Piscina Comunale Rapallo Nuoto

This is a very nice facility, with lots of serious lap swimmers and lots of free-swim hours when the outdoor pool is open. I was lucky enough to find the outdoor pools still open the first week of September (2026). They usually close the outdoor pool at the end of August and have a week or so where both pools are closed for maintenance. It's been my experience that once the facility switches to its indoor pools (mid-September) it's harder to find space and you have to check the schedule carefully.

There is a 50-meter outdoor pool for lap swimmers and a 25-meter pool with a couple of lap lanes, but that one is mostly kids and recreational swimmers.

As with most Italian pools, a bathing cap is required. The showers in the locker rooms require a token, but there is a shower on the pool deck for a quick rinse. Still, it's open to the public and highly recommended!

I swam in the 50-meter, outdoor pool here on a Tuesday in August. This is a great, beautiful pool. The water was very clean. I started swimming at 11 AM and shared a lane with one other swimmer. At 12:30 it got busy with about eight to ten swimmers per lane. It seems like a Masters team was in one lane at 12:30. Everyone circle swims. It was a hot day, but the water was nice and cool. I swam 5,000m and the water was nice and cool – a perfect temperature. Everyone at the pool was very welcoming. It is an old facility but well maintained and clean.

Hot showers are at an additional cost but I just rinsed off at the poolside showers.

The view is beautiful with hills surrounding the pool. There is free two-hour parking at the pool, but the number of spots is limited.

This is a very friendly facility, great for lap swimming. Like most pools in Italy, they ask that you wear a bathing cap (I have long hair, so it might just be me!) No towels or locks provided (but there's plenty of room for storing bags poolside.) Showers cost extra -- they will ask you if you want to buy a token for a 3-minute shower (you can buy more if you need longer). I found weekdays (mid-day) to be less crowded. Saturday mornings are very busy with classes and lessons, and they close early on Sunday.

They have a great snack bar, by the way!