Gridskipper (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Few things beat floating cliff-side in an infinity pool overlooking the Amalfi Coast, or listening to music while underwater in a rooftop pool surrounded by palm trees. This is why the likes of Hotel Caruso and Hotel Gansevoort South (respectively)...
Geekologie (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Although it might as well be. The San Alfonso del Mar is a 1,013 meter, 19-acre pool on the central coast of Chile. It holds 66 million gallons of filtered sea-water and even has a 115-foot deep end (making it even deeper than yesterday's pool ). Although I think we can all agree this is actually less of a pool and more of a man-made lake. I have a rule: if you can boat on it, it's not a pool. But...
OUPblog (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Ben's place of the week is Algarrobo, Chile.
designverb (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Wow, talk about HUGE pools…next to the ocean! 66 million gallons, Cost 2 Billion USD, and 4 million yearly to maintain. via Hemmy YouTube Video
WallStreetFighter (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
We're in the middle of a heat wave right now in the Northeast and all I can think about is this amazing pool. Yes, that thing this guy is sailing a boat on is a pool. The San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile holds the record for the world's largest swimming pool. It cost over $2 billion to build and now requires $4 million a year in maintenance. It's twenty acres of crystal clear saltwater maintained...
Most-Expensive.net (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Looking at the above image, you might think that this is another one of Dubai’s expensive projects. That couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s the world’s most expensive swimming pool and it’s located at the San Alfonso Del Mar resort in Chile. The twenty acre pool is as long as three football fields and holds [...]
Digital Inspiration (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
How do you calculate area of that garden in the backyard of your house ? Or how do you measure size of an outdoor swimming pool or a football stadium?
myanmar-chitchat (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Wow! This is really incredible! Already acknowledged by Guinness World Records; this is the world's largest swimming pool, the man-made saltwater lagoon and swimming pool of San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo, Chile's southern coast. The swimming pool is 1,013 meters in length and covers an area of eight hectares containing 250,000 cubic meters of water. It's equivalent in size to an incredible...
linkfilter.net - fresh links (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one. It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water. Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world. But if you fancy splashing out on one of your own - and...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
South America and beyond. It's a southern hemisphere smorgasbord of adventure.
Pros and Cons (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
This video (see also here) accompanies this text: World largest swimming pool, AMAZING! If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one. It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water. Yesterday [...]
HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
We did briefly mention last month that the world's largest swimming pool is now officially found in the San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Chile, but given our deep love for hotel pools , we figured it's time to take a closer look, especially since the Guinness Book of World Records decided it was worth looking at, too. The San Alfonso del Mar Resort, on the southern coast of Chile, spent around $1.5 billion...
Ahh.. Chewww! (Free subscription) | 01/27/2008
Acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest swimming pool, the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo, on Chile's southern coast measures 1,013 metres in length and covers an area of eight hectares. It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water. This one took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion
Fresh Pics (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in the world's largest swimming pool in the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile. It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water. Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest...
Wizbang Pop! (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
A view of the swimming pool at the resort of San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo city on the southern coast of Chile, some 100 km (62 miles) west...
