Largest Swimming Pool in the World

The San Alfonso Del Mar, located on the Coast of Chile, in South America is the world's largest man-made pool




I recently stumbled this story about the largest swimming pool in the world.

Clocking in at 1,000 yards and 20 acres, it definitely looks more like mid-sized lake than a swimming pool. More stats? It took 5 years to build, and it costs 2 million dollars per year to maintain. This is a swimming pool we're talking about. A whole in the ground with water in it. Since when did people start needing to drive motorboats and sail catamarans in chlorinated bodies of water?

If you want to do either of those things, head to this lake, er pool off the coast of Chile. You shouldn't be disappointed.

If for whatever reason, the million plus people needed to fill this pool have created an over-booking, you can also check out the Big Splash in Morocco, the world's second biggest pool.

Here are some more pics of Lake Huron, er the San Alfonso Del Mar: