Hotel Terme Millepini is a four-star hotel in

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. It contains 100 rooms and until 2020 was recognized for having the world's deepest pool, the Y-40, which put it in the

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. The hotel was first built in 1997 and renovated in 2013.

Y-40 pool

Y-40 "The Deep Joy" pool first opened on 5 June 2014 and was designed by architect Emanuele Boaretto. It is deep, which at the time of opening made it the deepest pool in the world. It contains of thermal water kept at a temperature of . The pool features underwater caves and a suspended, transparent, underwater tunnel for guests to walk through. It includes platforms at various depths, ranging from to , before the walls of the pool narrow into a well-like funnel which plunges straight down to . The hotel offers tickets to

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and

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. Italian freediver

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first measured the depth before the pool was open. When it opened on 5 June 2014, it was awarded the "Deepest Swimming Pool for Diving" by the

. That record was previously held by the

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pool in Belgium. Y-40 now stands as the third deepest swimming pool in the world, exceeded only by

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, and

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in the

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File:Y-40 Hotel Terme Millepini.jpg, View of the funnel that goes down 40 m File:Y-40 Tunnel Hotel Terme Millepini.jpg, View from the tunnel that guests can walk through in the pool

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Hotel Terme Millepini Hotel Terme Millepini is a four-star hotel in Montegrotto Terme, Padua, Italy. It contains 100 rooms and until 2020 was recognized for having the world's deepest pool, the Y-40, which put it in the Guinness World Records. The hotel was first built ...

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Y-40 pool

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