Largest Swimming pool in the world

If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this huge monster pool. It is more than 1000 yards long, covers 20 acres of land, had a 115 ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water.

The Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world. This vast pool took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will hit £2million.

The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonso Del Mar resort at Algarrobo, on Chile's southern coast since it opened last month. Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bed even in the deep end. It dwarfs the world's second biggest pool, the Orthlieb - nicknamed the Big Splash - in Morocco , which is only a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. An Olympicsize pool measures some 50 yards by 25 yards.



Chile's monster pool uses a computer-controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out at the other. The sun warms the water to 26c, 9 degrees warmer than the adjoining sea.

Chilean biochemist Fernando Fischmann, whose Crystal Lagoons Corporation designed the pool, said advanced engineering meant his company could build an impressive artificial paradise even in inhospitable areas. As long as there's access to unlimited seawater, it will work, and causes no damage to the ocean.