[Halkan]

Hello

My experience is mostly from Germany and Holland. Though there are nude beaches as well as naturist resorts in both countries, I would say that the most common 'nude venue' is the mixed nude spa. A small nude spa has an indoor area with e.g. saunas, jacuzzis and lounges and is typically attached to a Hotel or a gym. Medium sized nude spas often add an outdoor area for suntanning and are either niched stand-alone spas (e.g. Sauna Deco in Amsterdam with its glorious Art Deco interior design) or attached to large hotels or gyms. They usually include at least a cafe' for sandwiches, smoothies and coffee and sometimes offer 'wellness'. i.e. (non-erotic) massage and/or beauty treatments. Large nude spas have loads of different types of saunas and pools, acres of lounge areas, large outdoor areas for nude suntanning, one or more restaurants, and usually also offer extensive wellness.

In my view, medium and large sized nude spas are more or less to be viewed as luxurious and quiet naturist resorts, with the exception that most of them 'only' offer day visits (though some actually have attached hotels and/or caravan sites). So you don't get the 'membership in a club' feeling from them. On the other hand, regulars tend to visit at the same day and time in the week and sort of form their own clubs (I belonged to the Tuesday evening club in one of them).

Niched spas have a niched clientele (e.g. those who like Sitar music and incence, I personally don't). Large spas might have a theme (e.g. Vabali Spa with 'Balinese type architecture and food') but nevertheless attract a wide variety of ages and usually an even mix of men and women. Children are few and far between since they are either not allowed or supposed to 'stay quiet and don't run around' which they seldom like. The reason is that these nude spas are for relaxation, and the saunas tend to be almost meditative places. So, the nude spas are not like family type naturist resorts.

Open sexuality is not allowed. Some spas allow people to bend the rules a bit, but that's usually just because they are too lazy to keep order, and they pay for it with decreasing numbers of customers. Can a woman show off ? Sure, if she is not too blatant about it, and it certainly does happen. But mostly their nudity is of the I-could-not-care-less type. Can a man run around with an erection ? Nope, but if a couple has been sitting together in a Jacuzzi and the mans boner from it is briefly visible when he leaves it until he has quickly donned his robe which is on a nearby peg then noone will bother.

Regards

/KG