{"id":3060,"date":"2012-10-11T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vintageholidays.co.uk\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2012-10-11T09:00:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T08:00:21","slug":"five-benefits-of-a-private-pool-on-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/five-benefits-of-a-private-pool-on-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Five benefits of a private pool on holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vintage Travel pride themselves on providing their clients with only the highest quality of villas in stunning locations that are away from the often obtrusive traits of areas heavily occupied with tourists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Grillo-vintage-travel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3061\" title=\"Grillo vintage travel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Grillo-vintage-travel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Grillo-vintage-travel.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Grillo-vintage-travel-375x247.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of Vintage Travel\u2019s \u2018criteria\u2019 is that all of the villas have their own private pools. Why? Because private pools can significantly enhance the \u2018quality\u2019 of a holiday, Here&#8217;s five benefits of a private pool on holiday\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Health benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swimming is a fantastic form of exercise and spending time in a pool on holiday can go a long way in offsetting all those holiday \u2018overindulgences\u2019 we can subject our bodies to on holiday!<\/p>\n<p>From working out practically every muscle in our bodies to pumping oxygen into the lungs, swimming is a great cardiovascular workout, particularly in a private pool where a greater number of lengths can be carried out as opposed to busier shared pools.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keeps boredom at bay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With so much to do, see and explore on holiday, how can anyone possibly get bored on holiday? Whilst boredom is not typically associated with holidays, you would be forgiven if there are moments, perhaps between coming home from the beach and going out for dinner, when you find snippets of boredom creeping upon you!<\/p>\n<p>This is where having a private pool can be a real asset. Instead of reaching for the remote control, putting on your swimwear and having fun in the pool can be the perfect way to keep boredom at bay!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pools keep the kids entertained<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost uncanny the hours of fun children can have playing and splashing around in the pool. Asides being a great form of exercise and promoting social interaction, private pools on holiday go a long way in keeping easily bored children entertained!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top up your tan!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whilst we all want to return home after our holiday looking rested, healthy and suntanned, sunbathing isn\u2019t for everyone, with some regarding it as a chore rather than a relaxing pastime.<\/p>\n<p>Spending time in a pool can be a great way to top up your tan without you even realising!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Socialise and play games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pools aren\u2019t just for swimming and unlike many shared pools whereby space is an issue, with private pools you can take up as much space as you want.<\/p>\n<p>Games such as volleyball and water soccer can be a great way for all the family to get together and have some serious fun in the sun!<\/p>\n<p>Now you have read our five benefits of a private pool on holiday, maybe you would be interested in our stunning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/villa_details.cfm?p_id=390\" target=\"_blank\">villa with infinity pool<\/a> in Italy, Grill (pictured above)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vintage Travel pride themselves on providing their clients with only the highest quality of villas in stunning locations that are away from the often obtrusive traits of areas heavily occupied with tourists. One of Vintage Travel\u2019s \u2018criteria\u2019 is that all of the villas have their own private pools. Why? Because private pools can significantly enhance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19,20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-holiday-villa-news","category-holiday-tips","category-holiday-tips-and-advice","category-holiday-villas-with-pools"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five benefits of a private pool on holiday - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vintage Travel pride themselves on providing their clients with only the highest quality of villas in stunning locations that are away from the often\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/five-benefits-of-a-private-pool-on-holiday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five benefits of a private pool on holiday - 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