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39°58′N · 0°00′00″ · El Grau de Castelló
A pool club on the prime meridian.
Today the sun crosses the line at 13:52, our noon. The rest of the day is yours.
Swipe or drag sideways across the water
01 · The Line
Zero degrees, give or take a towel.
The Greenwich meridian leaves England, crosses France and walks into Spain through the orange groves of Castelló. A few hundred metres before it reaches the sea, it passes straight through the floor of our pool: a stripe of orange tile that runs the full forty three metres, from the kiosk to the deep end.
That makes us one of the few places where the sun keeps its own clock. Your phone says two o’clock, give or take. The line says noon. At Meridiana, we go by the line.
- Length
- 43 m
- Deepest
- 2.7 m
- Water
- 26 °C
- Beds
- 37
02 · The Noon Bell
When the sun crosses the line, a brass bell rings once and the pool goes quiet for one whole minute.
Every umbrella shadow swings round to point due north, straight along the stripe. The stripe lights up under the water. Nobody has ever explained why this feels so good. Next bell today at 13:52.
03 · The Hours
A day, told by the sun.
Scroll through the day. The page takes its light from the sun at the club, so it will get warmer, then dark.
08:30
04 · Places to lie down
Places to lie down.
Three sheets, one scale (1:50). Each drawing casts the shadow the sun is casting at the club right now.
05 · Kiosko
The kiosk sits on the line too.
06 · House rules
Rules of the sun.
- 01
Towels do not reserve beds. Bookings do.
- 02
At the Noon Bell, one minute of quiet.
- 03
The orange line is for swimmers keeping time. Float elsewhere.
- 04
Umbrellas follow the sun. Ask, and we will turn yours.
- 05
No music without headphones. The water is the soundtrack.
- 06
Mondays belong to the tiles. We are closed.
07 · Visit
Find the line, follow it to the water.
Address
Camí del Meridià
El Grau de Castelló
Castelló, Spain
Season
May to October
Tuesday to Sunday, 08:30 to 21:00
Night swims Friday and Saturday until 23:00
Getting here
Tram to El Grau, then a six minute walk south along the orange groves. Look for the brass line in the pavement.
Right now at the club
Loading the sun.