I take water therapy classes in three days a week. The pool is always clean. The dresser rooms are…read morealways clean for the most part people behind the desk are very cooperative. They do need a better system of checking people in the only have one person in charge of people buying memberships and checking it they really need to improve on that. some of the equipment like the noodles are old and have seen better days. They need to replace those..

Staff always attentive and very friendly. Locker room is always clean and showers are great. The…read morepool is awesome. Looks perfect. Wonderful stairs to gain access to the pool. It gets crowded in spurts but usually not for long. Most people are super nice and are aware of others around them. Always a great experience.

Clean and professional Staff always answer question even if…read moreit is a little kid just curious. We always choose this pool site Nice caring life guards in duty

Rio Grande Indoor Pool is a great facility. In addition to lap swimming there are also swimming…read moreclasses for kids. We have gone to their great water aerobics program that runs 5 days a week (MWF mornings and TuTh evenings). Water aerobics is more exercise than you imagine (especially when Anthony is leading!) and less stress on your joints than some other aerobics options. The pool and locker rooms are well maintained, and the staff is friendly. Prices range from $2 to $4.25 depending on age and sometimes event, and there are monthly passes. Seniors (60+) get in free.

if you're a lap swimmer it's more than accommodating, but some pretty shatty hours when it comes to…read moreopen swim. You'll be excited to go with your kids, especially since it's the summer and they'll have an all day lap swim. I don't know how you can just turn away so much money from the community like that. Something should be done to adjust the schedule some more swimmers can take advantage of it at better hours. I mean, you might even make some more money.

We came here under the threat of some summer monsoon rains and it was fantastic. The competition…read morepool is currently closed but everything else was perfect. My son loves going down the slides over and over again, I like that it's a small pool by itself. The basketball is separate which is also nice, it prevents crashes. The graduated pool is nice and there is plenty of space. We'll definitely be back.

The water temperature and the life guards where nice, but the pool was very dirty and it was not…read morewell kept. The water was cloudy and you when I was swimming I felt leaves and more hitting me.I Have have heard that the pool is cleaner later in the year, but I think the pool should be clean all year round.

This is easily our favorite public pool. I actually really like the reservation system bc the pool…read moredoesn't get too crowded & you have a guaranteed time to get in. No waiting in the hot sun for long periods of time! There's lots of shade around the edge of the pool. The grass is nice. I recommend bringing a chair because there are a lot of ants & tiny spiders running around. We all loved the two water slides. The lines don't get very long at all. There's a cute wading pool perfect for babies. It's pretty warm. The lifeguards are very attentive & nice. Overall this is a perfect place to bring the family on a hot summer day. We like to pack a lunch or some snacks whenever we go.

While technically this is called the Ventana Ranch Pool & Community Center, it's really just the…read moreVentana Ranch Pool. The "community center" isn't actually a community center at all. It's only accessible from the pool area, and is really just a small building built big enough to house the locker rooms, hold what little equipment the pool monitors might need, and store pool toys the kids that come here can use while they're swimming. Oh, and it serves as a space to use for the (monthly/quarterly?) homeowners association meetings. The pool itself isn't very large, probably about 3/4 the size of your typical public pool, but since it's only for Ventana Ranch residents, it never gets super busy, and one typically has plenty of room to swim and hang out in. It's clean, and relatively well maintained, but the water is so cold that, from my viewpoint, it's virtually unusable for more than a few minutes at a time, even on the hottest of summer days. Now, given that the average day finds plenty of people (mostly kids) in the pool swimming around, obviously not everyone feels the same way, but consider this my swimmer beware sort of review, and get out of it what you will. :-) I actually find the water temperature to be a bit of a mystery, because while it was super cold like this the few times we came here last summer (2013), there were also a few times we were here earlier this summer (2014), and the water temp was perfect then. There was even a time when we came to swim this year, and the water was (almost) *too* warm. However, of all the times we've been here, the water has been cold far more than it's been warm. The locker rooms are small, and a little stinky, but clean, and more than adequate for the size of the pool and the number of swimmers generally present. I suspect the smell is largely due to the smallness of the space, and the fact that the locker rooms are basically outside. There's a kiddie pool fenced off in a small enclosed area separate from the rest of the pool, and even though the main pool is very big, or busy, it's nice for parents of small children to have a dedicated space they can take their kiddos to if they want to. There are no diving boards, water slides, or any of that other fancy schmancy pool stuff, but there are plenty of chairs, a few tables, and even a nice grassy area with a couple good sized trees providing lots of shade right outside the gate, just in front of the pool. This makes the grass the perfect place for having a picnic lunch with the fam before, after, or even during your swim session. The pool is free to use, but as I mentioned above, it's for VR residents only, and you need a key/swipe card to get in the gate (obtained by going to the office for the the property mgmt co, and showing them an ID, and some sort of other proof of VR residency). Overall, I'd probably give the VR Pool 3.5 stars, but since Yelp won't let me go in .5 star increments, I feel like it deserves rounding up to 4 stars more than it does rounding down to 3. If you live in VR, the pool is a nice (free!) summer perk to have. If you don't live out here, well, maybe you should! :-)

Affordable prices and lawn chairs available. The area was clean. Decent sized pool. Staff was very…read morefriendly

It's been hot lately. Like, Africa hot. Kids griping about how hot they are, followed by the…read morequintessential "I'm bored" summer complaining loop and "can we please do somethinggggg" *insert whine-y voice* ~ When it's too hot to hit up the park, the zoo or botanical gardens, and you know you'll get through the aquarium too quickly, and you've already done Explora a few times, and don't feel like going to a movie....you know it's time to get WET! Paradise Hills Pool is a great option if you're on the westside. Reasonable admission fees, lifeguards on point paying attention, nice water slide, a few shady trees and covered table areas, it's a great spot to wear the kids out and catch a few rays. You can bring your own coolers, chairs and floatation devices!! They also serve free lunch in the summer lunch program inside the pool facility on the grass area during the week, and were even open 4th of July with a free popcorn and snow cone machine for the crowd. During the week it can get a little packed at times, try to get there by 12:30 or once they hit max capacity, you'll have to wait in line a bit until someone leaves.

I brought my son here after remembering that this pool had a nice play set in the water. I'm so…read moreglad I did. This pool was perfect for a toddler, not too crowded, not a ton of teenagers, a graduated entrance where he could play easily, and he absolutely loved it. I'm not sure if they offer season passes but it was $11 for two adults and a toddler. Their prices aren't posted anywhere which needs improvement. They take cash and card as do the snack/soda machines. We'll definitely be back.

We love corrales pool! Such a good pool to go to if you have toddlers and young kids. The slides…read moreare a huge hit! Lifeguards always on watch also

#47 for 2019 As im…read moresitting in the Hyatt waiting on my tab I thought I'd write a quick review on another concrete park in downtown albuquerque. This small, tiny little nothing of a park probably brings a bit of joy to neighborhood kids. There are some basketball courts and an awning. I see this park on my frequent walks through the Barelas Neighborhood. Similar to the other park ive reviewed ive never seen anyone here... but ive noticed "stalker" has been here. Maybe since spring is around the corner more kiddos will come out and play some hoops or maybe a quick picnic. A few blocks away is Barelas Park/Community Center and Tingley Park which both have more family friendly adventures to be had! Perhaps the City of Albuquerque can put some money in these smaller parks so that those that live in the area can have somewhere to hang out!

I have talked before about the small parks around Albuquerque before. This is another one of the…read moresmall parks in the neighborhoods around town. The city had done a great job creating these space though not large still great for the community surround them.