Weirdly, the park is located adjacent to Medellin’s Olaya Herrera Airport, so you’ll enjoy the surreal experience of a picturesque view of Poblado combined with the occasional thunderous landing of a small jet plane.

Juan Pablo II is predominantly a working class venue and it seems that the vast majority of visitors cannot swim.  So, when the pool gets too crowded, just paddle into the deep end and you’ll find vast open spaces of tranquillity, except for the occasional blow up octopus with several bodies hanging on for dear life.

If you make the mistake of going during school holidays, you might find you do more queuing than swimming.