Butte-aux-Cailles Swimming Pool

It’s lovely, but can be really crowded and you need to have the right kind of bathing suit.

Swimming here is not the same as swimming in America period. The people are warm and kind but there's no pattern to this swimming. The lanes are packed. Easy storage for lockers free.

This is an atmospheric pool, almost like swimming in Roman times. I like the co-ed changing rooms.

It was a nice experience for us. 3 swimming pools, 2 outside and 1 inside. It cost 3 euros for adults and 2.5 for kids. However you must have: 1- swimming cap. We didn’t have so we bought it there, quite cheap also 2- they won’t let you in with loose swim suit. Boys/men must wear jersey. They are about 11-14 euro. Staff were super helpful and nice to us.

Horrible experience. Hours not as advertised. Some staff were helpful, others were obstructive to the point that we never got to swim in the end. I was refused a refund when we left, and with a series of miscommunications and mismanagement, there was much frustration and tears. And why do you have to wear tiny swimsuits to swim here? There is no scientific basis to it being hygiene-related. If I could give this place minus 5 stars, I would.

Large public bath with indoor and outdoor pools. Not very clean. Beware that they only allow short swim trunks for men. Mine were apparently too long, so I got kicked out immediately unless I agreed to buy a conforming pair at the reception. I politely refused, and left.

Excellent open pool here!

Very good place to swim but need to be aware that they won’t accept the loose shorts

Almost 2 years after my first review and a couple of visits later, I am downgrading Piscine Butte aux Cailles to mediocre. Another Public swimming pool that is slipping because it does not get the TLC it needs and that the customers deserve. And it really is a shame because this pool is one of the better and more interesting ones the french Capitol has to offer. The cleanliness isn't as good as it was before. Grime and mold are taking over the showers which are in dire need of a deep clean. The changing cabins need their walls cleaned (tiles, you could just hose then down, but apparently that isn't done) and the "blind corners" behind the doors cleaned. Broken locks from the changing cabins don´t seem to get fixed so there seem to be fewer and fewer lockable changing cabins with each visit. Toilets were disgustingly dirty and smelly like they haven´t been cleaned in days. Many of the positive things I wrote about are still there and - but I am afraid that is being pushed more into the background when the showers are disgusting and you see that this place is being neglected this way.