In my lifetime, I’ve seen toplessness going from being extremely rare, to almost universal and now fading out again.

There’s similar thing with nudism. On a beach in Greece I first went to 25 years ago, the the naked people freely mixed with the non-nudists. It was all free and easy - a lovely atmosphere. About ten years ago, a strict demarkation was introduced. The nudists are now restricted to a small not so nice corner out of the way.

Been talking to my wife about visiting a nudist beach as she prefers brown boobs, as do I, she hates wearing a wet bikini top, but says toplessness on a european beach now is such a niche activity she basically says it would feel wrong and not culturally appropriate. This from the woman who used to whip them out the second she got to the beach or pool.

She is howvere into the idea of feeling liberated from her own body perspective and surprisingly last night admitted she was open to going to a nudist beach as she said that'd likely be the only place others would now be topless, so she could feel at home with her norks on show. I suspect if toplessness on standard beachs was still rife her being acceptable to visiting a nude beach wouldn't be on the table. So this may be a positive to the overall depressive outlook.

This would mean, having not done the nude beach before myself either, I'd have to get my old boy out, which would be fine (but would take some self control not to outwardly show the enjoyment I'm sure I was having)
It would also mean my wife would hopefully go bottomless too; watching others enjoy my wife's muff on show would likely be a greater thrill than watching them see her tits.

So I now need to plan how I make this happen. Difficult with kids on the scene on all our holidays abroad for the foreseeable. The UK all seems a bit cold to me, but would present the greatest prospect of kid free days and just many more opportunities in terms of timings. Difficult to know where to start.

Trends
 

I have to agree
Up here in Canada I would go to wreck beach in the 70 and there were maybe a couple hundred people and all were naked and enjoying the freedom to enjoy the day uninhibited.

1980 you saw more people and the odd partner would just be topless or maybe stay covered but enjoyed the day with their naked partner.

Now in 2020s there seems to be thousands going and about 70% textiles and tourists all wanting to capture the perfect selfie to post saying they are “at Wreck, so awesome!”…

But they have missed the opportunity to know what was so “awesome” about Wreck.
Going naked and free without the textiles and tourists…..

If they would only just join in they would realize the freedom and peace that created the incredible vide they themselves are eroding year after year.

There is one official nude beach and hundreds of textile beaches. If you choose Wreck or any others “nude beach”.
Put the phone in your shorts pocket, put your shorts in your bag and enjoy the sun on your skin.

I promise it will be awesome and you can tell your friends all about it on the way home… and invite them to join in next week.

Mediterranean Cruise
 

This trend was confirmed on a cruise we just went on. Ibiza, which used to be tons of topless women only had a half dozen on the beach we visited. Cannes, which used to be the gold standard for topless tanning, had none! What a sad world. Lol
At least we had a balcony room, so she could be topless while we were sailing.

other story with your wife
 

Thanks, can you SHARE other story with your wife, you said me in past that yours wife and her friends were always topless in Nice's beach.

irish people getting naked
 

So am irish and in ireland we don’t sunbath topless.
Today I went to a nude beach in ireland
White cliff to be correct.
90% men but there was a cpl of women.
2 Brazilian both very very hot. One black one white. Not a bad start. Then 4 old irish women not Great bit seeing irish women is still good.
Then a young dublin woman, kept saying I can’t do this to her bf. He strips nude and I watch as she first goes topless and then fully nude. Great day

I remember being on the island of Ios 20 years ago and watching a group of cute Irish girls walk onto the beach, roll their beach towels out next to us, sit down in their bikinis and, seeing all the other young ladies with thier tits out on the beach, proceeded to get their lovely Irish norks out too. Very hot.
Me and wife have recently talked about visiting Ireland, and also visiting a nude beach. Maybe we could combine the 2?
I'm a bit worried about what you said re 90% men, think that may put her off stripping off. Keen to find out nude beaches that are more 50/50

Wife says on ibiza toplessness was kind of expected back in tge day. Women she's been there with who never would have considered going topless on a beach if asked about it at home would feel obliged to on an ibiza beach apparently. I can think of a couple of examples of her friends, one of which is of conservative Indian Asian background, who felt like they had to get them out over there, which even now I find surprising (and hot) knowing them and how prudish they are.
One holiday one of her friends kept her top on because one of the male friends they were with was really keen on her and was being really creepy, so she decided she didn't want him to see her tits. But all the other girls including my wife had their norks out, and my wife said it was really really weird that this one friend had her bikini top on and almost a bit embarrassing when they were all at the beach together.

So this is really upsetting if even Ibiza is mainly women with their tits covered up now.

My generation is missing out
 

Being on the younger side, I can't help feel but my generation is missing out when it comes to toplessness on beaches. I'm grateful that regular clothes are more revealing than ever but I definitely wish women were still going topless as much as I see other older guys on here talking about. I made a post recently about my girlfriend getting topless on a beach but that was at night when she thought no one was going to see her (one guy and one couple did see her).

From my POV, I think the two biggest factors are cameras on phones and guys being openly creepy to women on the beach. I've even had a situation where a guy was being creepy toward my girlfriend on the beach (she wasn't topless) and I had to step in. In general, I don't think women feel as safe getting topless on the beach due to these two main reasons. Which is a huge shame, I want to see boobs and have other guys checking out my girlfriend's boobs.

Best i could get from my wife on the beach this year was a quick flash :( (yeah thats her in the pic)
Not one single topless woman the entire vacation spotted, which is pretty rare since we where in Holland.

I posted a while back about buying my 40yo wife a revealing bikini for our holiday. I didn't think she'd wear it and she even said 'that's one for the bedroom' but by the end of the holiday she was wearing it round the crowded pool, largely because she wasn't the only one. So everyone got to see literally every beautiful inch of her fully exposed ass, but the boobs were covered.

There was more topless on beaches than I expected based on recent posts, more so on the quieter beaches (this was Portugal).

When you say more than expected, do you mean a few women, or most women you walked past were topless?

Sadly still not the majority, but I went expecting to see hardly any so was still pleased!

Nude beaches 50% nude 25% topless 25% clothed
Beaches away from built up areas 30-40% topless
Busy beaches in built up areas 10-20%
Pool 0%

Amongst this there was a good mix of ages and definitely a majority of thongs on the younger women. Topless + thong was the dream and saw a good few of those.

The pool is a crazy one. I remember back in the 80s my mom topless down at the pool, as was pretty much every other mum. Back in the noughties my wife's tits were always out down atvyhe pool, as were all the other girls' norks. Nowadays you don't see one pair of boobs out down by the pool.

Thanks for the report Pearoak. It's appreciated getting current info.

I'm curious if you could suggest 2 or 3 beaches in Portugal that are "beaches away from built up areas" that are on the higher percentage of topless?

My wife would consider going topless or sometime even nude if she sees (many) others doing it.

Thanks!

Funny thing about beach based toplessness that makes it all appear so normal. I've mentioned before about a couple's holiday where my wife's friend had her tits out for the entire 2 weeks. After the initial boner inducing shock, it became normal (not that I found it any less exciting) but in recent years I've revelled more in seeing here in tight tops, or with a towel round her. Maybe it's because I've seen what's underneath and can still picture them, but it's almost as if the beach situation was asexual and seeing her in a normal environment would be far more exciting.

The time her husband showed me a topless selfie she'd sent him is more of a wank bank go-to than those 2 weeks on the beach.

Mentioned elsewhere also that I found an old topless pic of my wife that I thought I'd lost. Jerking off to that was more exciting than the real things that day.

Funny innnit?

Try parts of Meia Pria. Definitely Beliche. Cordoama for something more wild. Maybe Ilha Da Tavira but that was a few years ago.

My wife's bravery is related to what others are doing and suspect its the same with others, so you have to find a 'critical mass', hence why the easiest thing this year was getting her bare assed. Good luck!

DO you have any stories of the past topless/nude experiences?

I hope so as I don't see much difference in exposure between ass and boobs. In fact thongs expose far more intimate parts in a lot of cases.

So I'm hoping next summer, more ladies are thinking 'I've got my ass out already, I've had to wax all / most of my pubes off at the front, so might as well get my tits out too'

It's maybe an optimistic view, but here's a typical sight. We saw quite a few people wearing bikinis as extreme as this. This was on beaches where there were others topless. So my hope is that these ladies, who clearly have a lot of confidence, like exposing as much skin as possible, but maybe are from a generation where they're just not used to topless, start going a step further now they've gone as far as they can in the bottoms.

Imagine 20 years ago this girl on a beach holiday with her friends. All strip off to just their normal bikini bottoms then she says 'actually I'm keeping my top on as I'm embarrassed about you seeing my boobs, but feel free to check out my entire ass and clear outline of my camel toe which, as you can make out, is fully shaved'.

Gran Canaria
 

We're planning a trip to Gran Canaria in a few months, and wondering which hotel may be best for topless action around the pool, and/or beaches. Wife is shy but maybe be open to topless if others are around. We're staying near Playa del Cura, which itself is close to Playa Amadores. Also considering Bull Hotel Costa Canaria & Spa.

Also, are spas clothing optional in GC?

If anyone can comment, I would really appreciate it! Happy to give a trip report once I'm back.

We had a good experience with Hotel Gloria Palace San Agustin about a decade ago. Usually there were a few topless women on the top ring, but sometimes my ex-girlfriend was the only one topless. We even saw a girl in her mid twenties with massive tits swimming topless in the big swimming pool. Unfortunately we only saw her once and even more unfortunate: I couldn't convince my girlfriend to go for a topless swim. :p

Thanks MasterYoda! We now have booked in your hotel (Gloria Palace) and Bull Gran Canaria and will decide which one to land on closer to the dates. I am leaning towards the Bull hotel because their spa/sauna/etc are free (vs. Gloria Palace which is extra cost). I am hoping free means we'll be there multiple times, and hoping to convince my wife to go topless in the sauna, and I'm hoping (topless) is allowed by the hotel.

Lots of hopes and things to go exactly right just to see my wife topless in public lol. Things I do. :)

Oh, I am surprised to hear this. I know your post was from last year, but last summer (2023) we've been to a looooot of beaches in the Malaga area (Torremolinos and many many many other beaches) and in my beliefs there was at least 30-40% topless on most beaches.

And I don't think certain age groups were more or less topless than other age groups. Come to think about it, maybe in the 20's-30's age range they were more topless, but still many women in their 40's-50's would go topless.

That’s great news, it look like spain, is pretty much the only place remaining with large topless crowd on regular beach

30-40% is still very low for a Spanish beach as it was say 20 years ago.

Off to Mexico soon and hoping to convince the wife to get them out, it will depend on how many others are though

My girlfriend likes going topless at the beach but only when there are lots of others doing the same. We are still late 20s so younger than most so it really depends where we go. If anyone knows any good beaches or hotels where there are lots of others who go topless let us know and we will look at it for our next holiday.

You think there'd be the Internets most known topless resort and beachs; where all us with wives who get them out if they saw other wives with their norks out. I'd love to know what beach that would be so all of us on here could book a holiday at tge sane place and time :-)

2024
 

Does anyone have any observations of the European 2024 beach trends? Toplessness, bikini styles etc.

Hi, yes, I was at the beach at the Lavandou, many topless. Ratio was high ! in some cases, 20 women, 10 topless, 10 biknis !
Hopefully this will continue this summer

Observations 2024 from Barcelona and area
 

I recently holidayed in Barcelona, also visiting Castelldefels and Sitges along the coast. It was ideal beach weather and places were packed.

I’d say that with reported observations, it’s very easy to look selectively and overestimate numbers topless etc. But at the same time, the reality is better than beach walk videos indicate.

Of the female beachgoers who were in swimwear (there are always people on the beach who are fully or mostly dressed), I would estimate 1 in 3 were in thong bottoms. But that’s clustered in the age range: none at either end, but maybe up to half of women in their 20s wearing thongs.

In terms of styles, I didn’t see any ridiculously tiny swimsuits. Probably the majority of thongs were ones with a solid waistband and front but minimal back. There were also thong one-pieces and that slightly bigger style (does it have a name?) that’s effectively a thong but looks like a fuller-coverage suit that’s ridden up.

I would say toplessness ranged from 10% to 20%, depending on weather and location (highest at Sitges on the hottest afternoon), spread much more evenly through the age range.

In terms of individual spots, I think it’s basically pure luck. But I did notice that all the best ones I had were close to the beach entrances. It’s not that the hottest and most unclothed women go and hide up the far ends of the beach, is what I’m saying. It could be they want to be seen. Or it could just be they don’t stay that long on the beach at a time, and it’s older people and families who trek out to a less busy spot and stay there all day.

There were some great women in thongs playing football, and a couple of times awesome topless ones walked right past me along the water’s edge. My favourite overall, though I was a bit further away, was a group of five girls, probably early 20s and perhaps from Central Europe, standing at the shoreline. Three of them kept their tops on but two went topless: one was confident but the other much shyer and covering with her arm. However, she gradually became more confident, and I think they even posed for an uncovered photo together.

After another beach holiday, I can report no major changes to toplessness since last year. My estimate is still:

Nude beaches 50% nude 25% topless 25% clothed
Beaches away from built up areas 30-40% topless
Busy beaches in built up areas 10-20%
Pool 0%

A few things I did note (slightly off topic sorry):
- The thong trend continues, I observed higher than the previous poster (and previous years) and would go 50% thong (all ages) and 80% thong (younger ages). This includes the very cheeky style where the fabric rides up (around half of total). Whilst most were well covered at the front, I did observe more with reduced coverage which was great to see. I saw several where it was obvious the girl was fully shaved, a few shaving rashes and even one where she had clearly not shaved for a few days. In this example it was a group of early 20's girls at the waterpark and I couldn't help but wonder if it was the first time she had worn it and didn't realise how exposed she would be.
- Water park - best place to see thongs and skimpy bikinis due to the set up (stairs, queues, exiting slides etc.) and the type of girls that visit
- Nude beach - for the first time, zero pubic hair observed

Can you say where your beach holiday was ?

La Ferreira beach in Portugal. 30-40% young topless. Some nude in the later afternoon. Some cock display guys. Couldn’t persuade the wife to remove her bikini…

Report from crete
 

Report from crete June 2024:

We stayed in a nice 5 star resort in south crete, one of a few hotels there.
At the hotel beach there were aproximately 80 sunbeds at the beach and 40 near the pool right behind the beach. At peak hours they were all taken.
Hotel had a mixed crowd, quite a lot of young attractive couples.

During the whole week 2 women were persistently topless: my wife and another young women. She was in her 30s, had small boobs with big dark nipples.
Three other young woman were sometimes topless. Absolutely no toplessness at the pool.

Some (maybe 6 per day) untied their bikini top while lying on their stomach but they all tried their best not to expose their boobs when changing position.

Although my wife was one of a few topless woman nobody really cared. Waiters would come to the sunbeds on the beach and my wife ordered her drinks and food while she was topless, they didn't say anything.

One day we went to a beach by car, it was on a weekend and manly locals were at the beach. 0% toplessness :(

So today I was at Nissi beach in Cyprus so thought I'd share my observations. Back in the day, Missing was apparently a major beach for topless sunbathing. Today, I saw only ten girls.
The furst and most confident was a lad probably late 30s, early 40s. I say confident because not only was she topless sunbathing but she remained topless whem she went into the sea. That's something you seem to see less and less. Next was a young lady, early 20s. She had 2 friends on sunbeds about 10 along from us and she was on a towel on the sand. At first she just undid her bikini top while laying face down but after a few minutes she rolled over. Only stayed topless for about 5/10 minutes before replacing her bikini and going for a swim after that, she stayed covered. Then there were 3 girls together face down, bikinis undone when the turned over, 2 kept their tops on and 1, who looked to have had a boob job stayed covered up. The. Another 2 girls appeared, 1 of which confidently went topless.
Then there was the last group. And what happened to them probably explains a lot of what's discussed here. 6 young girls, probably 18/19 walked along the beach in front of me. All very attractive, great bodies etc. They sat down on towels on the sand about 50 metres from where I was sat and went in the sea. String bikinis, perfect bodies. Quick swim, out they came, sunbathed, bikini tops on. After about 45 mins or so I was atvthe waters edge, close tk where they were with a perfect view of them. One of them, face down, undid her bikini straps and removed her top. This caught my attention. Next the girl nextvto her, sitting up tool her top off and shortly after, all 6 of them were topless. A glorious site. This is where it all changed...
I'd gone back to sit with my wife who them asked me to get some drinks. The walk to the bar took me right past them. All 6 girls, on their backs topless. Beautiful. I carried on to the bar and came back about 5 mins later. By now, 1 was still topless facing up, 1 had put her bikini back on amd 4 were face down
However, the most obvious change was how many people were suddenly sat near them. Mainly blokes of all ages. Surrounding them. I sat down and about 5 or 10 minutes later, I noticed all 6 had stood up and were pulling on sun dresses and shorts. With that, they left the beach. I can only assume put off by the obvious staring and intrusion. Probably a few of the lads subtly using cameras
Quite sad really but I guess that's how it is

This is exactly why my girlfriend is hesitant to get topless on beaches during the day. She doesn't want creeps gathering around her and harassing/taking pics of her. I wish I got to be an adult before smartphones were popular so I could experience the toplessness back then.

Try a nude beach instead of a topless one.
Less gawkers and creeps ... less people in general ... and getting an all over tan ... nothing but benefits.

Pretty much the same sentiment for nude beaches. We don't live near "official" nude beaches so the ones that are nudity accepted are usually pretty crowded. I'm hoping if we go on vacation to a country where nude beaches are normal then she'd be willing to. And of course I'd love the benefits, people seeing her naked without being creepy and her getting tan all over, sounds great.