From 10:00 on Saturday 12 September to 10:00 on Sunday 13 September 2026, the ASC Hotel pool, 25 × 12 m, stayed open for 24 hours straight for a swimming relay. We called it “Passa l’Acqua, a chi viene dopo”, roughly “pass the water on, to whoever comes next”. Every 50 metres swum raised €1 for two Arezzo charities.
The pool’s normal season runs from the first week of June to the first week of September. Passa l’Acqua was a special event a week later, and it closed the 2026 season.
How the relay worked
The day was split into 10-minute slots, and anyone could book one: pool members, hotel guests, friends, people who swim to train. For every 50 metres, the sponsor Lapi Chimici, a water-treatment company from Arezzo that turns 75 in 2026, donated €1.
Every participant received a numbered event wristband. We had 500 made, and none were for sale.
Where the money goes
The money raised is split equally between the two charities. One is CALCIT Arezzo, the Comitato Autonomo per la Lotta contro i Tumori, a volunteer-run cancer charity founded in 1978. The other is All Stars Arezzo Onlus (site in Italian), a sports association for people with intellectual disabilities, set up in 2002 in Agazzi.
What went on around the pool
On Saturday evening there was a poolside reading, then drinks and dinner. At dawn on Sunday there was yoga, and after brunch the relay finished at 10:00. What these side events raised went to charity too.
Why “whoever comes next”
In a relay, the swimmer who finishes a slot hands the water over to the one getting in next. That’s where the name comes from. What’s left at the end, the money raised, goes to the two charities.
Will there be a 2027 edition?
There are no dates for 2027 yet. Once they’re set, we’ll post them here on the hotel blog and on our social channels.