Sadly, there’s only one really recommendable, modern swimming pool in Brno — the one located at Kraví hora, in quarter Masarykova čtvrt.
The modern interior of the facility. Note Špilberk castle in the window. Image courtesy of www.kravihora-brno.cz
There is a 25 m long swimming pool with 6 separated tracks, a jacuzzi for 10 persons, steam and fountains.
Always check the number of avaible tracks in this table (empty place = empty track).
One hour costs CZK 70. It’s good to remember Czech words MUŽI (gentlemen) and ŽENY (ladies) to prevent yourself from entering bad showers.
It’s easy to park a car in front of the swimming pool, which is also easily reachable by a tram #4, departing from Česká st.
Map
Other swimming facilities
When I lived in the eastern part of Brno I enjoyed the swimming pool in quarter Lesná. There’s no steam and the building is old, but the place is clean and nice. One hour costs CZK 50-60 and you also have to check the number of free tracks.
A stupid thing is you can not start swimming on 9:30 and quit the pool on 10:30 – the pool has to be empty on the 55th minute of every hour. Edit: according to reader Tomáš, you can enter anytime. And there is a sauna. Cool.
A brand new swimming pool is being constructed in quarter Kohoutovice. It will be opened sometime in 2010.
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“A stupid thing is you can not start swimming on 9:30 and quit the pool on 10:30 – the pool has to be empty on the 55th minute of every hour.”
Not true, you can star whenewer you want and quit the pool after 60 minutes (75 minutes after buying ticket you have to go around the ticket office). The pool has to be empty 5 minutes before closing time.