a Torrens River cruise or take a high tea cruise aboard the Popeye.
SPORT 🏏: Dare to take on the Adelaide Oval Roofclimb or enter the fabled scoreboard on the behind-the-scenes stadium tour.
ACTION 🚵‍♂️: Descend Mount Lofty on a downhill mountain bike tour or kayak along the Torrens River.

Hotel Indigo Adelaide pool

In this case, there’s a market-style walk-through feel, while the bright reds on the tables legs and pillars are a nod to Chinatown.

This Adelaide hotel has a small pool, but it’s frankly nothing to get excited about. Lap swimmers are going to be disappointed.

Pick your perfect Adelaide day trips

Barossa Valley tours: 1. Wine-tasting with lunch 🍷. 2. Food and wine tour. 3. Small group wine tour with exclusive VIP tastings.
Kangaroo Island in a day – including sea lions 🦭, koalas 🐨and national parks.
Adelaide Hills tours: 1. Sights plus Murray River lunch cruise combo. 2. Small group cheese, chocolate & wine tour with Hahndorf German village.
McLaren Vale tours: 1. Small group wine tour with lunch. 2. Hop-on hop-off wineries tour 🍷. 3. Food and wine indulgence tour, including the gloriously weird d’Arenberg Cube.
Victor Harbor and southern highlights tour – including the Granite Island horse-drawn tram.

Where is Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets?

Despite the name, the Hotel Indigo isn’t actually in the Adelaide Central Market. But it is a three minute walk away on Market Street. Most visitors will come here for drinks at the Merrymaker rooftop bar. But those staying overnight will encounter rooms that are comfortable and fun without being too try hard.

Specially-commissioned artwork on the walls brings back to life Adelaide Festival posters from years past. Most things, including the air conditioning, are controlled by the touch of a button. And there’s an illusion of more space given by ditching wardrobes and going for open plan hanging space made of copper pipes.

Top Adelaide hotel recommendations

For the beach: Oaks Glenelg Plaza Pier Suites. For families: Big4 West Beach. Most fun: Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets. For setting: Oval Hotel. For heritage: Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury.

Neighbourhood guides at the Indigo Hotel

There’s also a commitment to the local area, with each room having a neighbourhood guide on the work desk. This guide points out some of the best cafés and attractions nearby.

There are also locally-produced goods in the mini bar. You can indulge in a Seppeltsfield Barossa Shiraz or Mismatch Brewing Pale Ale, for example.