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The Most Beautiful Municipal Swimming Pools In Paris

Updated: 12 July 2017

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With the closest beach over two hours away, you’ll need to visit one of Paris‘s many swimming pools if you want to don your speedos and crawl, stroke or butterfly to your heart’s content. Here, we go through the six most beautiful municipal pools Paris has to offer. Excluded are private pools with exorbitant access fees – the following will only set you back €3-5 for a single entry.

Piscine Pontoise

Swimming Pool

Pontoise Soir | © ParisSharing/Flickr

Piscine Pontoise

Located in the Latin Quarter, this 25-meter pool is one of the most adored swimming pools in Paris. With night openings (pictured) allowing swimmers to splash all the way until midnight, the pool has it all. The internal architecture features white and blue décor with yellow-blue Aztec murals, a sunroof, and changing units facing inwards located on two floors surrounding the pool.

Piscine Pontoise, 19 Rue de Pontoise, 75005 Paris, France, +33 1 55 42 77 88

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Sun:

8:00 am - 7:00 pm

Mon:

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Mon:

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Mon:

4:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Mon:

8:15 pm - 11:45 pm

Tue:

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Tue:

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Tue:

4:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Tue:

8:15 pm - 11:45 pm

Wed:

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Wed:

11:30 am - 7:30 pm

Wed:

8:15 pm - 11:45 pm

Thu:

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Thu:

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Thu:

4:30 pm - 7:15 pm

Thu:

8:15 pm - 11:45 pm

Fri:

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Fri:

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Fri:

4:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Fri:

8:15 pm - 11:45 pm

Sat:

10:00 am - 7:00 pm

19 Rue de Pontoise, Paris, Île-de-France, 75005, France

+33155427788

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Piscine Pailleron

Sports Center, Swimming Pool

Piscine Pailleron | © Mathieu Marker / Flickr

Piscine Pailleron

Tucked behind the Buttes-Chaumont, this 33-meter pool sports a very similar interior design to the Piscine Pontoise. Also with a sunroof, but with additional windows on the sides, it benefits from plenty of natural light. Next door is a shallower relaxation pool for post-swim muscle therapy.

Piscine Pailleron, 32 Rue Edouard Pailleron, 75019 Paris, France, +33 1 40 40 27 70

Piscine Pailleron | © Mathieu Marker/Flickr | © Mathieu Marker / Flickr

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Sun:

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Mon:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Mon:

4:15 pm - 8:30 pm

Tue:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Tue:

4:15 pm - 8:30 pm

Wed:

2:45 pm - 9:30 pm

Thu:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Thu:

4:15 pm - 10:30 pm

Fri:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Fri:

4:15 pm - 10:30 pm

Sat:

2:00 pm - 10:30 pm

32 Rue Edouard Pailleron, Paris, Île-de-France, 75019, France

+33140402770

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Piscine de la Butte Aux Cailles

Swimming Pool

Swimmers | © tpsdave/Pixabay

Piscine de la Butte Aux Cailles

Possibly the pool with the most unique layout on this list, the Butte Aux Cailles boasts yellow, red, and black upper walls with white arches along its length. It seems like it was inspired by sci-fi-esque architecture, yet at the same time, the color scheme gives it an intimate classical Southern European feel. At 33 meters, it is slightly longer than the average pool.

Piscine de la Butte Aux Cailles, 5 Place Paul Verlaine, 75013 Paris, France, +33 1 45 89 60 05

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5 Place Paul Verlaine, Paris, Île-de-France, 75013, France

+33145896005

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Piscine Georges Vallerey

Swimming Pool

30 Jul 1924, Paris - the 1924 Olympic swimmers Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weismuller, both from the United States shake hands | © Public domain / WikiCommons

Olympic swimmers Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, both from the United States, shake hands, July 30, 1924, Paris | © Public Domain / WikiCommons

Piscine Georges Vallerey

A favorite of competitive swimmers and athletic types thanks to its Olympic standard 50-meter length, this pool regularly hosts high-profile championships, most recently a national schools tournament. With a huge retractable arched sunroof that looks fantastic open or closed, this pool is a sight for the eyes, and its length a test for your swimming skills.

Piscine Geroges Vallerey, 148 Avenue Gambetta, 75020, Paris, France, +33 1 40 31 15 20

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148 Avenue Gambetta, Paris, 75020, France

+33140311520

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Piscine Josephine Baker

Swimming Pool

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Piscine Josephine Baker

Located on a barge floating on the Seine, this pool is an experience like no other. In the summer, it is an open-air lido, and people flock there for the view of the Seine, and perhaps partly as a substitute for swimming in the Seine itself. Fully decked out with pools for swimming (25-meter length) and paddling, a jacuzzi, a sauna, and gym, this is one not to miss, especially as summer is now well and truly upon us.

Piscine Josephine Baker, Port de la Gare, Quai François Mauriac, 75013 Paris, France, +33 1 56 61 96 50

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Sun:

11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Mon:

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Mon:

1:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Tue:

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Tue:

1:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Wed:

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Wed:

1:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Thu:

1:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Fri:

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Fri:

1:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Sat:

11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Quai François Mauriac, Paris, Île-de-France, 75013, France

+33156619650

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Piscine Rouvet

Swimming Pool

Piscine Rouvet

The simple and elegant design of this pool lands it a place on our list. The white and light brown décor and huge white buttresses lining the walls give this place a larger-than-life feel. Its 33-meter length adds to this feeling, and it can be found in an already aquatic area, alongside the Canal Saint-Denis.

Piscine Rouvet, 1 Rue Rouvet, 75019 Paris, France, +33 1 40 36 40 97