Piscine Roger Le Gall

We looked for details on there website prior to going there with my wife and 9 month old to swim and sit in the sun. There was an old lady working the till and two security guards. She charged us 5.80Euro each, (17.40Euro) even for our 9 month old! Security guard scanned our tickets and showed us where the change rooms were. I came out in my board short swimming trunks, and the lifeguard who spoke some English, told me that the lifeguards were the only ones that could wear these shorts. I said, “no problem, do you have some I can pay to rent?” He said no. He said there might be some to buy, but he didn’t know as he was a lifeguard. He also told me my folded up baby stroller couldn’t be on the floor, it had to go behind a barrier. No problem. Germ phobes, but clean is good. Waited for my wife, Who was getting through the slow process of changing a nine month old into a swimming diaper, alone in the women’s three Change room. When she came out, she also did not want to support that silliness. And we decided to leave. When we went to the front counter, we realized that the old lady was probably mentally incompetent. She had no idea how to count money and straight up said in French to the security guard that she didn’t charge us for the baby. I made sure to take a picture of the three tickets, because I knew there was likely going to be a hassle. She told us there was no way to refund my Visa and she didn’t have any cash, so we would have to stand there and wait for people to come and pay in cash. After 15 minutes, enough people had come to pay in cash that we could get the cash back. The security guard, knowing that she was mentally incompetent, tried to help out as she was trying to pay us €10 back and had hidden the tickets under some papers. Thankfully, he continued to persuade her that she did in fact charge us because he saw the tickets that he scanned through originally, and eventually we did get our money back. Ridiculous that you are going to control what kind of swimsuit people can wear. But if that’s your rule, no problem, you could at least, have that type of outfit available for people. We see that “Controlling” citizens is a very common thing here in Paris. Change rooms were dark. Life guard was quite unfriendly. Thankfully, the security guard knew he was working with a senile elder, and helped us out, because she was saying “she didn’t think there was a way to get a refund.” Would not recommend this place.

Long wait to get into the pool at opening. Facilities are quite dated. It’s the only 50m public pool in the area. Because it’s outdoors, it can get very very crowded. Furthermore, summer pricing (5,8€) is quite expensive for what it is.

Downstairs changing womens was dark and smelt terrible. Lockers were good. Outdoor pool and swimming area was good but you can’t just go to sunbathe you must be wearing a swimming costume. BEWARE to get in the pool you must have french style trunks and both men and women MUST have swim caps. You can buy them there though

Really nice pool and facilities, do not attend over lunch it’s too busy to swim, Unfortunately their are some core local people who attend who are the epitome of arrogance and they spoil it for others,

Decent pool but overcrowded even when you come when they open first thing in the morning. In saying that, it's nice to swim in summer when the roof is open. It would be better if they would be open for longer hours, considering how overcrowded it is; also if they would have seperate slow/medium/fast lanes.

I had a great swim. The facilities were satisfactory but most importantly the people were helpful. I speak no French and the people in the changing room helped me use the locker system and advised me of the shoe policy. The lifeguard complimented my tatoos and explained the proper lane etiquette. I am only two weeks over covid so was sucking for air, with lots of stops and no one was rude or passively aggressive. I will definitely return.

As nearly all the public pools in the Paris area, managed by Vert-Marine, the water was too cold. Clearly the people at Vert-Marine, who manage the two pools nearer to me, are not serious swimmers because they would know that warmer water is best for training as it allows swimmers to warm up their muscles. It makes for a more pleasant experience instead of withstanding cooler temperatures due to a misguided belief that they are saving energy, at the expense of their clients - who pay the taxes.

Municipal swimming pool so the price are a bit expensive if you don't live in the town. It gots lines to swim and a smaller one for kids that is quite large. The cleanliness of the area is arguable recommend bringing flipflop. You should know that there have rules for type of swimsuit allowed to be worn for mans also it is mandatory to bring a swim cap as every municipal swimming pool in Paris. The personal is not very friendly, and don't argue with the womans in the reception. You should expect to have queu during summer especially for very hot days.

I suspect this review would have been a bit more positive, had I visited Piscine Roger le Gall in Summer and not in Autumn. In Summer Piscine Roger le Gall is an open-air pool, during spring, autumn and winter it is covered by a tent-like roof. In Summer not only can you swim underneath the sky but there are areas to lie down and soak in some sun. What I doubt though, is that it is very relaxing at Piscine Roger le Gall in Summer. It is situated only a few Meters from the Boulevard Périphérique ("One of the busiest roads in Europe[...]"- wikipedia) and it was very noisy just standing outside of the building. With the Tent up this time of year, the entrance fee drops down to the usual parisian 3€ - from 5,80 in the summer. General impressions of the building were quite bad. Dressing rooms and lockers are downstairs and separated for men and women. It´s quite dark and unfriendly down there and in the showers I was greeted by quite a foul smell. Showers are also in bad shape and should be the top priority for renovations. Swimming underneath the tent-roof was actually more pleasant than I thought it would be. With the sun out, there is a lot of light in the pool-area, but when some clouds blocked out the sun the floodlights fail to make up for that. The 50x15 Meter pool basin (on a sidenote, that´s not an "olympic pool", those are 50x25) is in relatively good shape. They´ve replaced one of the lane-dividers with what I think is a yellow water-hose - and I´m not sure if I should congratulate them for ingenuity or criticize them for it. Other negatives: Far too few individual changing cabins for such a big pool. There is a second 25 Meter pool, but that is only for Members of the swimming club. Positives? It was quite clean when I was there.