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UK2SK
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Looks nice,  Is it naturist friendly?
I read about a naked cruise ship stopping off there, sounds promising?

Potential 50th birthday treat 😀

 
Posted : December 4, 2017 12:49 am
sailho
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where in the world would Aruba be located some more details to the post please

 
Posted : December 4, 2017 9:20 pm
Brigitte
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Aruba is the Caribbean and a quick cursory look at it's Trip advisor forum inputting the word nudist throws up all of four threads all of which are decidedly negative. Sadly, one has to be selective on Caribbean islands with nudity. I assume the naked cruise is booking a private island or beach for the day but the island itself does not sound a naturist destination.

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Posted : December 4, 2017 9:37 pm
UK2SK
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Hmmm does seem some bad comments, not sure how the cruise holiday managed it, following links did lead me to this site
https://www.caribjournal.com/2015/11/06/the-10-best-caribbean-nude-beaches/#

Will need an alternative it seems....

Any recommendations ?

 
Posted : December 5, 2017 8:15 am
Brigitte
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Unfortunately Club Orient is out of action following the hurricane for the foreseeable. I think you might have to look at Couples San Souci in Jamaica with a nude and a prude side (I know). The beach and facilities sound nice if you can afford it. Tower Isle has the nude island but you can't get to it if there is bad weather by accounts and there is no other naturist facility.

What might be a cheaper (ish) alternative if you just want a beach is Cayo Largo off Cuba, by accounts the hotels are basic, well according to the majority of American visitors they are, but the beaches are to die for and naturist away from the hotels, so that might be worth looking into. The Caribbean is the holiday playground for US visitors in the main, who are not generally keen on nudity, so as you will have seen beaches are relatively few and far between and you might want to consider safety if not staying at a resort on the beach itself. The islands with a French background are usually more amenable but they can be very expensive as in St Barts and Barbados and St Lucia among other popular islands are a total no go.

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'We'll miss the matinee but we'll make the night show.' The Greatest Show on Earth 1952.

 
Posted : December 5, 2017 8:57 am
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The three ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. They are located in the southern Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela. All three are part of the Netherlands, but Aruba and Curacao are self-governing. Because of the Dutch connection the islands have good air links to Amsterdam. We have been to Bonaire and Curacao but not Aruba. There used to be an excellent naturist resort on Bonaire (Sorobon Beach), which we visited a couple of times. Unfortunately the new owners who took over a few years ago decided to turn it into a textile resort for windsurfers. To the best of our knowledge there are no naturist resorts or beaches on Bonaire at the moment. Curacao has one clothing optional resort, The Natural, situated inland on the northern part of the island. There are no official naturist beaches on Curacao, although we did find one remote beach near Landhuis San Juan where naturism was tolerated at times when ocal people were unlikely to be there (basically Monday to Friday). Our conclusion is that on the whole the ABC islands are not particularly naturist friendly, something which seems to apply to the Caribbean as a whole.

 
Posted : December 6, 2017 10:36 am
UK2SK
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Thanks for the feedback everyone, great insight. Not what I was hoping to read, but good that I asked.  Was trying to find an alternative to always going to the Canneries, which I can see why every naturist does...
May be my 50th will be a clothed holiday  🙁

 
Posted : December 7, 2017 11:57 pm