Lagoons

This series of wonderful sea water pools were my haven during our holiday in Puerto de la Cruz. The complex was actually called Lago Martianez - Cesar Manrique was the local architect who envisaged the whole project back in l977. Genius, as the Atlantic Ocean is no great friend to a swimmer, tackling those great surging tides would demand a lot of effort from a very strong and brave swimmer - not me sadly.


It was just wonderful to be able to swim distance in safety and not to have to turn round at the end of each length as in a normal swimming pool ! I think I should have been born as a mermaid as I just love being in/on/around water so much !

My element indeed.

We went three times in all I seem to remember, and had a wonderful swimming, lounging, basking, munching time. The whole place is beautifully designed with masses of palm trees for shade, interesting landscaping, plants everywhere, lots of rambling areas, and also many gentle slipways for easy access to and from the waters. Acquatic heaven ?

And, of course, the general facilites were everything you could want - loungers, umbarellas, changing areas with showers, bars, cafes etc....pretty damm good really. We were the last to leave one day and by then the teams of cleaners were in action. Spotless always. Not a drop of litter in sight ever.


All this for 3 Euros a day.......less than a session in my local swimming pool in Wiltshire which is in fact an awfully grim place in comparison. Mouldy walls in changing rooms, practically opaque pool with god-knows-what floating around.
(I make a real effort never never never to swallow any water whatsoever !!).

Don't start me on the pool and sauna at Bradford-on-Avon !!
hush now ....