We don’t know every swimming pool in the world, but this is surely one of the prettiest ones. It’s an iconic work by Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portugal’s most award-winning architect (he won a Pritzker, the so-called “architectural Oscar”). The pool is lodged between the rocks and the sea (it’s a saltwater pool), in a unique union of architecture and natural setting.

Marés Swimming Pool
Time Out says
Details
- Address
- Avenida da Liberdade
- Leça da Palmeira
- Matosinhos
- 4450-716
- Opening hours:
- Daily 9am-7pm (during summer)
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