Piscine Georges Drigny

This is a clean, white, well-lighted pool. Underground. The shallow-end depth of only 0.8 meters is tough on tumble turns, especially because no one moves or gives you room to turn. And there is a little edge at the deep end for people to stand on and be in your lap swimming way there, too. Of course 10:30 or 11 AM on a Sunday maybe the single worst time to swim because of gym classes of 40 taking out several lanes and ten people per lane are swimming. We can't be sure what style they're swimming but we know they're not fast, nor keeping to the side of the lane either. Swimming can be a contact sport in Paris. But a pool's a pool. Just check opening hours first. And activity sessions inside those hours. And be prepared for lots of people. Lap time is a premium. And finally, you need a cap.

Piscine Georges Drigny has a lot of character. It has a unisex locker room, which shocked my 12 year old son. The pool requires Speedo® type suits and swim caps. Lap swimming is a little unique because the men stand in the shallow end and do not move out of the way for flip turns unless you are real aggressive about it. The water was clean and only a little warm for lap swimming.