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Top 10 Cool Pools
The Insider's List With Julie Moran : Episode FLINS-307
- #10: Hacienda Puerto Campeche, Campeche, Mexico — 158,000 cubic liters of water with circulation of 3,000 liters a minute at a hotel created from a collection of 17th-century houses. Only hotel guests may swim there.
www.cancunhotel2000.com
- #9: Twin Palms, The Frank Sinatra Pool, Palm Springs, Calif. — a piano-shaped pool at the vacation rental designed in 1947 that was once home to Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato.
www.vacationhomes.com
- #8: Ohe'o Gulch (The Seven Sacred Pools), Lahaina, Hawaii — part of Haleakala National Park on the eastern part of Maui, formed by Pipiwai stream that creates a series of pools and waterfalls as it enters the ocean. When weather conditions are right there is good swimming and hiking but the opposite is true during heavy rains.
www.nps.gov
- #7: Hot Springs Pool, Glenwood Springs, Colo. — lap swimming lanes, shallow play areas, kids pool, diving area with springboards, steps with rails, chaise lounges, grassy picnicking spots and lifeguards.
www.hotspringspool.com
- #6: Blue Lagoon Island, Nassau, Bahamas — boat trip to play among the dolphins from a platform about three feet below water.
www.dolphinencounters.com
- #5: Sky Lake Ranch, Sonoma, Calif. — destination resort, with a large lakeside sand beach, kayak boathouse, fishing pavilion and a 200-foot zip line that ends in an exhilarating plunge into the lake.
www.vacationhomes.com
- #4: Tabacon Hot Springs, San José, Costa Rica — hot springs that flow from the veins of the active Arenal Volcano, unlimited access for resort guests.
www.tabacon.com
- #3: Venetian Pool, Coral Gables, Fla. — originally a rock quarry, now a grotto carved from the coral rock of the quarry walls with waterfalls, a cave and a rock diving platform. A Venetian-style bridge over one section leads to an artificial island with large palm trees.
www.cr.nps.gov
- #2: Merewether Ocean Baths, Merewether, New South Wales — baths three feet at the shallow end and just under seven feet at the deep end, the watertight pools are emptied and refilled with fresh seawater each week.
www.newcastletourism.com
- #1: Banyan Tree Pool Villas, Mahe, Seychelles — private pool villas surrounded by the ocean and a sea of artistically shaped boulders.
www.clubairtravel.co.uk
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