Les Piscines Municipals de L'Hospitalet

I rented an Airbnb three blocks from this clean, big, 11-lane pool. €7.40 entry from 10 AM to 7:45 PM. It was plenty busy but not crowded. Bring your ID; a swim cap required but can be purchased at a vending machine on site. It's a nice pool.

What a pleasure to swim in the immaculate, 50-meter, outdoor pool! Weeknight lap swimming in the outdoor pool closed at 7:45, but the indoor pool stays open later. The indoor pool was noisy due to fitness class in a 3rd, smaller pool and swimming lessons for kids in the lanes not set aside for lap swimming.

The changing rooms are large, with many private changing cabanas. Lockers may be secured with either a €2 coin (which is refunded) or your own lock. The women's' facilities include a steam room, a sauna, and an ice room. The showers are private and there are several hair dryers.

The pools are a20-minute walk from the Fira Trade Fair area and hotels.

Two pools; the outdoor one closed earlier in the season that advertised; the indoor pool clean and good. Three lanes kept free, apart from youth swim team practice, which also meant a bustling locker room. One can walk here from Barcelona's newest convention center in 20 minutes, but only with patience and a map, as railroads and freeways crisscross the route. Checking into a hotel is easier (and much like) buying a ticket to this pool; I was asked for my passport, but didn't have one and was let in anyway.