Anonymous
The pool is not easy to find but worth the search. Located on basement level of the hotel, you check in at the health club desk just outside the elevators, where they give you a locker key. Store your stuff, put on the obligatory rubber sandals (provided in the locker), then follow a wandering maze of signs through about six or seven doors until you arrive at the pool. Keep the sandals on until you enter or exit the water as the marble floors are slippery. The pool is a beautifully mosaic tiled masterpiece, very serene, elegantly lit and furnished, and a full 25 meters by 10 meters with no annoying stairs or useless curves. The depth is a uniform 5 feet. There are no lane lines, stripes or turn targets, and the mosaic that runs up the walls from the bottom is confusing at first, but you get the hang of it after a while. The pool is infinity edged all around. I found that if I swam next to the far wall I could sight things pretty well and there are enough lights, inlet ports, etc., to help line things up. Whatever wake I put up just went over the edge, so being in an end ‘lane’ wasn’t an issue. The water temperature was pleasant, maybe 1º too warm, but tolerable for an entire work out. There was never ANYONE in the pool but me. Over four days I swam 2-3 K at 10 PM, 7:30 AM, 7:00 AM and 6:30 AM, and had it all to myself. The pool has an attendant who will request you shower (right there, poolside) and there are towels both in your locker and on the deck. I use a cap anyway, so I can’t say for sure, but I think using one is required. There was a nice stack of half a dozen kick boards if you felt so inclined. No clock of any kind, so bring a watch if you do intervals. Not the usual sort of place to do a work out but very nice and completely serviceable. It's part of a full service fitness center: private club-like locker room, sauna, Jacuzzi®, lockers, showers, towels, and attendant.