PalestineWorld value
Pool
Enormous catchment basins belonging to the ancient water supply system of Jerusalem. They could be called the King So...
ThailandLocal value
Pool
The MahaSamutr pool is home to Asia’s largest man-made lagoon. It has a surface area of 72,000 square miles and a max...
EgyptLocal value
Pool
The City Stars Sharm El Sheikh lagoon, which opened in 2015, is officially the world’s largest man-made body of water...
ChileOrdinary
Pool
San Alfonso Del Mar is currently the second largest swimming pool in the world and sits on a private resort in Algarr...
UKLocal value
Pool
Take a stroll down the coast from the English seaside town of Margate and you’ll come to Walpole Bay, where a vast ti...
PortugalLocal value
Pool
Another volcanic island, another dramatic set of natural pools formed from natural lava. In fact, the town of Porto M...
Spain / Canary IslandsLocal value
Pool
Much of Tenerife’s rocky, volcanic shore isn’t ideal for sea swimming – hence the many natural and semi-natural bathi...
Piscinas de Bajamar
PortugalLocal value
Pool
Perched on granite cliffs near the Portuguese royal retreat of Sintra, the village of Azenhas do Mar is the site of a...
South Africa / Western CapeLocal value
Pool
Although Cape Town has one of the world’s most celebrated seawater pools – Sea Point Pavilion – there’s an even more ...
Dalebrook Tidal
Australia / New South WalesRegional value
Pool
Constructed in the 1880s, Bronte Baths is an ocean pool Built into the the sandstone cliffs in the 1880s, Bronte Bath...
Bronte Baths
UKLocal value
Pool
Also called the West End Pool, this is one of two open-air bathing spots carved into the rocks of Bundoran, a surfing...
Kuhio Beach
Local value
Pool
Known by Vancouverites as ‘Kits Pool’, this bayside swimming spot is nearly three times as long as an Olympic pool – ...
Kitsilano Pool
France / BrittanyLocal value
Pool
The French port of Saint-Malo has the highest tides in Europe: the sea here can rise more than 40 feet in six hours. ...
Piscine de Bon Secours
UKLocal value
Pool
The county of Cornwall has some of the UK’s sunniest weather, and Bude Sea Pool is the spot to soak it up. Built on S...
Australia / New South WalesLocal value
Pool
It’s not just Sydney that’s blessed when it comes to ocean pools – its New South Wales neighbour Newcastle is also en...
Merewether Baths
MexicoOrdinary
Pool
Chilean traveller Antonio Olivera created this incredible seaside structure back in 1914 in his adopted hometown of M...
DenmarkLocal value
Pool
Jutting out into the Øresund Sound, the Kastrup sea bath has been open to Copenhagen’s sea-swimmers since 2004. Despi...
PortugalLocal value
Pool
Not just a stunning spot for a dip, Piscina das Marés (in Leça da Palmeira, on the outskirts of Porto) is also an arc...