
“This is a place where you can go and feel like you’re part of a community,” says Shirley Mason, the driving force behind creating a clothing-optional beach in Miami.
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It’s family friendly, with plenty of parking, restrooms within convenient walking distance, and the Atlantic Ocean, of course, lapping gently at its shore. It sits on a welcoming wide strip of sand north of Bal Harbour, centrally located between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, and is ranked regularly among the Top 10 nude beaches in the world. It's certainly the best-known and oldest officially recognized public one. Haulover may very well be the pearl of Florida’s nude beaches.

Here are just a few clothing-optional beaches: Haulover Beach Resorts across the state offer no-clothes swimming pools lakes for paddle boarding, kayaking, canoeing, and fishing tennis, horseback riding, hiking and pétanque, a French-Canadian variation of bocce ball.Īnd, naturally, there’s the main attraction for those who relish the feel of the sun's rays on their bare skin – Florida's nearly year-round sunshine and inviting weather. Petersburg, boasts some two dozen nudist resorts and clubs within 90 minutes of Orlando or Tampa, some also surrounded by clothing-optional housing communities.īut Pasco is hardly alone in offering a range of naturist-friendly attractions and activities. Pasco, the semi-rural west coast patch just north of Tampa and St.
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“Pasco County is actually known as the nudist capital of the world,” says Ralph Collinson, former president of the American Association for Nude Recreation, Florida Region. "We are privileged to have some of the best beaches in the world, attracting family-centric visitors seeking their little piece of paradise." It seems fitting that the Sunshine State would be a magnet for sun worshipers from around the world.įlorida is much more than just a place for naturists to gather, says Ramon Maury, naturist industry representative and voice in Tallahassee.
