The Largest Swimming Pool On Earth
- Filed under: Weird
- Date: Jan 27,2008
Chile has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest swimming pool on the planet.
The gigantic lagoon is located in the resort of San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo city, on the southern coast of Chile.Guinness Book of World Records has named it the largest pool in the world. How big is it? One over a kilometer long (3,323 feet), covering 20 acres and containing 250,000 cubic meters of water.
The ocean water is too cold most of the year and the pool is kept at a refreshing 79 degrees during the summer.
While there is plenty of room to swim in the pool, visitors can also cruise across the lagoon on small boats.
The pool took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million. It can harvest, filter and permanently recirculate ocean water by itself.
The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo since it opened last month. Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end.
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The World’s largest swimming pool - in Chile…
It’s been named the”World’s largest swimming pool” - and at over a kilometre long it probably is. I first heard about it on the news last week on German TV, and how there are some pictures up on the Daily Mail website.
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wow! very fascinating..
i wonder when will i have
one like that
Meh, I would rather swim in that beautiful patch of beach the pool is blocking.
Hello evryone
I’m from Chile. and i had been in San Alfonso. The swimming pool is realy big, but for me i prefer de beach of algarrobo.
strange, that there are not many people there in the swimming pool:)
This is the cooliest pool! i love wisconson cheese.
Good to have such a pool when the sea is that far from your hotel
well, i also go to Algarrobo on vacationes, and yeah… i preffer the long beach, even though i didnt know it was on the guinnes records. Its pretty big thaty place, but sadly it screwed with the whole spirit od the toiwn and peopole of Algarrobo
what an utter waste of money and resources, enough to feed the poorest countries in africa for a year!
planning to go to chile early jauary of 2009, this place looks so amazing, how do i book a room here.
does anyone know how to book or stay in this place?
one good thing about the pool is that it takes a lot of baywatch babes to lifeguard
quite an empty pool.. inspite of being in the guinness book of world records.
I wish i had that pool that would be awsome and i would swim in it everyday
bit small
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