| Hotel Terme Millepini | |
|---|---|
 Hotel logo | |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | Montegrotto Terme, Padua, Italy |
| Address | Via Cataio 42, Montegrotto Terme, Italy 35036 |
| Coordinates | 45°19′08″N 11°47′04″E / 45.318966°N 11.784396°E |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Renovated | 2013 |
| Awards and prizes | Guinness World Records for Deepest Swimming Pool for Diving |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) | Emanuele Boaretto |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 100 |
| Website | |
| http://www.millepini.it/ | |
Hotel Terme Millepini is a four-star hotel in Montegrotto Terme, Padua, Italy. It contains 100 rooms and until 2020 was recognized for having the world's deepest pool, the Y-40, which put it in the Guinness World Records.[1] The hotel was first built in 1997 and renovated in 2013.[2][3]
Y-40 pool
Y-40 "The Deep Joy" pool first opened on 5 June 2014 and was designed by architect Emanuele Boaretto. It is 42.15 metres (138 ft) deep, which at the time of opening made it the deepest pool in the world. It contains 4,300 cubic metres (1,136,000 US gal) of thermal water kept at a temperature of 32–34 °C (90–93 °F).[4] The pool features underwater caves and a suspended, transparent, underwater tunnel for guests to walk through. It includes platforms at various depths, ranging from 1.3 metres (4.3 ft) to 12 metres (39 ft), before the walls of the pool narrow into a well-like funnel which plunges straight down to 40 metres (131 ft). The hotel offers tickets to freedive and scuba dive.[1][5] Italian freediver Umberto Pelizzari first measured the depth before the pool was open.[4]
When it opened on 5 June 2014, it was awarded the "Deepest Swimming Pool for Diving" by the Guinness World Records.[6] That record was previously held by the Nemo 33 pool in Belgium.
Y-40 now stands as the third deepest swimming pool in the world, exceeded only by Deepspot in Poland, and Deep Dive Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Gallery
View of the funnel that goes down 40 m
View from the tunnel that guests can walk through in the pool
See also
References
- 1 2 Olivia Rzadkiewicz (22 September 2014). "Dive into the world's deepest swimming pool at 130ft". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Hotel Terme Millepini-Montegrotto Terme". Incentive Magazine. Northstar Travel Media LLC. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Y-40: we are officially a Guinnes World records!". Millepini. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- 1 2 Chloe Hamilton (23 September 2014). "Y-40 Deep Joy: This is the world's deepest swimming pool". The Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Y-40 The Deep Joy". Y-40. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Deepest swimming pool for diving". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
