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San Alfonso del Mar

Private resort in Algarrobo, Chile

San Alfonso del Mar

Private resort in Algarrobo, Chile

The swimming pool at San Alfonso del Mar from ground level

San Alfonso del Mar, sometimes spelled "San Alphonso del Mar", is a private resort in Algarrobo, Chile, about 100 km west of Santiago.

Facilities

  • 1,200 second home units.
  • Sub-Acqua Café Aquarium, located on the edge of the artificial lagoon.
  • Beach Club, consisting of a gym, spa, shop, kiosk-bar, outdoor jacuzzis, and a heated swimming pool covered by a glass pyramid.
  • Nightclub, an underground building on the side of a hill with a sunken dance floor, bar, and DJ.
  • Fragata Building, a pyramid-shaped building with 141 apartments.
  • Bitácora Building, with a total of 60 apartments.

Artificial lagoon

The resort has one of the world's largest swimming pools. At the time of its completion in 2006, it was in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest pool in the world by area.

The pool is 1013 m long, covering 8.2 ha, containing some 66 e6USgal of seawater, with a maximum depth of 11.5 feet. The water is pumped from the adjacent Pacific Ocean, then filtered and treated. Access to the pool is limited to resort residents only.

Crystal Lagoons, a company created by Fernando Fischmann in addition to Inmobiliaria El Plomo and the lead architects Marques + Garcés & Asociados Arquitectos, developed the lagoon.

References

References

  1. (April 2010). "Big Dipper". [[National Geographic]].
  2. (12 February 2018). "Complejo Turístico San Alfonso del Mar de Marqués y Garcés Arq Asoc. | Diseño Arquitectura".
  3. (10 December 2015). "Guinness World Record".
  4. "Largest swimming pool by area". [[Guinness World Records]].
  5. Mikkelson. "Pool Queue: Worlds Largest Swimming Pool". [[Snopes]].
  6. Crystal Lagoons Corporation LLC. "Patent US 8790518 B2". US Patent Office.
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