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Nudity Portal

This is a list of public outdoor clothes free areas for recreation. Includes free beaches (or clothing-optional beaches or nude beaches) and some resorts.

Contents 1 Argentina 2 Australia 3 Austria 4 Belgium 5 Brazil 6 Canada 6.1 British Columbia 6.2 Ontario 6.3 Quebec 7 Croatia 8 Czech Republic 9 Denmark 10 Finland 11 France 12 Germany 13 Greece 14 Hong Kong 15 Hungary 16 Israel 17 Italy 18 Jamaica 19 Mexico 20 Netherlands 21 Netherlands Antilles 22 New Zealand 23 Norway 24 Portugal 25 Slovakia 26 Spain 27 South Africa 28 Sweden 29 Ukraine 30 Uruguay 31 United Kingdom 32 United States 32.1 California 32.2 Colorado 32.3 Florida 32.4 Hawaii 32.5 Kansas 32.6 Missouri 32.7 New Jersey 32.8 Oregon 32.9 Texas 32.10 Vermont 32.11 Washington 32.12 Wisconsin 32.13 Miscellaneous 33 Further reading 34 External links

Argentina

• Buenos Aires
  • Playa Escondida (Hidden Beach) Nude beach located at 38°13′35″S, 57°43′35″W is about 25km. south of Mar del Plata.

Australia

Free Beaches Australia has a comprehensive listing of clothing optional beaches.

• ACT
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
  • Casuarina Beach, Darwin
• Queensland (there are no legal nude beaches in Queensland)
  • Alexandria Bay (known as "A Bay") near Noosa is a popular spot with nudists and arguably the most tolerated nude beach.
  • Bribie Island - Remote beaches on Bribie are popular with nudists.
• South Australia
  • Maslin Beach
  • Ocean Beach near Robe
  • Pelican Point, Barmera
• Tasmania
  • Bakers Beach
• Victoria
  • Campbell's Cove
  • Sunnyside North beach
  • Point Impossible
  • Southside beach
• Western Australia
  • North Swanbourne beach
  • Cable Beach, Broome
  • Warnbro Beach
  • Ten Mile Lagoon, Esperance

Austria

• Carinthia
  • Keutschacher See
  • Tigringer See
• Upper Austria
  • Pleschinger See
  • Weikerlsee
• Vienna,
  • Donauinsel [1] [2] (artificial island in the Danube quite close to the city centre)
  • Lobau

Belgium

Bredene nude beach

• Bredene, tram stop Bredene Renbaan (Hippodroom): sandy beach (the only nude beach in the country, since 2001)

Brazil

• Tambaba: sandy beach, Paraíba State, north of Recife
• Praia do Abricó, beach west of Rio de Janeiro (Note: no land or cellular telephone service.)
• Praia do Galheta, a partially deserted clothes-optional beach on the east coast of Florianópolis (can be reached only by foot)
• Praia do Pinho, beach in Santa Catarina State, near Florianópolis
• Massarandupió, beach in Bahia State, about 100 km north of Salvador

Canada

British Columbia

Wreck Beach from a distance.

• Wreck Beach is the second largest clothing-optional beach in North America with over 100,000 visitors each year. It is located in the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver, on the north arm of the Fraser River.
• Recent political wrangling has fallen in favour of nudism at a stretch of beach immediately east of Crescent Beach, in South Surrey.[citation needed]

Ontario

• Ontario All areas of Ontario, unless otherwise specified by town or city by-laws, allow both males and females to be topless in public.
• Hanlan's Point Beach, just south to the airport, is located at 43°36′55″N, 79°24′36″W is a sandy beach just a 15-minute ferry ride from downtown Toronto, Ontario. It is recognised by the city council as an official Clothing optional beach, the second in Canada.

Quebec

• Oka, Quebec [3], located at 45°27′50″N, 74°06′00″W is about 40 km from Montreal in Quebec.
• Centre naturiste la Pommerie, in Quebec, a naturist camping where the annual Canadian Naturist Festival is usually held in August.

Croatia

• Istria Camping Koversada, located at 45°08′00″N, 13°36′00″E near Vrsar (Orsera) is the biggest and one of the first naturist resorts in Europe.
• Istria Camping Valalta, located at 45°05′00″N, 13°38′00″E near Rovinj (Rovigno).
• Cres island (Isola di Cherso). There are two beautiful beaches with naturist hotels and campings, one is Kovacine near the city of Kres, and the other is Baldarin near Punta Kriza, located at 44°37′00″N, 14°31′00″E.
• Krk island (Isola di Veglia)
• Losinj island (Isola di Lussino), Mali Losinj, FKK beaches like Suncana Uvala located around 44°31′15″N, 14°27′45″E.

Czech Republic

A few internet resources follows:

• Nudismus
• Naturista
• Web resources

Denmark

• All beaches in Denmark are clothing-optional unless marked otherwise.
• The Scandinavian Naturist Portal This Naturist Portal covers naturism in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Finland

• Helsinki has two nudist beaches, one in Pihlajasaari (unisex) and Seurasaari (separate beaches for men and women).
• Pori - A small part of the Yyteri beach is designated as a unisex nudist beach.
• Punkaharju near Savonlinna - Kultakivi-resort had a unisex nudist beach at least in 2002.

France

• Many naturist resorts exist on the Atlantic coast, e.g. Euronat, La Jenny.
• Cap d'Agde, Quartier Naturiste (Nudist Quarter): sandy beach, several swimming pools, but also nude shopping, etc. [4], map
• Île du Levant - Héliopolis
• Pampelonne near Saint-Tropez
• Orient Beach[5] on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin (part of Guadeloupe)
• Nudist Beaches in France
• Topfree is tolerated (and common) on almost all beaches.

Germany

• Apart from urban areas and official baths, nude bathing is sometimes tolerated in Germany: unofficial nudist areas exist at most lakes and rivers, and other sites, such as abandoned rock quarries.
• Many designated FKK areas exist at the seaside, at lakes and in baths, especially in the former East Germany, where nudism remains more widespread than in the west.
• Families especially like to spend their leisure time in naturist areas; sauna bathing is generally practiced in the nude.
• Even in cities there are clothing-optional areas, e.g. the Schönfeldwiese in the Englischer Garten in Munich, near the city centre; also, the western part of Feldmochinger See, in the northwestern suburb, the peninsula in Lake Feringasee in the Northeast and the Flaucher at the river Isar south of the city center of Munich.
• nacktbaden.de is a very comprehensive and regularly updated German index of nudist areas.

Greece

• Naturism is practised widely in the Greek Islands although, strictly speaking, legal only in a relatively few designated locations but almost on all islands there are unofficial nudist beaches; The most comprehensive information about Greek nudist beaches can be found in Captain Barefoot's Naturist Guide [ http://www.barefoot.info/ ].
• [ http://www.nudistclubgreece.gr/] contains a listing of suitable beaches with photographs.
• Crete - Plakias - south-eastern part of the beach
• Crete - Komos beach - North from Matala, a very long nude beach - south part of the beach used by clothed people

Hong Kong

• Organizations are proposing beaches that allow nudity to be built in Lantau Island, the biggest island in Hong Kong. However, it seems unlikely to be a successful proposal.
• Historically, nudists gathered at Sha Tin in 1930s and Wok Tai Wan on Tsing Yi Island, from the late 1930s to 1950s.Some report that South Bay Beach - near Repulse Bay - is used frequently by groups of expatriate women nude sunbathing.

Hungary

• Naturist Resorts in Hungary
• Complete listing of resorts in Hungary

The most significant places:

• Délegyháza - 30 km south from Budapest ([6])
• Szeged-Kiskundorozsma, Sziksósfürdö (aka "Sziki") ([7])
• Balatonberény ([8])
• Balatonakarattya ([9])

Smaller ones: Egerszalók, Látóképi-tó, Dunaszekcsö, Omszki-tó, Lupa-tavak (Budakalász), Debreceni-tó (Nyékládháza), Nemesbük, Mindszent, Szalkszentmárton etc.

Israel

• Neve Midbar Beach by the Dead Sea

Italy

• Calabria, Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Pizzo Greco camping.
• Emilia-Romagna, spiaggia naturista ufficiale del Lido di Dante, is a beach plenty of voyeur male and hedonist couples that hide in the rear forestal area pineta. Is not a relaxing place and is not suitable for children. Located at 44°23′20″N, 12°18′00″E
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Cava Casali beach near Sistiana and Duino (Trieste) – Km. 137 state road 14.
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Costa dei Barbari beach near Sistiana and Duino (Trieste) – Km. 139 state road 14.
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Filtri beach near Sistiana and Grignano (Trieste)– Km. 143 state road 14.
• Lazio , Arenauta beach near Sperlonga– Km. 24,5 state road 213.
• Roma, to the south-west, on the Tirrenian sea, is found the Oasi Naturista di Capocotta. Official naturist beach on the coast between Ostia and Torvaianica.
• Roma, to the north is located the small lake Lago di Martignano, near Falconeto and Anguillara Sabazia. Entrance from the Anguillarese road, beach located at 42°06′30″N, 12°19′30″E. The side to the right of the main beach, very far from the entrance, is reserved to naturism (avoid bringing children, dogs, music).
• Sardinia Hundreds of small, secluded beaches can occasionally become naturist corners. Traditional places are the beaches Cala di Volpe, Liscia di Vacca, to the north of Pitrizza Hotel and Piccolo Pevero beach, the far side to the right after the rocks.
• Sicily, spiaggia del Canneto beach, located at 38°30′00″N, 14°57′00″E in Lipari island, far from the north coast of Sicily.
• Sicily, hotel Raya and beaches in Panarea island, at 38°38′15″N, 15°04′00″E.
• Tuscany - In the giant sandy beach Marina di Alberese, near Grosseto, there is an area where nudism is legalised, around 42°38′00″N, 11°05′00″E. The area is very far (2 km) from the carpark, and has NO structures.
• Tuscany, the middle part of the giant beach Feniglia (where the painter Caravaggio died, in the forest behind the beach), with its center at 42°25′00″N, 11°13′30″E in Argentario peninsula, near Grosseto.
• Tuscany, in Elba island, the beaches Acquarilli Capoliveri and Fetovaia.
• Venice, beach in Isola del Morto island, near Eraclea.

• Italianaturista of the A.N.ITA.
• FEderazione NAturista ITaliana
• Nudist Beaches in Italy

Jamaica

• Most nudist beaches in Jamaica are actually private beaches owned by large resorts. One exception is Firefly Beach in Negril, which is a nudist beach that is open to the general public.
• Nudist Resorts in Jamaica

Mexico

• Zipolite, Oaxaca: Zipolite beach has been nudist for more than 3 decades now. Nudism in Zipolite is tolerated, since Mexican law only condemns "immorality" and thus, the issue ends up being a matter of the judge's criterium. This beach is the best place to practice nudism in the country, since the quantity of nudists and the long tradition make it safe for nudists. Other places in the country might not be so safe.

Netherlands

• Almere, Zilverstrand
• Amsterdam, Amsterdams Bos, officially designated nudist area called Zonneweide (from April 1 thru September 30)
• Bloemendaal aan Zee, nude beach at the north part of the beach
• Callantsoog, sandy beach 1.5 km to the south - the oldest official nude beach in the country, dating from 1973
• Delft, Grote Plas, northeast side (map)
• Rijswijk, Wilhelmina Park, south side (map)
• Scheveningen, The Hague, sandy beach 1 km to the north
• IJmuiden, nude beach at the south part of the beach
• Zandvoort, sandy beach 2 km to the south
• for more, see [10], [11]; beach locations are defined by km-pole numbers, indicated on wooden poles every 250 m. See map (zip-file) with beach from Den Helder to Hoek van Holland, showing these numbers and also public transport info.

Municipalities with a beach (usually including quiet parts) tend to have a nudist beach; even if the municipality does not like it, it designates a quiet part as such in order to be able to forbid nudity on the rest of the beach.

Netherlands Antilles

• In Aruba island, baby beach near Saint Nicholas and eagle beach near Oranjestad allow nudism, especially in late afternoon and dawn.

New Zealand

• Clothes free Holidays in New Zealand
• Free Beach Group Inc.
• Nudist Beaches in New Zealand

Norway

• The beach at Huk on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo.
• The Scandinavian Naturist Portal This Naturist Portal covers naturism in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and they have a list of nude beaches along with a Google Earth KZM file.

Portugal

• Ilha de Tavira in Algarve
• Praia do Meco in Sesimbra near Lisbon
• Praia da Bela Vista near Lisbon
• Praia do Salto near Porto Covo, Alentejo
• Cabanas Velhas beach near Lagos, Algarve
• Praia de Adegas in Alentejo
• Rio Alto Beach in Póvoa de Varzim, near Oporto
• Duna Alta beach near Oporto
• Portuguese naturist beaches map
• Nudist Beaches in Portugal

Slovakia

• Bratislava - Rusovce
• Bratislava - Zlaté Piesky
• Dunajská Lužná - Nové Košariská
• Geča (Košice)
• Harčáš (Komárno)
• Liptovská Mara
• Zelená Voda (Nové Mesto nad Váhom)
• Senec - štrkovisko u Slnečných jazier
• www.naturizmus.sk covers naturism in Slovakia

Spain

Nudism at a Formentera beach

• Spanish Naturist Federation more than 500 beaches (recommended, because in Spain nudity is not forbidden)
• Formentera (Balearic Islands).
• ... (Canary Islands)
• Vera Playa in Andalusia
• Bolnuevo and El Portús, in Región de Murcia.
• In Barcelona there is no rule against public nudity, it is a recognised right. Associations Addan, [12],Aleteia and Barcelona Council had published the "Tríptic de Barcelona" that express this right. By convention, Mar Bella beach is the primary clothing optional beach for the city of Barcelona.
• Nudist Beaches in Spain

South Africa

• Sandy Bay in Cape Town is the only legal nude beach in South Africa.

Sweden

• The Scandinavian Naturist Portal This Naturist Portal covers naturism in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Ukraine

• Chkalovsky Nudist Beach, Odessa, Ukraine Located south of Delfin beach and north of Arcadia beach

Uruguay

• Maldonado
• Chihuahua BeachNudist Beach in Maldonado Uruguay

United Kingdom

• Morfa Dyffryn, Gwynedd
• Budleigh Salterton, Devon
• Studland Bay, Dorset - most famous UK nudist beach, now officially approved (after years of controversy) by landowner the National Trust
• Slapton Sands, Devon
• Blackgang Beach, near Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight
• Brighton, East Sussex
• Birling Gap, East Sussex
• Fairlight Glen, East Sussex
• Leysdown East Beach, Kent
• St Osyth, Essex
• Corton Beach, Suffolk
• Holkham Beach, Norfolk
• Cleat's Shore, Isle of Arran
• Eastney Beach, Portsmouth

United States

California

• Black's Beach, in La Jolla, a community near San Diego, is possibly the largest de facto clothing optional beach in the United States. Near to this beach can be found the San Onofre Beach (near San Clemente).
• DeAnza Springs Nudist Resort - a nudist resort in Southern California
• Deep Creek Volunteers - Hot Springs in Apple Valley, California
• Desert Shadows Inn Resort & Villas is nudist resort located in Palm Springs, California. This resort includes several pools, hot tub, lodging restaurant and more.
• Red Rock Beach in Stinson Beach, California
• Sea Mountain Nude Spa and Luxury resort in Palm Springs ranked 5 stars by hotels.com
• http://www.nudespa.com Taboo Gardens sea mountain nude resort and luxury spa ranked best of the world by AOL and MSN

Colorado

• Mountain Air Ranch Family Nudist Resort, a family nudist resort within minutes of Denver

Florida

• Caliente Nudist Resort, a new 120-acre nudist resort and spa, just north of Land O'Lakes/Tampa
• Paradise Lakes Resort, a 72-acre clothing-optional resort in Land O'Lakes, Florida, just north of Tampa
• Cypress Cove Nudist Resort & Spa, a family-oriented nudist resort in central Florida
• Haulover Beach, located at 25°54′40″N, 80°07′18″W in Miami-Dade County (between Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and Bal Harbour), the most popular nude beach in North America
• Playalinda Beach, part of Canaveral National Seashore; has a history of allowing nudity
• The Roof Top Resort, a clothing-optional hotel located in Hollywood, Florida (between Ft. Lauderdale and Miami). This hotel features a roof top clothing-optional heated pool (open 24-hours.) This hotel is roughly 100 feet from the public beach. Note: This is a swinger/lifestyle resort as well. Nudity is allowed anywhere in the hotel (except the lobby.) "Swinging" is not permitted in public areas.

Hawaii

• Kehena Beach (Dolphin Beach) black sand beach in Puna, Island of Hawaiʻi (Big Island)
• Little Beach in Makena State Park, Maui
• Red Sand Beach in Maui

Kansas

• Lake Edun, a family oriented naturist resort located in Topeka

Missouri

• Forty Acre Club, a rural nudist resort (nudity is required -- this is not just a clothing-optional resort) located in Londell, Missouri (roughly 50 miles southwest of St. Louis)

New Jersey

• Gunnison Beach, a part of the National Park Service’s Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, the largest clothing-optional beach in the Northeastern United States (there are several other public beaches on Sandy Hook where nudity is forbidden). In 1999, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman signed into law a bill sponsored by State Senator James S. Cafiero (R-Dist.1) that prohibits all types of nudism on state or municipal beaches, making Gunnison Beach the only legal nude beach in the state, since it is located on federal land not subject to state or municipal regulations.
• Rock Lodge Club, located on 145 acres of pristine woodland in Northern New Jersey, less than an hour from Manhattan, features a spring-fed swimming/boating lake, tennis, volleyball, and badmitton courts, a hot tub and sauna, and hundreds of miles of hiking trails.

Oregon

• Rooster Rock State Park along the Columbia River
• Collins Beach(on Sauvie Island) near Portland
• Bare Lake in Southern Oregon near Howard Prarie lake

Texas

• Hippie Hollow Park, on the shore of Lake Travis northwest of Austin, traditionally used for nude swimming since the formation of the lake in the late 1940s. The park was officially placed under management by Travis County in the mid-1980s and remains officially clothing-optional, although it was closed to minors in 1995. (See the article on Hippie Hollow Park for details on why that happened.)

Vermont

• The Ledges, on the Harriman Reservoir in Wilmington
• Starr Farm Beach in Burlington

Washington

• See Puget Sound locations listed at Puget Sound places at Naked Wiki.

Wisconsin

• Mazo Beach on the Wisconsin River

Miscellaneous

There are two places in the US with nudist youth camps: Lake Como, Florida and Shangri-La, Arizona.

A camp at White Tail Park, Southampton County, Virginia may be discontinued: even though the camps are strictly non-sexual, in 2004 the commonwealth law of Virginia, enforced by Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore, banned nudist youth camps unless a parent, grandparent or legal guardian is present, citing dangers from sexual predators.[13] The ACLU, the park, three boys, ages 11, 15 and 17, and two girls, 10 and 12, and their parents (three couples) have challenged the new law on June 29, 2004, arguing that it violates the constitutional right to privacy [14].

Pasco County, Florida has seven nudist resorts.

Further reading

• Lee Baxandall's World Guide to Nude Beaches & Resorts: New for the '90s (1997) ISBN 0-934106-20-7 ISBN 0-934106-21-5
• Naked Places, A Guide for Gay Men to Nude Recreation and Travel (2006) [15] ISBN 0-9656089-4-8
• The Canadian Guide to Naturist Resorts & Beaches (2000) [16] ISBN 0-9682332-2-8
• North American Guide to Nude Recreation (2002) [17] ISBN 1-882033-09-4
• Bare Beaches (2004) [18] ISBN 0-9544767-1-9
• Naturisme, The INF World Handbook (2006) [19] ISBN 90-5062-080-9

External links

• [20] - American Associtation for Nude Recreation
• [21] - The Naturist Society
• Rock Lodge Club - Rock Lodge, Northern New Jersey Nudists
• South Beach Magazine - Article "Slow Burn: World's Top Nude Beaches."
• Bare Beaches - News on nude beaches worldwide, in the form of updates to a book
• Bare Britain - Nude beaches in the UK and Ireland
• Naturisme.fr - Search engine for naturism in France, page in English
• Clothing Optional Beaches - Map coordinated listing of public clothing-optional beaches
• Forbes list of top ten topless beaches
• Vermont Nude Beaches
• San Diego's Nude Beach
• Free Beaches Australia - A comprehensive listing of clothing optional beaches.
• Nude Beach Locations - Nudist Beaches Around The World
• Playa ChihuahuaNudist Beach in Uruguay