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Mediterranean Pool Ideas
Mediterranean pools are built for sun: thick stucco walls that stay cool, terracotta and travertine underfoot, deep loggias and arches for shade, and planting that shrugs off drought — olives, lavender, rosemary and cypress. The look runs from Spanish Colonial and Tuscan to the whitewashed simplicity of the islands.
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Mediterranean Pool Ideas, explained.
Mediterranean pools are built for sun: thick stucco walls that stay cool, terracotta and travertine underfoot, deep loggias and arches for shade, and planting that shrugs off drought — olives, lavender, rosemary and cypress. The look runs from Spanish Colonial and Tuscan to the whitewashed simplicity of the islands.
As you browse, notice how the strongest pool designs use a few honest materials repeated everywhere, and how courtyards and water are placed to catch shade rather than sun. Save the compositions that match your house's roofline and colour.
Mediterranean pools sit in courtyards and terraces of travertine or terracotta, edged with stucco walls, arches and a spillover spa or tiled fountain. Look for waterline tile in blue and white, coping in warm limestone, cypress and olive trees for vertical shade, and a loggia or pergola draped in bougainvillea where the loungers actually go.
What to look for as you browse
- The coping — how the deck meets the water sets the whole tone
- Where the spa sits and how it spills into the pool
- Night lighting: which features glow and which stay dark
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