Splash back! Dive into the world's wildest pools – in pictures

Splash back! Dive into the world's wildest pools – in pictures


As some swimming pools prepare to reopen, we dip our toes into the most dramatic ones across the globe – from remote Aussie rock pools to Cleopatra’s favourite bathing spot 

  • De Tongelreep swimming pool in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, where you can participate in the not particularly enjoyable sounding ‘water boot camp’
    De Tongelreep swimming pool in Eindhoven, the Netherlands

  • The Tinside Lido at Plymouth Harbour. The lido was built in 1935, then closed in 1992. After a local campaign, it reopened at a cost of £3.4m in 2005
    The Tinside Lido at Plymouth Harbour

  • A tourist swims in water from hot springs at Cleopatra’s Pool in the ruins of the ancient city of Hierapolis, Pamukkale, Turkey. Yes, Cleopatra actually bathed here
    A tourist swims in the Cleopatra’s Pool

  • The empty art deco Amalienbad public swimming pool in Vienna, Austria. It was built in the 1920s, and was the largest bathhouse in central Europe at the time
    The empty Amalienbad public swimming pool in Vienna, Austria

  • A swimmer in the pool located on the 24th floor of the Holiday Inn hotel, Shanghai, China. Part of the swimming pool extends over the side of the building. The bottom of this extension is transparent, giving a stomach-churning view of the ground far below
    A swimmer in the pool located on the 24th floor of Holiday Inn Hotel, Shanghai, China

  • People swimming in a natural hot spring, the Secret Lagoon, Fludir, Iceland
    People swimming in a natural hot spring, the Secret Lagoon, Fludir, Iceland

  • People gather on landing stages and in the swimming pool on the river Spree in Berlin
    People gather on landing stages and in the ‘swimming’ pool on the river Spree in Berlin

  • A remote rock pool off Mona Vale beach on the Pacific ocean coast, Sydney
    A remote rock pool off Mona Vale beach on the Pacific ocean coast, Sydney

  • A young boy is silhouetted while swimming in a glass-bottomed pool 60 metres (197 feet) above street level, at a condo tower in Vancouver, British Columbia
    A young boy is silhouetted while swimming in a glass-bottomed pool

  • Outdoor swimming pools at the closed AquaSplash! swimming pool, in Renens, Switzerland
    Outdoor swimming pools at the closed AquaSplash! swimming pool, in Renens, Switzerland

  • People cool off at a swimming pool in Fuyang, Anhui Province, China, in 2016
    People cool off at a swimming pool in Fuyang, Anhui Province, China, in 2016

  • Tourists enjoy a swimming pool at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand
    Tourists enjoy a swimming pool at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand

  • Diving boards stand over the deep end of the main pool at the Kiebitzberge public swimming pools near Berlin
    Kiebitzberge public swimming pools near Berlin

  • Empty outdoor pools of the Szechenyi thermal bath in Budapest, Hungary. It is Europe’s largest medicinal bath, with water supplied by two thermal springs. Its temperature averages about 75C
    Empty outdoor pools of the Szechenyi Thermal Bath in Budapest, Hungary

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