I was surfing through some sites earlier and came upon this spectacular engineering marvel. Talk about the new wonders of the modern world. It is the world’s largest swimming pool, acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records early this year.
It lies in Chile’s Southern coast and measures 1,013 meters in length and covers an area of eight hectares! It is more than 1,000 yards long covering 20 acres and has a deep end of 115 feet and holds 66 million gallons of water! It took 5 years to build and cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million!
This man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds at the San Alfonso del Mar Resort at Algarrobo, on Chile’s southern coast. The resort’s large pool utilizes a technology developed by the Chilean company Crystal Lagoons, which uses water pumped from the Pacific Ocean, that is then filtered and treated for supply to the pool. The sun warms the water to 26c, nine degrees warmer than the adjoining sea.
Talk about paradise on earth! Look at that view above and imagine that you have just woken up in the morning and opened your curtains and this is what you see! Wow. Its turquoise waters are crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end.
It dwarfs the world’s second largest pool in Morocco, the Orthlieb, nicknamed the Big Splash, which is a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. Just to give you a comparison to what normal is, an Olympic size pool measures around 50 yards by 25 yards. The Orthlieb is 3 times that length, but the pool at San Alfonso is 20 times the length of an Olympic size pool!
I’m curious enough to want to go to Chile just to stay in this resort and soak in this pool. Hmm, starting to sound like a good honeymoon spot hehe! The water is so unbelievably clear you just want to jump in it. I wonder if there are fishes though, and how many people have actually gone here. I haven’t seen any reviews from tourists who have been here though so I’ll be looking around for that. Oh, and for such a great wonder of a pool, they could have at least named it something right??
