All about: swimming pools

In pictures: The world's weirdest swimming pools

By Katy Holland, Sep 03, 2012

We've rounded up some wonderfully weird swimming pools around the world, from China's version of the Dead Sea to a monster hotel pool in Chile. World's weirdest swimming pools Faux pool,...
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Would you swim in this pool?

By Katy Holland, Aug 21, 2012

It may look like a bid to make the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most crowded swimming pool - but this is just another day at the local swimming pool in Daying County, Sichuan,...
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Take three... glass-bottomed viewing platforms

By Katy Holland, Aug 15, 2012

It took us a second or two to work out what was happening in this image. But yes, it really is a glass-bottomed swimming pool in the sky. The Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong Kangqiao's pool is...
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Synchronised swimming lessons, anyone?

By Katy Holland, Jun 20, 2012

Dust off those flowery swimming caps, get your nose clips at the ready and start practising those leg twirls - because London's Berkeley Hotel has announced a new synchronised swimming package in...
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Ten of the best: rooftop hotel pools

By Joanna Fernandez, May 23, 2012

Feel on top of the world - literally - with a swim in a rooftop pool - the perfect way to keep cool while taking in your surroundings. From a skyscraper in Hong Kong to a blissful retreat...
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Revealed! The biggest hotel pool in the world

By Katy Holland, May 21, 2012

Ever been disappointed with the size of a hotel swimming pool? Clever wording and wide-angled lenses mean that sometimes a hotel's assets can be a tad exaggerated by brochures and websites....
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