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SpaceTone
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 Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:34 pm Post subject: swimming pools in d.f. |
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hi all,
totally unrelated to teaching, but....does anyone know of an open-air swimming pool in d.f? or any hotels with pools which allow guests to enter?
time to take advantage of this weather! 
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Dragonlady
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Location: Chillinfernow, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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What you're looking for...
Balnearios (public swimming pools)
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DL |
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notamiss
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Location: El 5o pino del la CDMX
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Dragonlady
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| I would say you're looking for albercas. As far as I know, �balnearios� refers more to water parks. |
You may be right in DF. And the OP did ask about DF.
But if the OP would like a tall cool one, comfy lounger, a menu, clean towel, clean bathroom and change room - all the comforts of a pricey hotel pool without the pricey part?
Here (in Veracruz) we call them balnearios. And in DF?
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leslie
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:56 am Post subject: |
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Ask your students!
They are great resources for stuff like that. |
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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:28 am Post subject: Re: swimming pools in d.f. |
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| SpaceTone wrote: |
hi all,
totally unrelated to teaching, but....does anyone know of an open-air swimming pool in d.f? or any hotels with pools which allow guests to enter?
time to take advantage of this weather!
thanks |
Try these pools on for size. True they tend to be a little pricy, but I bet they are much cleaner and nicer than some public pool or beach. It's nice to be a gringo fresa some times
Hotel pools offer respite from city heat
BY LAUREN VILLAGRAN
Special to The News
Blessed with high altitude and tolerable humidity, Mexico City doesn't rank among the country's most sweltering cities. But in a midday traffic jam on Viaducto or Reforma, with the heat radiating from all directions, one might swear otherwise.
At such moments, a certain mirage might sneak into the imagination: a vision of a shimmering, clear blue oasis that leads one to think, "If only there were a pool nearby!"
There probably is. Or rather, there are several. Although they are hardly advertised, a number of Mexico City's finest hotels offer passes to their pools - some indoor, some outdoor - giving locals a chance to cool off like tourists from a city heat wave.
At least three hotels along the Reforma corridor and another in the city's south end - in the colonias Tabacalera, CuauhtAcmoc, Polanco and Pedregal - offer daily and monthly packages that include use of their pools, gyms, saunas, steam rooms and other amenities. They can function like a summer pool membership or even a mini getaway.
Prices range among the hotels, as does the level of luxury. Here is a sample of some of the best spots in town to take a dip. And with April and May being the hottest months of the year in Mexico City, now is the perfect time to take advantage of these swank options.
HOTEL MELIA
Walking into the Meli�'s tony tower on Reforma feels like a vacation from the start. A grand lobby quickly muffles the traffic outside, and a quiet glass elevator decked in shiny brass lifts you to the ninth-floor indoor pool, spa and gym. Buy your day pass at the spa reception area for 250 pesos and trade your workday clothes for a swimsuit, robe and sandals - the last two items compliments of the hotel.
The Meli�'s blue-tiled swimming pool is sized for soaking rather than swimming laps. A glass roof gives a glimpse of the sky, not the skyline, so it's easy to forget for a moment that you're still in the city. The pool is bathwater warm - more relaxing than refreshing. But, on a recent visit, a pitcher of ice water with cucumber slices served that second purpose where it was placed next to one of the peach-colored chairs around the pool.
HOTEL MARQUIS REFORMA
The Marquis offers one of the most refreshing of pools of the four hotel options listed here. The unheated indoor, oblong pool stretches out beneath a skylight on the hotel's second floor. For 350 pesos, the hotel offers access to its pool, two Jacuzzis each for men and women - one heated to 40 degrees Celsius and another heated to a milder 35 C - as well as a sauna and steam room for each.
The hotel offers what might be described as the most luxurious facilities and service, including a personal tour of the spa and facilities with explanations of the offerings such as those listed above; private, ample showers and lockers that include a complimentary robe and sandals.
J.W. MARRIOTT
The Marriott's large, unheated outdoor pool overlooks the Auditorio Nacional and Chapultepec Park from its seventh-story perch. It's a greener skyline than most views you'll find from a Mexico City high rise and a pretty backdrop to the Marriott's cobalt blue pool. The frills at the Marriott aren't quite as fine as the others - the gym is smaller and the bathrooms less refined - but its pool is the freshest of the outdoor options. A day pass costs 500 pesos.
HOTEL ROYAL PEDREGAL
On the city's south end, in the Colonia Pedregal, the Hotel Royal Pedregal offers day passes to its two pools - one indoor, one outdoor. The outdoor pool sits behind the hotel surrounded by a manicured green lawn, which gives it the casual look of a suburban backyard and keeps the traffic of PerifAcrico out of sight. A warm indoor pool with a lap lane on one side and Jacuzzi jets on the other shares a space with the hotel gym. The hotel's facilities are barer than the others listed here, but the price reflects the minimalism: A 100-peso day pass gives access to both pools and the gym. |
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MotherF
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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If you do want a balneario, which does not always refer to a full on water park, often times it's just a tradtional place to enjoy the water. Here's a little article from Mexico Desconocido about some Balnerarios in the Distrito.
If you want to swim laps, and are a derecho habiente de IMSS. IMSS has pools all around the country--there must be one in the great big city.
Also if you live near a deportivo, they usually have pools. |
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