From France to Florida, California to Egypt and most everywhere in between, the popularity of topless and nude beaches increases every year. While one used to have to know someone who knew someone, finding clothing-optional places to worship the sun is easy in the Internet Age. If you're not the shy sort, do some website exploring. You may find one of the main topless beaches isn't far from you. Read on to learn how to find topless beaches.
Review the availability of topless beaches in the United States, one of the most popular being Black's Beach in San Diego, California. Florida makes the list at least twice with Miami's South Beach and Haulover Beach.
Check out other domestic nude recreation spots, including Rooster Rock State Park in Oregon. One of the areas in this park along the Columbia River was the first beach to be officially declared clothing-optional in the U.S.
Leave your clothes behind if you're planning on dropping by Little Beach on Maui in Hawaii or Gunnison Beach in northern New Jersey. Although not as widely publicized as the other U.S. areas, both spots draw thousands of people each year.
Plan to spend some time overseas if you want to visit every topless beach. The French love to sunbathe without swimsuits and tourists flock to do the same at locations like La Voile Rouge, Nikki Beach and Plage de Pampelonne, all in St. Tropez and Cap d'Agde, considered to be the World's Capital of Nudism.
Take the long plane ride to Australia to enjoy a couple of topless beaches, down under style. Manly Beach is accessible only by ferry from Sydney. Samurai Beach, in north Sydney, hosts the world Nude Olympics each November.
Explore at your leisure, other clothing optional beaches around the world. Spain offers Illetes in Formentera and Las Salinas in Ibiza. All the beaches on French-owned St. Barts allow topless worshiping of the sun. Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Paradise beach in Mykonos, Greece and Santa Maria in Forte Dei Marmi, Italy and Wreck Beach in Vancouver, Canada all welcome topless or nude sun bathers.
