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The Pumpkin Awards are Portugal's "Oscars" dedicated to family well-being, aiming to recognize all those who make families' daily lives happier – be they museums, charitable causes, or even restaurants. Basically, all projects and services that contribute to making the lives of parents, children, siblings, grandparents, uncles, and many more special and full of [...]
Every year, World Natural Swimming Pool Day is celebrated anew. The date chosen for this year's event is June 21, 2026. We are going to celebrate the day with great swims and photos shared on social media. In addition to this, there is the chance to send us your best photo. We will publish [...]
The white water lily is our customers' favorite choice when it comes to selecting plants for biological pools. Nymphaea alba - the scientific name of this native species - possesses virtues that make it ideal for this use compared to many cultivars. As a species found in wetlands throughout Portugal, from North to South, [...]
Just like natural lakes, every biological pool possesses its own characteristics that make it unique. Factors such as its placement on the terrain, exposure to sun and prevailing winds, interaction with surrounding vegetation, shade, and leaf fall all determine how a natural pond or biological pool develops. In the case of the latter, the [...]
A decade of pure enjoyment in the waters of the biological pool at Club Med Albufeira. This is our most-used commercial biological pool throughout the year. During the resort's peak season, it accommodates as many as 250 people per day. The biological pool was inaugurated in 2016, following a construction period of just eight [...]
Anyone who wants to swim lanes in pools might dream of a long swimming lane, delimited by walls used for somersaults. A rectangular pattern might make sense, but the story doesn't necessarily have to end there. There can be much more interesting ideas that combine the desired features with an unusual aspect. The biological [...]
It all begins with the Greek term gýrinos (γυρίνος). At that time, the word was already used to describe these small aquatic creatures. The root comes from gyrós, which means curved, rounded, or circular. Then, as happened with much of the scientific and biological vocabulary, the term migrated into Latin as gyrinus. The logic [...]
Water is the most important building element in the construction of a biological pool; thus, it is a binding resource for transforming a lined pit into a swimming pond that reflects on its water mirror the environment, the sky with its clouds, trees, gardens, and surrounding houses. The availability of water on a property, [...]
Healthy aquatic ecosystems possess the remarkable capacity for self-regulation, which can also be considered a form of self-cleaning. For lakes, as well as biological pools, this means that nutrients and harmful substances introduced into the water are transformed by physical, chemical, and biological processes, so that their negative impact on the ecosystem is reduced. [...]
March, 20th is World Rewilding Day. What does this have to do with biological pools? - Biological pools attempt to follow nature's model as closely as possible, especially in terms of planting. We select appropriate species for each type of filling water, and the planting composition strictly follows the phytosociological standard. That is, we [...]
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