Made with sea containers: it is the largest pool in Europe | the Chronicle

In the eco-station Ohai Nazareth , a mix of a natural park and a hotel open in 2020, has just opened the tallest and largest swimming pool in Europe made with sea containers. This adds another tourist attraction to the city of Nazaré (Portugal) since it is also a world famous temple of surfing.

It’s “monstrous” It is 6 meters high and has a total of 180 square meters and is made up of a combination of five large shipping containers, generating several swimming pools in height. Each of them with 5 x 12 and 2.4 x12 meters. And if that wasn’t enough, They conditioned these containers so that they had glass on the sides, which allows you to enjoy the environment, make the pool more attractive and photogenic.

According to its creators, a very fashionable word at that time was taken into account in its design and manufacture: durability. It was built with ecological paint, low consumption LED lighting and pallets made from recycling ocean plastics. A real pride for environmentalists.

In case some eccentrics are not content with the swimming pool, the ecoresort also offers the largest “glamping” offer in the whole country. This term is a mixture of “camping” and “glamor”, meaning that the best of outdoor camping and luxury come together. The result is left to the reader’s imagination. In addition, the place offers bungalows, which have their own terrace, bathroom, full kitchen, heating, air conditioning and free Wi-Fi. Common areas haven’t been spared either, as the Ohai has pools, spa, water park, restaurant, and paddle courts.

To build this pool, the resort made it clear that it was perfect for the type of tourists the area attracts. In Nazaré you are in the largest ecological reserve of pine forests on the Iberian Peninsula and close to the spectacular beaches of Leiria, just 2 km from the fishing village of Nazaré and around 120 km north of Lisbon.

Although the fame of the place began on a religious level, since the Sanctuary of Nazaré was a popular place of pilgrimage until the apparitions in the nearby town of Fatima, in recent years surfing has made the city known. The huge waves that surfers can enjoy have made it famous as one of the world’s surfing temples.

If you look at South America, the one with the largest basin is Chile, which also happens to be the largest in the world. As part of the complex of San Alfonso del Mar is an imposing artificial lake of 1013 meters long and 3 meters deep.

It is the largest Chilean swimming pool in the world