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Last updated: Sunday, March 2, 2008
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I have to say that after seeing these pics, I’ve decided I’d love to visit this place as much as I’d love to visit Devil’s Pool, at Victoria Falls, in Zimbabwe. It’s just one of those sights that simply takes your breath away.

This man-made wonder is 1013 meters long covers 80 acres, its deepest end reaches 115ft and it holds 66 million gallons of water. If you want to take a dip in the world’s largest swimming pool you’ll have to travel to San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo, Chile, where a computer-controlled suction and filtration system continuously pumps water from the ocean, keeping crystal clear.

Although it wasn’t cheap, costing around $2 billion to build and another $4 million/year for maintenance, the pool seems to be worth it as it has been attracting huge crowds of curious tourists, since it opened in December.

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57 comments
  1. giò2
    March 2, 2008

    cool, I like this place too, thanks for the pics

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  2. Kristine
    March 2, 2008

    Wow, I really want to visit Chile now!

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  3. Kimo
    March 2, 2008

    Totally awesome makes me want to head down to the beach for swim

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  4. cn
    March 2, 2008

    why the hell is it necessary to built a giant pool RIGHT NEXT TO THE OCEAN?

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  5. lizze
    March 2, 2008

    I wish and hope that maybe one day … :)

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  6. Victor
    March 2, 2008

    I heard this pool is freezing all year. They just can´t heat it …

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  7. Buck
    March 2, 2008

    Holy cow that thing is huge. $4 million a year though? I can’t imagine that if it only cost $2 million to build.

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  8. Alex
    March 3, 2008

    I wonder how many people pee in it?

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  9. Dare
    March 3, 2008

    unequal world. To think some people/community/country dont have access to a cup of clean drinking water!!! Shame

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  10. erik
    March 3, 2008

    “unequal world. To think some people/community/country dont have access to a cup of clean drinking water!!! Shame”

    communism only works on paper

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  11. zaxim
    March 3, 2008

    “why the hell is it necessary to built a giant pool RIGHT NEXT TO THE OCEAN?”

    There are strong underwater currents in the ocean making it unsuitable for swimming

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  12. Hometown Quotes
    March 3, 2008

    Now that looks like a great place to catch some rays!

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  13. Joe
    March 3, 2008

    How do you know it was worth the investment!?

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  14. micAh!
    March 4, 2008

    “Holy cow that thing is huge. $4 million a year though? I can’t imagine that if it only cost $2 million to build.”

    it actually cost $2 Billion…

    this is magnificant… I wonder wat the constant temp of it is.

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  15. NAGUIB SAAD
    March 4, 2008

    I WANT TO BE A YELLOW SUBMARINE AND LIVE IN THIS PLACE

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  16. Great
    March 4, 2008

    “communism only works on paper”

    Your indifference is disgusting. Dare didn’t mean that, you smug.

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  17. Janine
    March 6, 2008

    I love the idea, you’d be safe from the sharks.

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  18. Greatest
    March 6, 2008

    “Your indifference is disgusting. Dare didn’t mean that, you smug.”

    Your ignorance is pathetic.

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  19. ifrank98
    March 10, 2008

    Very cool pool, great for those of us that do not swimming in the ocean, especially if the underwater current is bad.

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  20. Espen
    March 11, 2008

    looked up this place on facebook…looks like the builder isn’t a verry nice man/company. destroying the natural wildlife on the spot, and ignoring everything the locals mean about it. I hope this place goes bankrupt as soon as posible

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  21. Brian Champness
    March 12, 2008

    $2 billion to build, Buck, $2 BILLION! Good grief.

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  22. The1Called_J
    March 13, 2008

    Wow Look at All the People. What a Crowd! There must be What? At least Hundred People There. Now that Looks Like a P-A-R-T-Y!!!

    Worth EVERY PENNY if you can Consistently get Those kind of Crowds!!!

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  23. piston_34
    March 13, 2008

    it is not interesting for me because it is not a natural environment, only artificial way of life against for nature-seekers living in apartment houses.

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  24. Todd
    March 14, 2008

    Awesome… I love being the dominant species… I love that we can shape the environment to our will… and I LOVE that there are still people with the balls to DO IT, regardless of what the P C hippies say. Manking RULES!

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  25. kookie in London
    March 20, 2008

    I find this sort of disturbing because I have a lot of dreams involving large bodies of water like this one. Kind of freaky to know that something like this exists. Also a tragic waste of money.

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  26. Pools you’ll probably never swim in
    March 22, 2008

    […] San Alfonso del Mar, Chile […]

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  27. T
    March 26, 2008

    That is completely unnecessary. The ocean is right there.

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  28. mindy
    March 26, 2008

    I wonder how hard it is to keep it clean..

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  29. reason and logic
    March 26, 2008

    Stop whining so much! First off, theres a huge difference between swimming in pools and swimming in the ocean (chlorine vs. salt, currents vs. no currents, etc.), so there’s no surprise that they built a pool next to the ocean. Second, these pictures were taken very near the opening, and the place still wasn’t open for business, hence the inordinately small amount of people in the pool, and even if it had been open for business at the time, it still would have seemed like a small amount of people even if there were hundreds in there, just because of the sheer immensity of the pool (that’s why they built it so big, so you would have plenty of space!). Third, despite what you read on Facebook (always a legitimate source of information), while this pool is enormous, it is not big enough to destroy entire natural habitats, or severely disrupt the lives of the locals in any way other than bringing in foreign investments and tourism, which will boost their economy. So, I say again, stop whining so damn much, and just appreciate the willpower that went into creating this monstrosity of a pool.

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  30. opener
    March 27, 2008

    nice, but who built the hotel. It looks terrible.

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  31. Matt Ellsworth
    March 27, 2008

    simply amazing! thats all i have to say. thats just huge!

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  32. greg
    March 27, 2008

    whatever the history behind it, I’d love to have a dip in it. But it’s so large that if someone gets in trouble, they would need to put a boat in that thing.

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  33. N!
    March 28, 2008

    I want to go Kitesurfing on it!

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  34. Penisbreath Muffsniffer
    March 29, 2008

    I made a huge poop today. It floated in the smallest pool in the world, my toidybowl. I enjoyed watching it for an hour or so and then it sank.

    Thank you for reading this.

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  35. casffds
    March 29, 2008

    Vanity thy name is giant pool.

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  36. kate
    March 29, 2008

    do you like swimming

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  37. pongscript
    March 30, 2008

    “while this pool is enormous, it is not big enough to destroy entire natural habitats”

    how selfish, every ounce of water count. people might say how stupid i am by telling you this. but actually some of you that says the same thing never experience drought. so think about it.

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  38. Sportsfreak
    March 30, 2008

    2 Billion for a pool? How does a room in the hotel cost?

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  39. Steveo
    April 5, 2008

    Comment by opener on March 27, 2008 @ 8:14 am
    nice, but who built the hotel. It looks terrible.

    What’s funny is if you look at all the projects going on in the United Arab Emirates (see Dubai) they have at least a half dozen hotels that look VERY similar. Must be a new taste on the market. But I agree, it’s not all that appealing.

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  40. crae
    April 5, 2008

    Why do we visit fake, man-made “wonders” when Mother nature trumps us everytime? Do we just feel more comfortable in controlled, well-planned areas?

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  41. Great pool
    April 7, 2008

    The hotels are built like that so every room gets a view of the pool.

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  42. Cool Pictures
    April 8, 2008

    it’s simply amazing

    $4 millions for maintenance…fair…isn’t it?

    the glass pyramid reminds me a truly amazing club in Italy, the cocorico ( http://www.cocorico.it )

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  43. rerwe
    April 14, 2008

    hotel really looks stupid

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  44. T-Lada
    April 17, 2008

    I read in other articles that this pool addition has increased the reservations at the resort ten fold. I would imagine so, sine info and pics of the pool is spreading on the internet and emails like wild fire.

    This is example how a FOOLISH idea can make millions of dollars.

    I can see the board room now:
    Q. Anyone know how we can get more people to this beach resort?

    A:(by the dummy in the back)- ah…ah I got an idea. Lets build a lagoon size pool…no..wait…lets build a lagoon size pool.

    Q: where do we build it?

    A: (another dummy guy in the back)- well ah, lets build it next to the ocean.

    The board room goes crazy with applaud!

    Q: How do we make sure people at the ocean resort swim and sail boat in the pool and not the ocean?

    A: (yes, there is a 3rd dumb guy in the back)- How about…uh…make the pool so big that to will have to travel to far to get around it and to far to swim to get across it, and have no boat or other access to or from the ocean.

    Again the board room applaud!

    Q: How much will this cost us?

    A: (the SMART guy in front) Oh, don’t worry, it will only cost $500, 000.

    A year later they are a $billion over budget and a another board meeting.

    Q: Since we over budget by $billion. What do we do?

    A: (dumb guy number 4) Hey, I got it…..let use the water from the ocean that water is free.

    AND APPLAUD goes on for minutes

    Later they find out the water is free but to get, filter, and circulate the water cost $4 million a year and also they are now at a building cost of $2 billion.

    Opening day of the pool the 4 dumb guys are staying at ribbon cutting ceremony they look at each other and say….a $2 billion dollar salt water pool next to the ocean….and they call us dumb. Hahahaha!

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  45. suziq
    April 24, 2008

    Seriously… Why would anybody put a fricken pool next to the Ocean?!?!?! RIDICULOUS!!!

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  46. somebody
    May 10, 2008

    nice and all but how much does it COST…… soemthing this awsome looking cant come cheep how dumb do these ppl think we are? and plus the ppl there dont take showers or baths or anything so it would b really durty……

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  47. JUNA OREFICEWOOD
    May 13, 2008

    WOWOWOWOWO PERFECT BEAUTIFUL PLACE AS I WISH THAT I GO THERE TO HAVE A COOL PLACE TO REST ON THAT PLACE FOR MY RETIRED YEAR AND SWIM A LOT FOR GOOD ERXERISE FOR ALL AND EVEN FOR OLD PEOPLE TOO RIGHT

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  48. C!
    May 20, 2008

    BEAUTIFUL!!!! the Crew will be there in 2010! ha! =)

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  49. Shannon
    May 21, 2008

    I would love to go there! Maybe for our second honeymoon!!!

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  50. moe moe
    June 3, 2008

    it is soo pretty i want to go there!!!!!!!!!! =)

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  51. Sara
    June 5, 2008

    That looks so cool! If only i was older. The hotel doesn’t look that bad. I’ve seen worse. funny dumb guy skit from T - Lada. LOL

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  52. Steve
    June 11, 2008

    Yeah this place is sweet i was there last thursday-

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  53. Joe is better then Steve
    June 11, 2008

    ZOMG NO WAY STEVE!!I WAZ THURR 2!Zomg!

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  54. Chris
    June 11, 2008

    It is pretty cool, I live a block away. I can see it every day from my bedroom window. My 2 million dollar, 28 story, 17 acre mansion, not to brag or anything, has a perfect view of it and the ocean. It’s definitely a place to consider moving. The pool is ridiculously large though and it’s a great place to cool off. I don’t think it’s big enough though, because if you can see the end, it’s too small.

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  55. vanessa
    June 25, 2008

    were is this place or swimming pool

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  56. emily
    June 27, 2008

    Ummm…I think most ocean front hotels have pools….. I would love to go somewhere like this. You feel like you are at the beach (and you are) but you don’t have to deal with the sand and the waves and all that stuff if you just want to relax. Don’t get me wrong, I love swimming in the waves, but you can’t really relax in the ocean. I would totally go here if I had the $2000 it would cost in air fair for me.

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  57. Enter Your Name
    July 3, 2008

    Chile is not communist. Are you really that ignorant?

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