Are swimming pools usable all year round?
DEFINATELY NO!! In communities run by non Spanish people, the swimming pool normally contains water all year round unless it has been drained for maintenance. They are not maintained fully regards chemicals (apart from keeping the water “blue” but you will not be in the water for long!. In communities run by Spanish people, mainly in apartment blocks in town, many swimming pools are emptied at the end of September and not refilled with water again until June. Although brave holiday visitors often use pools as late as October and as early as April, local Spanish people DO NOT! Heated pools are not usually switched on until November 1st and that is only to take the chill off – not truly heated.
