Hi All, bumping this thread as itching to pull the trigger on a trip for me and the Mrs in Europe next month. Seeing as itsthe first time we are travelling in 3 years due to the damn pandemic I am looking for a
'sure thing beach'.
For context, I have been travelling to nudist beaches for 20 years, and over time have built a set of 'guidelines' i try to follow to ensure a pleasant viewing experience.
I have come to believe the 'best' beaches should have the following characteristics..
- be able to accommodate over 50 people ( for the laws of averages we know over 50% will be men, and a lot of the females will be older rather than younger... so need a good starting population to ensure a few hotties
- Obviously be predominantly nude, places like Ibiza and Formentera can have amazing finds, but given their clothing-optional predominance, the chance of getting a clothed party right next to you is more likely..
- Good views from most locations, and not requiring constant position changes to 'enjoy the scenery'
- This usually means contained, not large 'open' beaches.
- ideally not be too 'deep' either (think rows of bathers) so they should have some kind of physical barrier or cliff behind limiting the 'rows'.
- similarly, to have unobstructed views, they should be ones where people put their towels on the ground, not where there are sunbeds.
- if they have a bar or some kind of kiosk available it would be less likely for bathers to have 'obstructive' cool bags etc and also they can stay at the beach for more hours...
- it is my experience that younger groups not being die-hard nudists will not treck for a long time to reach the beach, and prefer easier to access beaches ideally with public transport/walkability from inhabited centres
- ideally be somewhat west facing, this means with the sun setting towards the water, this ensures that bathers face the sea with the 'goods' and that you arent 'observing' against the sun... and gives the observer the opportunity to enjoy the scenery from both an on-sand location as well as while having a cooling swim...
Two that are suggested in this thread that come very very close are Boadella in lloret del mar and Benalnatura near Malaga, however, neither of them are west facing, with Boadella facing south East and Benalnatura facing South...
Would love to hear what people think of my guidelines and if anyone has any beaches to suggest that meet or improve on my 'criteria' !!!