Salt water swimming pool at hotel?

[CoolHands]

Ok looking at summer hols. the hotel we're looking at (on a greek island) has salt water pools. I have no experience of this. Any advice-we're going with 2 four year olds so expect to be in the pool most of the week.
Thanks

[B17NNS]

They're horrible.

[CoolHands]

Ahh.

[h0b0]

It's just like a normal pool but a bit more floaty.

[AB]

h0b0 said:

It's just like a normal pool but a bit more floaty.

...and stingy

[SimonMaidenhead]

Try this place:-

http://www.explorra.com/attractions/world-largest-...

[Matt Harper]

AB said:

...and stingy

Stingy? How? Normally no more saline than your own tears. I'm seriously considering converting my pool's chlorine-based system to salt. They are way more pleasant to use - kinder to skin and hair too.

[Kapenta]

Salt water pools generally refer to the method of chlorination. Instead of adding chlorine in tablet or powder form, salt is added directly to the water and during the filtration process, the water passes over an electrically charged catalyst. This reduces the NaCl to chlorine dissolved into the water.

The level of salinity is negligible and less than your tears.

I would say that the effect on your skin is much less than an old fashioned "fresh water" pool, with less irritation to your eyes and mucosa.

[Munter]

I remember seeing this when booking a hotel and wondering.

By the time we went I'd forgotten all about it and didn't notice anything at all odd about the pool at all.

Though I did see significantly more tits around that pool than other holidays. So presumably it's got a nasty habit of dissolving bikini tops....

[Geoff Stilwell]

The reason they use Sea Water is because on the shortage of normal water on the island.

[marcosgt]

Never bothers me, but I like swimming in the sea

M

[dirty boy]

The pool at the Hotel Caribe in Salou was salty. Couldn't fault it, as I was generally trying not to drink it.

I too like the sea though, so maybe that helps.

[illmonkey]

I detest salt water, but that might be down to my list sea visit. Jumping into the sea from a few meters up and forgetting to cover my nose. 2 massive jets of salt water injected into my body. It was horrible for hours. No amount of beer could wash it away.

The sea was nice and warm though.

[Davel]

Just don't drink it.

It's probably good for your skin.

[LaserTam]

Could be worse. I went island hopping in Greece in the '90s and one place we stayed had a salt water shower, and Im not talking the one by the pool, this is the shower in the room. Wondered why my shampoo wasnt frothing up...

[Google [bot]]

Salt water pools are so much better than chlorinated pools IME.

[CoolHands]

ok well hotel booked! I'll report back in august

[shakotan]

Davel said:

Just don't drink it.

It's probably good for your skin.

That's almost what I said to my last girlfriend.

Almost.

[julian64]

sounds like you are going to an island with no fresh water.

[h0b0]

The Four Seasons in Maui have a salt water pool so I hardly think they are the reserve of down market hotels on uncivilized islands.