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Historical Pools

MOLITOR HOTEL, PARIS FRANCE WE-WISH!

It’s not Wednesday, but we’ve added another Paris pool to our wish list! It may not be The Ritz, but it sure sounds interesting. Molitor has a rich history (we learned about it here)—a hotel at the site of a restored public pool from the Art Deco era. According to the hotel’s web …

THE BIPOLAR HUFFINGTON POST

Really? We’re all sick of the Top 10 Hotel Pool lists that flood the internet come August, but we expected more from The Huffington Post.  They recently published their list of the Top 10 hottest hotel pools and they’re all the expected picks. Nary an original photo or first-hand account in …

HOTEL SWIMMING POOL GOLD MEDAL

  Hotel swimming pool as Olympic tryout facility? This is very cool. Apparently in the 1920s, the Women’s National Amateur Athletic Union Swimming Championships were held at the pool of a St. Augustine, Florida hotel. Now it’s a restaurant, Cafe Alcazar. But back in the late 1800s, it was called …