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Think of all the places you’ve taken a swim…

Chances are you’ve splashed about in a mix of chlorine-filled indoor community baths, hotel pools, seaside beaches, rivers and lakes.

When it comes to refreshing the body and the soul though, none of those spots can match a scenic, natural water hole.

Here’s our pick of the world’s 10 most beautiful, natural swimming pools.

Havasu Falls (Grand Canyon), Supai, Arizona, United States

Kuang Si Falls, Luang Prabang, Laos

Victoria Falls’ Devil’s Pool, Livingstone Island, Zambia

Blue Lagoon, Grindavík, Iceland

Grotta della Poesia (Cave of Poetry), Roca Vecchia, Italy

Cenote Ik Kil, near Chichen Itza, Mexico

Sliding Rock, Brevard, North Carolina, United States

La Maceta, El Hierro, Canary Islands

Nanda Blue Hole, Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuata

Little River Canyon, Alabama, United States

Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s guide to…

(Main image: Hector Garcia)

About the author

Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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