The beautiful unspoilt Caribbean Island of Bonaire is 50 miles north of Venezuela, and is part of the Netherlands Antilles. The wonderful year round climate ensures that its perfect for naturist holidays – with the added bonus of being one of the rare places in the Caribbean that is outside the hurricane belt. The constant trade winds, strongest from December to August moderate the heat. The water temperature is 27 degrees, and 32 degrees air temperature year round makes it perfect for swimming – and obtaining an all over suntan. It’s also a divers paradise being surrounded by coral reefs with over 350 species of fish making diving breathtaking. Local laws strictly enforce the prohibition of anchoring, spearing fish and touching the coral – ensuring this colourful underwater world is protected for future generations.
The small family naturist resort of Sorobon beach is located in the south east corner of Bonaire with it’s own spotless 200 yard section of sandy beach, protected by the coral reef half a mile out. Sun loungers are under shelters made from Palm trees branches providing welcome shade from the suns intense rays. The Sorobon beach resort is also slightly eco-friendly as solar-panels are used to heat the bathing water, which in turn is re-cycled and used to water the grounds.
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Antigua is one of the most relaxing destinations in the world, offering something for everyone.
You like beaches? It is said there is one for everyday of the year, all with beautiful golden sands.
The southern and western beaches are on the Atlantic Sea and consequently perfect for sailing. Visit Nelsons Dockyard during the first week in May to see hundreds of racing yachts participating in the Antigua sailing week. The sea on this part of the Island is slightly rougher and cooler than on the eastern Caribbean side, but this part has the most stunning scenery with Shirley Heights, the English Harbour and Nelsons Dockyard. Lay one of the beaches here and the cooling breeze can lull you into a false sense of security…you can burn faster than a steak on a barbeque! Seek shade and use plenty of high factor sun cream!
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Mexico is starting to dip into the Naturist market. With a wonderful climate and beautiful beaches it’s the perfect area to ‘practice’ getting an all over suntan. However, they seem to be starting with the (more lucrative) ‘hedonistic’ adults only variety!
I prefer my naturism to be more of the family variety / for all ages – young, old and in between all enjoying each others company without being too ‘organised’. But there is room on the planet for everyone, and if couples don’t want to be pestered by kids, or feel restricted in the company of ‘golden oldies’ who am I to criticise!
Hidden Beach Resort – Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico on the famous Riviera Maya
This is a new, 5* 100% naturist resort with nudity acceptable day and night in all areas. It’s an all-inclusive hideaway with gourmet food – and room service.
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…commonly referred to by holiday reps and tour guides as ‘Chicken Pizza’!
One of the main reasons for holidaying in Mexico a few years ago was to visit the famous historical Mayan sites. Not knowing much about Mexico we opted to stay in Cancun – it seemed to have a good choice of hotels (we stayed in the Moon Palace - more of which later) and plenty of things to do in addition to being within reasonable striking distance of a number of key architectural sites. All of which is true, but with hindsight I would have stayed further down the coast (south) in Playa del Carmen, but that subject deserves a blog in its own right.
Not being one for organised tours we decided to get a hire car for a couple of days and make our own way there. The organised tours seemed to give only a few hours at the site and weren’t sure it would be enough, besides I have an aversion to being herded like a sheep! For us it was the right decision. The drive from Cancun was pretty straightforward – dual carriageway most of the way and the site was signposted towards the end. Also, we found we wanted quite a bit of time there – from memory we spent something like 6 hours there and I am not sure we saw everything.
Temple of Kukulcan / El Castillo
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