I would like a nice clean indoor pool that I can take my kids swimming. Any suggestions?

@canada - there was a massive string on pools in KM - take a look using the search bar.

I don't recall anyone mentioning hotel pools - but if money isn't an issue - hotel pools are usually ("usually") cleaner and definitely less used/abused. But you'll also have to exercise the usual caveat emptor - as negligence abounds everywhere in china - to include shortcuts on pool chlorination, negligent lifeguards - assuming they're present at all, etc, etc ad infinitum.

If you do manage to find a clean pool, sometimes (usually) it's the locker rooms which reek.

Most pools tend to be indoors with a rather abysmal lack of ventilation - they have ventilation fans but turn them off to conserve energy.

There's a pool on Beijing Lu just south of the number 10 middle school. My wife has been and says it is clean and the locker rooms were good too. I don't know about cost. This is north of the Beijing Road Walmart about 2 KM on the west side.

There's a good indoor pool at the Expo Garden hotel but they close it for the winter. That makes no sense since it's inside.

is there any pool with a diving board or a diving platfoarm in kunming. I'd love to find something high to jump off of in a safe environment, especially since the chinese won gold medals in diving at the last olympics, i'd think they should have at least one place here

Thanks for the advice, AlPage48...this is our area, we will check it out.

I know that the Kunming Sports Center by the lake has a diving board and tower and was used to train some of the Olympic athletes. I believe it's open to the public on weekends.

yes, that pool in the north on Beijing lu is very nice, but too expensive: 100RMB!

100 rmb per person??

I think the Expo garden hotel can suffice you with comfortable surroundings and acceptable price if you are not far away from it

I'm told the Expo garden pool closes for the winter.