Venetian Pool
One of America’s most beautiful and unusual swimming pools, built in 1923, is hidden behind pastel stucco walls and honored with a listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Two underground wells (meaning water’s definitely on the nippy side) feed the free-form lagoon, which is shaded by three-story Spanish porticos and has both fountains and waterfalls. During summer, the pool’s 820,000 gallons of water are drained and refilled nightly, thanks to an underground aquifer, ensuring a cool, clean swim. Visitors are free to swim and sunbathe here, just as Johnny Weissmuller and the late Esther Williams did decades ago. For a modest fee, your kids (or you) can learn to swim during special summer programs.
One of America’s most beautiful and unusual swimming pools, built in 1923, is hidden behind pastel stucco walls and honored with a listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Two underground wells (meaning water’s definitely on the nippy side) feed the free-form lagoon, which is shaded by three-story Spanish porticos and has both fountains and waterfalls. During summer, the pool’s 820,000 gallons of water are drained and refilled nightly, thanks to an underground aquifer, ensuring a cool, clean swim. Visitors are free to swim and sunbathe here, just as Johnny Weissmuller and the late Esther Williams did decades ago. For a modest fee, your kids (or you) can learn to swim during special summer programs.
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