{"id":47570,"date":"2026-03-16T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=47570"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:32:51","slug":"biltmore-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=47570","title":{"rendered":"Biltmore pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4029-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-47623 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4029-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n1200 Anastasia Avenue<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=94528\">Coral Gables<\/a>, Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=99502\">33134<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The beautiful, free form swimming pool at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=99750\">Biltmore Hotel<\/a> is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/biltmorehotel.com\/offer\/summer-pool-membership\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21372775646&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA9y6Z2dhn9iA0b5Wyar2EkoynJfZ_&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw9-PNBhDfARIsABHN6-3eIwWFb1tmuaLS6ss2C4gF8Bm63IbK7nOknfI18KKNkZ6xGzATSxEaAlzZEALw_wcB\">the largest in the US<\/a>. Image, how much joy I&#8217;m having &#8211; totally enjoying it!<\/p>\n<p>Many groups of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Common_starling\">black starlings<\/a> (?) and other little birds are always present, keeping us company, regardless how empty or busy the pool is.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kDaPAV-XZuk\">the pool<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/545Jkj25GC0\">my swim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PVAMLrw2GR8\">sunset at the pool<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=47583\">the 1 miler here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>cabana <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3UjxRg3lydg\">#1<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/av6gZIAw7o8\">#8<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The local residents can <a href=\"https:\/\/biltmorehotel.com\/offer\/summer-pool-membership\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21372775646&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA9y6Z2dhn9iA0b5Wyar2EkoynJfZ_&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw9-PNBhDfARIsABHN6-2OPMNYcdPpi3BH2fj_nTd6C-XdjwtKWS4pud1vJ7152T_d3Gs5zKgaAqCDEALw_wcB\">join the membership club<\/a> and swim here too.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning 7-8am, there is a swimming camp, heads by an ougoing lady, she said I can post her front face photo -:). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=47583\">I did a mile the following day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4025-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-47624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4025-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4037-4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-47625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4037-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4277.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-47622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4277-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-47631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5451-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4214-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-47630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4214-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4212-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-47629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4212-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are eight cabanas for rent, complete with shower, mini fridge. Depending on the day of the week and time of the year, and size, <a href=\"https:\/\/biltmorehotel.com\/wellness\/miami-resort-pool\/\">it cost from $240<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/av6gZIAw7o8\">four<\/a>, to $725 for <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3UjxRg3lydg\">eight people<\/a>, per day.<\/p>\n<p>The poolside cafe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=99772\">Cascade<\/a> becomes my workplace -:) the Blue of London Earl Grey black tea from Yunnan &amp; bergamot (?) is my fave.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biltmore swim 3 16\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/545Jkj25GC0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the pool<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biltmore swimming pool\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kDaPAV-XZuk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1200 Anastasia Avenue Coral Gables, Florida 33134 The beautiful, free form swimming pool at Biltmore Hotel is one of the largest in the US. Image, how much joy I&#8217;m having &#8211; totally enjoying it! Many groups of black starlings (?) and other little birds are always present, keeping us company, regardless how empty or busy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}