To remind people of French swimming pool rule

We had similar at a holiday park with a large pool complex, got told off for trying to go the cafe for a snack before we got changed, had to be in swim wear to sit in the cafe!

I just want to say to the people who think people don't shower before they go swimming, how do you know they haven't at home or the hotel room before they go to the pool?

I shower at home right before going to my local pool then put my swimsuit under my clean, loose clothes. You would see me go out of the cubicle and into the pool withour showering but I already have. So basically you have no idea really!

Decathalon

On holiday in Germany years ago and we had to buy funny little swim hats. They weren't the old fashioned rubber ones more like fabric lifeguard hats.

Really I wish there were proper enforced hygene rules everywhere. I remember as a child in the 60s all public swimming pools had a long footbath and shower that you had to walk through to get to the pool.

If you are buying new swimwear consider the colour, some colours are not visible under water:

Budgie smugglers keep the pubes and bum crumbs contained.

For once those of us who choose to have a Hollywood won’t be criticised. At last!

Most Swiss indoor pools require swim caps and tight fitting swimwear. Outdoor pools are sometimes more flexible but not always.

No swimwear of any kind in saunas; nude only.

That's what I want to know too. I deliberately buy waterproof/resistant suncream for this reason.

Most sites I’ve been to don’t allow baggy swim shorts, but we have mainly booked direct not via eurocamp etc. It might be a more international clientele impacts things. The site where that was Dutch owned/managed was the exception.
As well as the official website etc. you can put the site name into YouTube. Videos including the pool often pop up so you can see the standard swim attire 🙂DP would much rather choose some trunks at home rather than risk what is available in a rural French supermarket.

Thats sand and soil that is easy picked up at the side of any pool

It's partly about carting muck in from outside, but also about cotton garments shedding fibres and fluff which can block filters, and it's about the amount of water which then comes out of the pool in long shorts and is then trailed around the poolside.

Honestly though, it baffles me that anyone would want to wear baggy swim shorts. Wet loose fabric flaps and rubs against the skin. What's so manly about chafing?

I've got no issue with wearing speedos, and really struggle to understand the righteous indignation Brits have about it.

@WutheringBites Online is by far the best bet - they've all but disappeared from the High Street. Speedo and Arena both have good ranges online, and have sales on at the moment.

yes weird
chlorine takes care of germs

Does anybody know are there similar rules in Switzerland? We are off to the Bernese Oberland for our summer holiday & lots of the towns have outdoor pools.
Thanks

I have stayed at at least five different French campsites in the last few years (in August) and this rule has never been enforced at any site I've visited. First year DH especially bought a pair of tight fitting shorts before we left for the first trip and they have never been worn. Might be a rule that is more likely to be enforced at smaller sites or at local swimming pools but not so likely at the sites with lots of international visitors. Take your normal shorts and you can always buy an emergency (cheap) pair at the local supermarket if needed.

Indeed. If you look around the bottom of a UK swimming pool the amount of yucky bits down there is unbelievable.

Decathlon probably also has them. But the swimwear from Amazon is pretty good and loads of choice.

Why weird just because it is not the custom in England? The French probably think that the English are dirty.

Amazon is your friend, loads of options.

That’s because it’s out of season. In July and august most have multiple lifeguards at the pools when it’s France high season.

Yes, that makes sense. It seems a gross thing to imagine all those hairs floating around, and the poor sod who has to clean them 😳😬 It’d be a bit grim de-hairing lots of others' pubes 🤨

My understanding is that the Europeans are much more fussy about pool water quality

The chlorine is there to clean up any pathogens. So you don't get ill.
Sweat, urine, suncream, hairdye, etc etc uses up the chlorine, so the pool caretaker has to put more chlorine in (they check the water hourly as levels of chlorine change fast).
The cleaner the bodies, the less chlorine you have to use. It's easier on the skin, eyes and lungs.

Sports direct or your local swimming pool.

Because god only knows where you have parked your arse during the day. Public transport, cafes or even at home on a chair covered in cat or dog hair.