Paris It is not among the hottest cities in Europe, it is far from Madrid, for example, but from time to time a heat wave arrives and makes you want to cool off a bit.
It is true that there is the famous "Seine beach" but nobody starts swimming or splashing in the river so if the need is to soak the body in fresh water ... you have to go to swimming pools. If you have a hotel that has a much better one, but there are municipal pools and private pools. Write down this information.
Summer and swimming pools in Paris
If you want some sand and sea and you are in Paris to find a beach you will have to travel at least two hours. It is not far, but sometimes you don't feel like taking the trip. Then municipal and private swimming pools are an option. A few hours cooling off allow you to forget the heat and expel it from the body.
Many of the private pools have very high prices but the municipal ones, obviously, are much cheaper and they can have rates of between three and five euros per person. Here I leave you some of the best known and recommended.
Pailleron swimming pool
It is a pool of nothing to despise Meters long 33 with a very elegant interior design. It has a transparent roof and windows on the sides which allow better sunlight and does not give you the feeling of being enclosed. It also has a smaller and quieter pool that serves to relax or if you did some laps to rest your muscles.
It is located at 32 Rue Edouard Pailleron. Just behind Buttes-Chaumont. The Bolivar or Butts Chaumont metro station leaves you close by. The entrance costs 3, 10 euros but if you buy ten you pay 26 euros.
Pontoise swimming pool
If you stay in the Latin Quarter You love this part of Paris here you have a pool: la Pontoise. It is a little smaller than the previous one: 25 meters, but it is one of the most loved in Paris because even has night hours. When this is the case, the doors stay open until midnight so a Parisian heat wave has its ideal refreshment point here.
The decoration of the pool is great, in white and blue and yellow colors with Aztec-style murals, a transparent roof that allows the entry of the sun or the darkness of the night and special rooms to change clothes that are located on the floors that surround the pool itself. You find it on Rue de Pontoise, 19.
Georges Vallerey Pool
If yours are the olympic pools then write this down: he has nothing more and walks less than Meters long 50. At this size it is often the venue for swimming tournaments and competitions and is also used by local schools.
In fact, was built in 1924 on the occasion of the Olympics. It has a huge retractable roof, plexiglass and arched, something that makes it even more fantastic. It has an old feel, almost a Soviet feel, but it is really big and imposing.
It has a bar on the first floor and is on Gambetta Avenue, 148. It opens from 11:45 am and the entrance costs 3 euros.
Pool Josephine Baker
This pool with a woman's name, a black exotic dancer who came from the United States and in a way was the predecessor of Mia Farrow and Angelina Jolie in adopting children and building a large family, it is on a bacaza that floats in the Seine.
In summer it has no roof so you are in the water looking at the water of the Seine. It has decks on the sides, the main pool is 25 meters long but it adds up another pool for children of 50 square meters, a solarium, hammam, sauna, gym and jacuzzi. It is worth knowing for how rare it is, a fantastic glass structure designed by the architect Robert de Busni.
It was inaugurated the same year as the Paris Plage so it is very popular and you should avoid it on the hottest days or at least during rush hours. If you go anyway and see a lot of people, you can always wait a bit with a coffee or juice in the rest area.
You can find it in the Port de la Gare, Quai Francois Mauriac, not far from the Library Francois Mitterand and Batofar.
Piscine keller
It is a pool that dates from the '60s but it was completely renovated in 2008. It is in the Beaugrenelle neighborhood And it's very luxurious in a way. It has 50 meters of longIt is of the Olympic category, although next to it there is another one of 15 meters walk more.
The changing rooms are great and the water gets a special treatment with ozone filter instead of chlorine so it's better. Every four hours the water is disinfected and filtered.
It also has a sliding roof so when the sun shines you can enjoy its warmth or take advantage of its rays to tan. If you want to escape from people or had a hot night you can take advantage of their early opening hours: 7 in the morning!
Piscine Hebert
This pool is hidden in a small square at the beginning of the rue des Filletes. The structure is made of iron and glass, with a transparent roof. In truth there is two poolsOne is 25 meters long with two floors around it with changing rooms and the other is 14 meters long, quieter. Like I said, the roof is glass and the sun goes through. The fact is that where many people even from Paris are located forget that it exists so it is much worse very calm.
It is on rue des Filletes, 2 and the Porte de la Chapelle or the Marz Dormy station leaves you close by. The pass costs 3 euros and ten tickets, 24 euros.
Champerret Pool
This pool is located on the outskirts and is part of a municipal sports complex. It is not a fancy pool but it looks great and look at a nice green garden It is even decorated with a neo-Gothic church La Sainte Odile. It has 25 meters of long and the changing room is mixed. They have many lockers to store your belongings and it is usually a family site.
It is on boulevard de Reims, 36, open seven days a week from 10 am and by metro, get off at the Porte de Champerret or Pereire station. Entry costs 1 euros to 70 euros and for ten tickets it costs 24 euros.