The best swimming pools in Madrid

Summer begins and without a doubt hot days await us and some, surely, will be oppressively hot. Where do you plan to spend those days? If you feel like it, you can always spend some time away from home, with family or friends, enjoying a refreshing pool.

Today we will talk about the best swimming pools in Madrid.

Swimming pools in Madrid

On May 14, the summer 2022 municipal swimming pool season began. the season runs from May 14 to September 11 and these establishments They will be open in two shifts, the first from 10 to 15 and the second from 16 to 21.

Although the Covid protocol has been relaxed, no one can say goodbye to the pandemic yet, so certain considerations regarding capacity follow. The entries you can get them through the mobile application Madrid Mobile, available for Android and IOs and on Sports Web. When you buy the ticket you receive a QR code that is the one that will be scanned when you enter.

Can you buy directly at the pool box office and not beforehand? Yes, but not if it is so convenient since only between 5% and 10% of the total tickets are reserved for this type of sale, and they are special for people with disabilities and people over 65 who may not understand much about Applications.

How are the prices? Children under 5 years old enter free, children from 5 to 14 years old pay 1,35 euros, those from 15 to 26 1, adults from 80 to 27 64 2,2 and older adults pay only 5 cents euro

You just have to know that the swimming pools that depend on the Community of Madrid open a little later, starting next June 11. I am talking about Canal de Isabel II Sports Facility, Puerta de Hierro Sports Park, M86 Sports Center, San Vicente de Paúl Sports Facilities.

Pool Peñuelas – Arganzuela

This public center managed directly by the city council is a large sports center. The pool itself is open from Monday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 21 p.m. The total facilities occupy 7 thousand square meters and there are three pools in total.

Is the children's pool 18 x 8 meters and others two large pools, one of 15 by 12 meters and the other of 5 by 20 meters. It also has a cafeteria, changing rooms, areas to eat in the shade, good general maintenance and the possibility of adding some activities for an extra price, such as the use of the weight room or the sauna.

Pool of the Municipal Sports Center La Mina

This center is in the Vista Alegre neighborhood, in Carabanchel, and occupies an area of ​​more than 18 thousand square meters. The outdoor pool is 50 meters and a recreation area and another for children, but there is a 25-meter indoor pool.

Various sports are also practiced in the center. You can get to this place using the Madrid metro line 5 or by EMT bus, using lines 34, 35 or 17.

La Concepcion Pool

this pool It is in the district of Ciudad Lineal, a site with more than 200 thousand inhabitants and one of the largest in the city. Despite this, on several occasions the neighbors have been deprived of a timely opening of the pool, lack of personnel, renovations, damage due to a fire, among other causes.

The site offers swimming with classes and a free pool and water polo.

Vicente del Bosque Pool – Fuencarral El Pardo

This center is on Monforte de Lemos avenue, in the La Paz – Fuencarral – El Pardo neighborhood, in the shadow of the Four Towers. You can get there by metro, getting off at Begoña, Barrio del Pilar, by bus using the 134 or 137, by Renfe getting off at Chamartín or by bicycle.

There are two 50 meter pools and a children's pool that open in two shifts and between them the facilities are cleaned and disinfected. The capacity this year is 2800 people.

Swimming pool of the Luis Aragonés Municipal Sports Center

This pool is in the district of Canillas – Hortaleza and you can get there by metro, by bus using the 73 or 120 and by bicycle. here hThere are four swimming pools, one of 50 meters, two for recreation and one for children.

The land has a lot of grass and there are shaded spaces.

Aluche Municipal Sports Center Pool

This center is in the Las Aguilas – Latina district, and you can get there by metro, buses 17, 34 and 139, by Renfe getting off at Fanjul or by bicycle. Is there a twin pool and a children's pool.

This public sports facility is the largest in Europe and in recent years several million euros have been invested in its renovation, especially in the repair of the swimming pool that is on Avenida de Las Águilas number 14, with its two joined 50 by 25 meter pools.

The complete waterproofing system has been opportunely changed, also improving the water purification system.

José María Cagigal Pool and Casa de Campo

In 2020 this sports center has been modernized to give its facilities higher quality and year after year, at least until the pandemic, its summer visitors have been on the rise.

The Jose María Cagigal sports center opened its doors many years ago, in 1969, with three swimming pools, one Olympic, one for recreation and one for children. The renovations include it, in addition to the locker room area, spaces and entrances. The summer pools are great: the outdoor pool has a 50 meter pool and a children's pool, while the indoor pool has 25 meters and a pool dedicated to teaching.

For its part, the Casa de Campo municipal sports complex has also seen its 36-meter swimming pool for adults and also the children's pool renovated.

Moratalaz and La Elipa swimming pool

Inside this complete sports center the pool has three sectors: the 50-meter Olympic pool, the 825-square-meter recreational pool and a 40-square-meter children's pool. To that you add the baseball field, the soccer fields, the tennis courts, the climbing wall, the gyms and the weight room, among others.

You can get here by metro, getting off at Estrella, using buses 71 and 113 or by bike.

Pool of the Palomeras Municipal Sports Center

It has a 50-meter Olympic swimming pool with two recreational pools and one for children, outdoors, but there is also an indoor pool with a 25 meter pool and a pool dedicated to teaching. You can get there by metro, by various buses, by Renfe or by bicycle.

Pool of the San Blas Sports Center

This center is on Calle Arcos de Jalon, in the Hellin – San Blas – Canillejas district. In the open air there is a 50-meter Olympic swimming pool with a recreational pool of the same size. and a child's glass. There is also a 25 meter indoor pool with a teaching glass.

You can get to this center by metro, San Blas station, or using buses 38, 48, 153 and 4. Or by bioci.

These are just some of the many pools in Madrid, we must add the Orcasitas and San Fermín pools – Usera, the Cerro Almodóvar pool – Villa de Vallecas, and the Plata and Castañar pools.


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