Chilean Resort of San Alfonso del Mar, World's Largest Swimming Pool with 20-acre Pool
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
With 20-acre swimming pool, the Chilean resort of San Alfonso del Mar was named by The Guinness Book of Records as the largest swimming pool in the world.
LinkA hundred and fifteen feet deep at its deepest and a thousand yards long, the 20-acre leviathan holds 66 million gallons of water and is navigable in small boats.
The pool, near Algarrobo on the south coast of the South American country, opened last month after a building project lasting five years and costing almost £1 billion. It has become an instant tourist magnet, with thousands of people flocking to see it.
The vast lido requires high-technology filtration systems to keep the water fresh, with a computer-controlled system drawing in water from the sea from one end and pumping it out of the other.
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