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The Largest Swimming Pool On Earth

  • Author: Admin
  • 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.

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The ocean water is too cold most of the year and the pool is kept at a refreshing 79 degrees during the summer.

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While there is plenty of room to swim in the pool, visitors can also cruise across the lagoon on small boats.

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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.

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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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  2. Cymeradwyo.com February 5th, 2008 at 9:32 am

    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.
    Which le…

  3. arLeNe February 8th, 2008 at 4:16 am

    wow! very fascinating..
    i wonder when will i have
    one like that

  4. Tony Luminoth February 12th, 2008 at 2:24 am

    Meh, I would rather swim in that beautiful patch of beach the pool is blocking.

  5. Gonzalo February 13th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    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.

  6. Iversen February 13th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

    strange, that there are not many people there in the swimming pool:)

  7. Lalaboteryboo May 30th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    This is the cooliest pool! i love wisconson cheese.

  8. brainextender August 20th, 2008 at 10:36 am

    Good to have such a pool when the sea is that far from your hotel ;)

  9. David August 20th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    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

  10. carlos August 21st, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    what an utter waste of money and resources, enough to feed the poorest countries in africa for a year!

  11. rhandy October 12th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    planning to go to chile early jauary of 2009, this place looks so amazing, how do i book a room here.

  12. rhandy October 28th, 2008 at 2:20 am

    does anyone know how to book or stay in this place?

  13. John smith November 11th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

    one good thing about the pool is that it takes a lot of baywatch babes to lifeguard

  14. Maldives November 27th, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    quite an empty pool.. inspite of being in the guinness book of world records.

  15. Kyle Currington February 5th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    I wish i had that pool that would be awsome and i would swim in it everyday

  16. vicky May 7th, 2009 at 11:39 am

    bit small


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