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Naked, Wet, Free: World’s Best Skinny Dips
Anantara Phuket Villas, Thailand — For the nudist-in-training, a private courtyard makes for an easy initiation. And for the easily offended, there’s not much skin to see here, but if you don’t like bare bums don’t wade all the way through this gallery.Black’s Beach has a regular group of fans known as Black’s Beach Bares.You can seize the day and get naked on the slopes of Pyrgos village overlooking Fira, capital of Santorini. This boutique hotel prides itself on the privacy of its 10 suites.At the Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, all 42 thatched maxi-huts come with an outdoor shower that overlooks the river valley and a plunge pool that releases itself into the jungle.Balanced on stilts above a shallow lagoon, the Robinson Crusoe Residences at Gili Lankanfushi are the most photogenic over-water villas ever to take the character’s name.If you want to feel the sand between your toes and clear blue Med lapping around your face, Golden Beach on Cyprus has some of the best skinny dipping you’ll ever encounter.Croatia is famed for its FKK (freikörperkultur, or ‘free body culture’) beaches.Author and skinny dipping connoisseur Kate Rew recommends this remote waterfall in the Brecon Beacons as one of the must-dip places in all of Britain.Little Beach is an out-of-the-way cove where visitors often swim, snorkel and lounge like lizards in nothing but their sun-protection cream.When it comes to nudity, the Italians aren’t as liberal as their French neighbors, but that’s not to say there isn’t a thriving nudist culture here.Water so clear you’ve got nowhere to hide.At Orient Bay, you can get naked to a backdrop straight out of a René Magritte painting.This nature reserve has no restaurants or bars, so bring lunch.Wake up in a pillow-strewn four-poster bed in the River House’s Menik Suite, and you’ll be looking at a private plunge pool as the sun rises over coconut palms.Before exposing delicate skin to sun, guests at Taj Exotica can build up to swimming in the buff on seaside sun beds.
