Piscine du Parc Olympique

This continues to be a world-class facility. Many high level competitions are held here, so it is good idea to verify the pool will be available to the public when you want to swim.

The concierge at my hotel kept pointing me to club pools but a local suggested the Olympic Park. It was an amazing experience and I loved the pool. It was configured for short course and I had a lane to myself. Beautiful!

This is a beautiful facility: Spacious, bright, and very clean. It's almost never crowded. The water is not over-chlorinated and there is excellent wave dissipation. The smaller training pool is almost always used for long-course swimming; the competition pool (1976 Olympics) is usually configured for 25m lanes.

There are spacious locker areas with saunas and suit drying machines. Some lockers have self-setting combinations, otherwise bring your own lock. There's also a nice shop that sells suits, kickboards, pull-buoys, etc. Be sure to check website before you go, as the pools can be closed for competitions.

You can park in the Viau (P7) Parking Lot for up to four hours for $5.00, if you get your ticket validated outside the locker rooms. (See: PARKING LOT). It's also an easy walk from the Viau (closest) or Pie-IX Metro station (next closest).

After its 2014 - 2015 renovation, the pool is still totally up-to-date in 2019, with sparkling clean water, a beautiful space, and excellent facilities. The temperature was around 80º when I visited, and the competition pool was set with 25m lanes: three speed-segregated lanes in the shallower area, several more lanes moving toward the deeper end, and an open area (about 5 lanes wide) at the deepest end of the pool. There is also a training pool which is sometimes open for lap swimming, and a diving pool (with boards/platforms up to 10m). I had a lane to myself at noon on a Thursday. Huge sex-segregated locker/shower/toilet rooms (which cannot be assumed in Montreal pool facilities). There are kickboards but no pull buoys pool-side.