Bavaria leads the national ranking with two top outdoor pools!

Bavaria leads the national ranking with two top outdoor pools!

in Bavaria, the joy of two outstanding outdoor pools bubbles, which take top positions in the current ranking of over 1,400 popular bathing areas in Germany. According to Merkur, the Caprima adventure pool in Dingolfing leads the field, followed by the Fresch outdoor pool in Freising. The hotel and travel group TUI created the rankings based on over 2,000 bathing areas and their Google reviews, which underlines the popularity of the domestic travel destinations in 2025.

But what makes these two outdoor pools so special? The Caprima adventure pool not only scores with its outdoor pool, but also with an indoor pool and a sauna world. In addition, a renovation of the indoor pool is due for 2025/26, which many visitors already expect with anticipation. The Fresch Freibad also offers a successful combination of outdoor pool, indoor pool and sauna and is praised for its successful price-performance ratio. Both systems can look forward to an average rating of 4.5 stars, which is a remarkable performance in view of the strict selection criteria for the rankings.

The top outdoor pools in Germany

The remaining top ten of the most popular outdoor pools in Germany are composed as follows:

• 3. Bathing lake with outdoor pool Heddesheim (Baden-Württemberg)
• 4. Olantis Huntebad - Adventure World in Oldenburg (Lower Saxony)
• 5. Seaside Beach Baldeney in Essen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• 6. Mineral outdoor pool Oberes Bottwartal in Oberstenfeld (Baden-Württemberg)
• 7. Freibergsee in Oberstdorf (Bavaria)
• 8. Waldbad in Neustadt an der Aisch (Bavaria)
• 9. Felsland bathing paradise in Dahn (Rhineland-Palatinate)
• 10. Dantebad (Winter Warm Freibad) in Munich (Bavaria)

Munich is not only the state capital, but also with its Dantebad among the top ten bathing areas. This speaks for the high quality and popularity of the Bavarian outdoor pools, of which a total of 12 are represented in the top 25 across Germany.

interest in local excursion destinations

The increasing interest in domestic travel destinations and day trips is clearly shown. Tui reports that 29 % of Germans are planning to spend their vacation in their own country this year. At the same time, the number of people who go swimming regularly has risen sharply in recent years: 27 % of the population has been going to a swimming pool at least once a month, while the number of weekly swimmers has almost doubled since 2015.

This shows that the demand for outdoor pools is high and the Bavarian institutions do good business. In spring 2025, the "bathing atlas" comprises more than 3,000 bathrooms in Germany, of which 2,416 are pure outdoor pools. So the holiday season is in full swing and the joy of the outstanding outdoor pools in Bavaria creates an additional mood in the country.