I was hoping someone here might have direct experience of a pool in Rome, open to the public, either for masters' or general swimming. I will be there for three months this fall and don't want to lose it! Unfortunately, the information at Swimmer's Guide is extremely limited and often out of date.
I went to Rome a couple of months ago. The pool I went to is A.S. Centro Nuoto. It's 25m, in the basement of another building. It's nothing too special, but they have a pace clock and a lot of open swim options. They have a master's team, but I just did a drop in for 9 Euro (as the site states).
My wife and I stayed near the Villa Borghese and the trip out to this pool was around 45 minutes to an hour, using the directions on the swimmer's guide. There was another 25m pool and sports complex by our hotel, The Roman Sport Center, but the drop in rate was 26 Euro (almost 40 bucks when we were there). So we opted to get out of the city center and adventure out to the burbs to see the much cheaper pool and get away from tourists for a while.
Now, here's something you might like to know: you are supposed to have a medical certificate to swim in many pools there. But, as I understand it, many places don't really enforce or check. That was my experience in going out to the smaller pool mentioned above. There was a sign on the wall, but they didn't ask me for my medical cert. But that's one man's experience with one pool, so YMMV. If you're going to be there for 3 months, you might look into the certificate thing anyway. It might open up more pool and/or team options for you.
I went to Rome a couple of months ago. The pool I went to is A.S. Centro Nuoto. It's 25m, in the basement of another building. It's nothing too special, but they have a pace clock and a lot of open swim options. They have a master's team, but I just did a drop in for 9 Euro (as the site states).
My wife and I stayed near the Villa Borghese and the trip out to this pool was around 45 minutes to an hour, using the directions on the swimmer's guide. There was another 25m pool and sports complex by our hotel, The Roman Sport Center, but the drop in rate was 26 Euro (almost 40 bucks when we were there). So we opted to get out of the city center and adventure out to the burbs to see the much cheaper pool and get away from tourists for a while.
Now, here's something you might like to know: you are supposed to have a medical certificate to swim in many pools there. But, as I understand it, many places don't really enforce or check. That was my experience in going out to the smaller pool mentioned above. There was a sign on the wall, but they didn't ask me for my medical cert. But that's one man's experience with one pool, so YMMV. If you're going to be there for 3 months, you might look into the certificate thing anyway. It might open up more pool and/or team options for you.
