This summer is shaping up to be the hottest on record. We’ve compiled a list of places to take a dip in and around Prague, from natural swimming areas to fun parks with water slides.
Some tips to remember before heading out: check the hours and prices of the pools; some offer discounts during off-hours and discounts for families. Others honor multi-sport passes.
Opening hours may vary seasonally or according to weather. You’ll also want to see which activities are allowed. Some pools are only for swimming laps in fixed lanes, not splashing around. Lastly, if you hit up a natural swimming area, you can monitor water safety via this handy map.
Lastly, if you hit up a natural swimming area, you can monitor water safety via this handy map.
Natural swimming pools
Biotop Radotín: This natural swimming pool, conveniently located near a bike path along the Vltava, shares space with a resort and bar. The water is cleaned by ecological methods, without chemicals. The main area is covered in grass. Outdoor showers and a children’s playground are also available.
Hostivařská přehrada: Besides swimming and sunbathing, this area in a forested park offers slides, trampolines, pedal boats, kayaks, paddleboards, and more. There is also a section for nude sunbathing and swimming.
Koupaliště Lhotka: Located near the Novodvorská housing estate, this natural biotope surrounded by a green lawn opened in 2018 after a massive renovation. The 5,570 square meters of water reach a depth of 3.25 meters. Changing rooms, showers, refreshments, and a clubhouse are available.
Přírodní koupalistě Motol: This natural water reservoir covers an area of 4,100 square meters, including a nude beach. Visitors have commented in online reviews that it feels like time has stopped and the place remains untouched by modernization. However, the water is clean, and people can relax in peace. Ducks also use the pond.
Outdoor swimming pool complexes
ČEZ plavecký stadion Podolí: Over 50 years old, this relic of the past has two outdoor pools and a vast grassy lawn full of sunbathers. The whole area is flanked by a massive set of metal bleachers, a unique sight for swimmers.
Koupaliště Divoká Šárka: Possibly the city’s quietest, most scenic outdoor pool. The water is treated with a minimal amount of chlorine. For children, there is a wading pool, trampoline, swings, slides, and climbing frames. This complex offers a variety of water attractions as well as pétanque, table tennis, netball, and volleyball. Lockable cabins can be rented.
Koupaliště Klánovice: Inviting sun chairs, a grassy beach, playgrounds, trampolines, and beach volleyball make this venue in Prague 9 a great place to spend an afternoon. The complex also has mini-golf, trampolines, and volleyball.
Koupaliště Kolovraty: This relatively new swimming pool on Prague’s outskirts offers a 25-meter heated outdoor pool, a children’s pool with a slide, and a relaxation area for up to 600 people. Facilities include changing rooms, sanitary amenities, and refreshments. Guests can enjoy the sunny terrace with deckchairs or the expansive grassy area.
Koupaliště Ládví: The renovated pool reopened in 2014. The grounds also feature pétanque and ping-pong courts, a large restaurant, and sunbathing lawns.
Koupaliště Petynka: In Střešovice in Prague 6, there is a 50-meter pool plus a 103-meter tobogán run, aqua zorbing, volleyball, and a trampoline.
Koupaliště Stírka: Located in Kobylisy, this is one of Prague’s oldest outdoor swimming pools. For over 60 years, bathers have had the opportunity to take the plunge. For those who rely on public transport, it is just a few hundred meters from the Kobylisy metro station.
Plavecký stadion SK Slavia: The old-fashioned indoor swimming complex in Vršovice has an outdoor pool that opens during the warmer months. Enjoy a 50-meter pool and the children’s pools, which are situated outdoors.
Pražačka: The outdoor pool area is one of the most popular parts of this Žižkov sports complex in the summer. The pool is open until 9:30 p.m. on weekdays for those needing a refreshing post-work swim.
Indoor pools and waterparks
Aquapalace Praha: This massive complex on the outskirts of Prague in the Průhonice-Čestlice commercial zone is pricey and packed but still a significant draw for locals and tourists. It ranks on Trip Advisor as one of Prague’s top amusements. The main attraction is its Outdoor Wild Water River.
Aquadream: A large swimming complex in Barrandov offers a 25-meter indoor pool and water slides, plus an outdoor pool and play area complete with sunbathing meadow, paddling pool and mini-golf, beach volleyball, skittles, petanque rental, and refreshments.
Aquacentrum Šutka: Prague’s state-of-the-art swimming facility features a 50-meter indoor pool with eight lanes and a 300-seat grandstand. It also offers a whirlpool, wild river, two water slides, waterfall, relaxation pool, children’s wading pool, and a water bar. For wellness enthusiasts, the complex has two Finnish saunas with outdoor cooling pools and two steam baths.
Aquacentrum Letňany Lagoon: Alongside a 25-meter pool, this water center offers a range of attractions such as an 86-meter water slide, a fun pool with massage jets and a wild channel, a pool with air and water massages, and aquazorbing. The center also features a relaxation area with a sauna, cooling pool, steam room, and whirlpool. Additionally, there is a fitness room, aerobics, and spinning classes.
Sportovně relaxační areál Jedenáctka: In Chodov in Prague 11, there is a 25-meter indoor pool plus a “water world” with a 42-meter curving slide and water spout, a children’s pool, and whirlpools. The complex also has a multi-function sports hall.
Výstaviště Holešovice: The six-lane pool, maintained at a temperature of 26 degrees, is intended for exercise and not splashing around. Two saunas are also available at the pool complex.
Beaches
Plovárna Baden Baden: You can swim at your own risk in the Vltava until the end of September at this renewed cultural and sports area on Štvanice ostrov. There are also some evening concerts and events.
Kayak Beach Bar: The waterfront Kayak Beach Bar provides space for beach volleyball matches, beach soccer, tennis, fitness, yoga, or pétanque. The court is lit at night. The bar area offers light refreshments and the possibility of renting kayaks or paddleboards. There is no swimming, though.
Zluté lázně: You probably won’t find clean water (the Vltava is used for swimming here) or peace in the Yellow Spa. However, there is no shortage of entertainment here (you can try almost all kinds of sports and cocktails here, and DJs play here).
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