Video: Man-made blue lagoon: the huge pool of San Alfonso del Mar hit the Guinness Book of Records
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
As you know, the sun, air and water are traditionally ranked among our best friends! And if there is more than enough sunlight in the summer, and it is enough to get out of the house for a walk in the fresh air, then finding water resources is always somewhat problematic. A real discovery for those who want to splash in azure water can be the world's largest swimming pool San Alfonso del Mar in the Algarrobo resort in Chile!
The pool-record holder was included in the Guinness Book in December 2006 and since then has firmly held the leading position. Its dimensions are really impressive, they are 1013 meters long, the area is 8 hectares. In comparison, this is 20 times the size of an Olympic pool and 6 times the area of its closest competitor, the Moroccan giant Orthlieb Pool in Casablanca. In addition, the San Alfonso del Mar basin has a huge amount of water - 250 million liters!
The town of San Alfonso del Mar has never been a tourist destination before. Swimming in the ocean is prohibited here because the water is always cold and the coast is fraught with many dangers. However, entrepreneur Fernando Fishman, a biochemist by training, decided to build a luxury hotel here with a huge lagoon pool, which would receive purified water from the ocean.
Crystal Lagoons Technology took over the project. Soon a pool was built with crystal clear water, the temperature of which, moreover, is also 9 degrees higher than in the ocean. In summer, the sun's rays warm up the lagoon quickly enough! Here you can not only swim, but also ride boats and catamarans, as well as do water sports! The maintenance of the San Alfonso del Mar basin is costly, about £ 2 million a year!
San Alfonso del Mar is not the only unusual pool in the world. Rivalry with Fernando Fishman in creativity can be Robert Wogland, who creates amazing drawings on the bottom of the pool, or a group of Swiss artists NEVERCREW, who came up with the idea of turning an old pool into an octopus home!
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