Grand Hilton Seoul | 그랜드 힐튼 서울

The description of "three lanes" is oversimplified: the lanes are double or triple the usual width, so it's common for three to five swimmers to split a lane. The lanes are separated by lane dividers, but there are no lane markers or other guides to help when splitting lanes, so it can get a bit chaotic when busy. The center lane was marked for circle swimming (at least today) but that doesn't work with widely different swim strokes and speeds, so today everyone was splitting. The pool was a bit crowded from 10:30 to 11:15 AM, there were only a few people from 11:15 to 11:45 AM, and I was the only one from 11:45 to noon, when I left.

The non-guest price is high, but it's a great pool.

This is a pleasant pool to swim in, very clean, comfortable temperature, natural light along one side of the building, and generally quite quiet. The gent's changing rooms are cleaned regularly and the showers are very good. The main drawback is that the Hotel / pool are very far from the CBD and even further from the Kangnam or Yoido districts where many people work.