We all were, once. Vera Playa would be a very comfortable place to experience naturism for the first time. In July and August most people are naked most of the time, but cover up to protect themselves from the sun. If you want some privacy to be naked for the first time, you would feel more comfortable in apartment 5.6, which has patios that are not overlooked.

In and around the pool Naturism is the norm. You should not swim in the pool in swim suits. However, wondering about, the classic wear is either long baggy tee shirts or wraps or beach towels. Most youngsters wear beach towels around their waist except on the beach. Of course, some people will be entirely naked most of the time, and by the end of your holiday, you might be too.

Often, one partner is a keen naturist, the other reluctantly tolerates it. You would not feel intimidated in Vera Playa. It is probably better to go in early or late season, when there is a balance between naked and clothed people. Obviously the degree of clothing is affected by the weather. The Southern Europeans seem to have much thinner blood than we hardy northerners. As soon as the temperature drops a few degrees they have hats and mufflers on, so in May and October you certainly would not be the odd one out if you were clothed some or most of the time. (Similarly, in December and January, you wouldn’t be the only naked person on a sunny day.)

So how do you react when you encounter naked people? In no time at all it becomes the norm and ceases to be an issue. Initially, just remember to look at the person’s face when you’re talking to them.

Etiquette

The naturist, when naked, always carries a small towel to sit on. Don’t put your naked bottom on a seat, public or private. Even in Naturist homes, people sit on towels. You should put your towel on the seat in the bar, on the lounger around the pool, on the settees or dining room furniture in the apartment. It’s just simple hygiene.

If you’ve gone out for a stroll and then decide to sit in the bar to have a drink, and you’ve just got a tee shirt on, take your tee shirt off and sit on that. To place a bare bottom on a seat is the height of bad manners.

Not quite ready for a naturist urbanization?

We are now letting a non naturist apartment, in the Vera Gardens complex, adjacent to the Zimbali Playa Hotel, which is front line to the South end of the Naturist beach. In August the South end of the beach has a higher concentration of textiles, to have more or less exclusively naturist  people around you, walk about 1km up the prom (turn left outside the urbanization gates).  In other than high summer the beach in front of Vera Gardens is very quiet, so you can have a lot of space and privacy. If you would prefer to try out naturism on the beach, anonymously, but live in a ‘textile’ urbanization, this is a beautiful apartment in a fabulous urbanization.  Ring / email us for details, or check out www.veragarden.com .