Between sports halls at exorbitant prices and sports lessons with restrictive schedules, playing sports today is more synonymous with constraint than pleasure. To do good without worrying, think about municipal swimming pools.
Doing sports in the open air is very pleasant but for city dwellers it is not really practical. Between pollution, traffic, bad weather, the opportunities are rare to be able to go and do sports in the open air.
And to play sports, you need regularity. Municipal swimming pools meet all these criteria:
- The opening hours allow you to go there whenever you want
- The rates are really affordable
- There must be a swimming pool near you. In Paris, there are still 38 of them.
For all information on Parisian swimming pools, discover the site nageurs.com which will tell you the opening hours but not only. The forum allows you to see swimmers' comments and find out what's going on, when it's crowded, etc.
So I'm often told, why do you go to municipal swimming pools, it's full of people? My answer is simple, it's not armored for smart swimmers who choose their schedules well. I advise to avoid Saturday which is always full. To come early in the morning before going to work or to go there late at night when there is a night.
The technique that works best for me is to start swimming 30 minutes before the pool closes, at lunchtime for example. People usually leave 15 to 20 minutes before the pool closes, because they don't want the lifeguard rushing them out. Often I find myself alone in my line to swim for 15 minutes, a treat.
Of course from time to time, I happen to fall at peak times. It doesn't matter, before paying, I look out the porthole to see if there are people in the pool. If so, I'll go home and come back later or another day, it's not the end of the world.
Question prices we can hardly do better. In Paris, the municipality allows us to access the pools at prices that will make you want to join a gym. A single entry costs 3 euros for an adult and a batch of 10 entries costs 24 euros, or 2.4 euros per entry.
This becomes interesting. There is also a 3 month subscription for 34 euros which is not bad at all. Personally, I take the set of 10 which I find more flexible, I come when I want and I know what it costs me each time. For those under 21, it's just a joke, it's 1.70 euros for the entrance...
It doesn't stop there, you can practice aquatic activities, such as aquatic gym for 53 euros for 10 sessions with a certified lifeguard. You will find all the prices on the Paris City Hall website. At this price, you absolutely have to take advantage of it!
