Life is a bit reminiscent of a meme in which a person’s eyes are closed, they open and suddenly an eternity has passed. We were just pulling the quilt out of its cover and we’re already putting it back in. Two months ago we turned on the heat and next week (from May 15 until September 8) we will be able to go to the pools.
The Madrid City Council announced yesterday the news about the new swimming pool season in Madrid. A total of 28 will open this summer season (20 outdoors and 8 covered with solarium).
The mayor of the city has boasted that this will be the year in which more pools will be open with two major new features: the one in Tetuan and Barajas. The Orcasitas and Vicálvaro stations are also open after maintenance works. This will not be the case with the one in Arganzuela which will remain closed.
The other great novelty of this season is that the pre-Covid capacity is recovered and the pools will be able to accommodate up to 20% more people than last year.
Shifts and prices
Shifts are divided into three types: morning (from 10 am to 3 pm), afternoon (from 4 pm to 9 pm) and full day (from 10 am to 9 pm). And they can be purchased through the sports portal of the City Council (where 90% of the tickets are available) or at the box office, where you will find the remaining 10%.
Price for half day
- Free for children under five years of age
- 1,35 from 5 to 14 years old
- 1.80 for young people between 15 and 26 years old
- 2,25 for adults.
- 0,70 for those over 65
Price for full shift
- Free for children under five years of age
- 2,70 from 5 to 14 years old
- 3.60 for young people between 15 and 26 years of age
- 4,50 for adults.
- 1,35 for seniors over 65
which pools will be available?
The twenty outdoor pools that will be open for self-guided visits are as follows:
- Blanca Fernández Ochoa CDM (Carabanchel)
- CDM Concepción (Ciudad Lineal)
- CDM Santa Ana (Fuencarral-El Pardo)
- CDM Hortaleza (Hortaleza)
- CDM Aluche (Latina)
- CDM Casa de Campo
- CDM El Quijote and CDM El Quijote (Moncloa-Aravaca)
- CDM La Elipa and CDM Moratalaz (Moratalaz)
- CDM Entrevías and CDM Palomeras (Puente de Vallecas)
- CDM San Blas (San Blas-Canillejas)
- CDM Paseo de la Dirección (Tetuán)
- CDM Orcasitas and CDM San Fermín (Usera)
- Margot Moles CDM (Vicálvaro)
- CDM Cerro Almodovar (Villa de Vallecas)
- CDM Plata y Castañar (Villaverde)
And the indoor pools with solarium that will open this summer (they have a late opening: most of them from July 1) are those of Marqués de Samaranch, Centro Integrado Arganzuela, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, La Masó, Hortaleza, Luis Aragonés, Wilfred Agbonavbare and Raúl González.