Naturist Holidays
Fuerteventura
Corralejo - 1995
“It's not fair,” said our twelve-year-old daughter one day. “The boys [her two older brothers, with birthdays in the summer] have both had barbecues for their birthdays. I want a barbecue for my birthday [in the winter].”
And so it was that we had our first winter holiday, staying at Los Delfines (not a naturist establishment) - N28.7295° W13.8605° - on the edge of Corralejo in the north of the island in the first two weeks of February. It was very strange to experience weather that we would expect on a good English summer's day, in the winter and nearly every day.
We had booked a two-bedroomed self-catering apartment and when we arrived we discovered that it was on the first floor. When exploring the apartment we found that a door in one bedroom led out on to a six hundred square foot roof terrace which had no other access - it was ours. It was surrounded by a low wall that wasn't quite high enough screen us when walking about, but did allow us to sit down, unwrap our sarongs and sunbathe on the sunbeds provided. On Google Earth the terrace can be seen at N28.7299° W13.8604°.
One day we hired a car and explored the interior of the island. We visited Betancuria - N28.4246° W14.0576 - the old capital of the island, and the lace-making shop at Lajares.
On our daughter's birthday we joined an organised day out to one of the beaches of the Jandia peninsula which we think was Playa del Salmo - see below - where she did get her birthday barbecue.
Flag Beach - 1995
Flag Beach is the first beach to the east of Corralejo and extends from the edge of the town to the first of the two hotels. During our 1995 visit most of the beach was used by naturists and textiles. There appeared to be a happy mix of the two lifestyles.
On the beach there were many circular corrals using rocks scavenged from the surrounding sands. These corrals gave each group a base and they protected sunbathers from the stiff breezes that seem to blow continuously. One day we noticed a tiny gecko on the rocks of our corral.
Playa del Bajo de la Burra - 2025 *NEW*
This little beach, at N28.7519° W13.8991°, is just two and a half miles to the west of Corralejo and is accessed along a gravel track that is very uneven in places. It is usually known as Popcorn Beach because of the rhodoliths that cover the beach. These are white algae fossils that look exactly like popcorn. Most people tend to gather near the shanty looking building and here the "popcorn" has been eroded into little spheres, but if you walk to the left, when facing the sea, the pieces get progressively bigger - up to an inch across or more.
On the day that we visited there were thirty or forty people near the shanty building, but we walked away from the crowd and were able to strip off for a few photographs. It was difficult to see how to access the sea as there were many rocks offshore. Although swimming is probably not possible, it would be possible to top up the allover tan away from the crowd.
Although it is very tempting to take one or two pieces of "popcorn" home as a souvenir, we urge you not to do so. "But my one piece won't make any difference" and so it won't but everybody's "just one piece" would eventually make a big difference. Please just enjoy the sight and take as many photographs as you wish, with or without clothes.
Costa Calma - 2023, 2024, 2025
Costa Calma is a small town towards the south of the island. It has several shops selling clothing and souvenirs along with two Spar shops for general food shopping. During our four visits to Costa Calma, we found the two Spars sufficient for our shopping. However, parking near the two Spars was sometimes a problem, but there is a Mercadona that has its own car park and everything under one roof in Esquinzo around ten miles down the FV-2 at N28.0733° W14.3075°.
For our 2023 and first 2024 holidays we stayed at the naturist villa BHH Naturist Resort - see below - but for our second 2024 and 2025 holidays we rented a Vrbo property in a residential area in the west of the town.
During each holiday we explored the beaches along the Jandia Penisula to the south of Costa Calma. We also visited Betancuria, the old capital of the island, and the Cheese Museum on the edge of Antigua in the middle of the island. On a dolphin watch cruise from Morro Jable we saw a Cuvier's beaked whale and at least a dozen common dolphins. We also visited the Oasis Wildlife Park, a large zoo a few miles north of Costa Calma.
BHH Naturist Resort - 2023, 2024
BHH Naturist Resort is a villa on the edge of Costa Calma. It contains four self-catering apartments called Naturist, Au Naturel, Buff and Bare. In 2023 we stayed in Naturist, a two-bedroomed apartment on the ground floor with an additional sofa-bed in the living room.
The villa is well equipped with a small swimming pool, several sunbeds and several tables and chairs at the front of the villa and a barbecue and bar, a day bed and a quiet corner with a table and chairs at the rear. There are also drying racks for wet towels. The only negative point was the owner's dog that had free access to all outside areas
Our apartment consisted of a main room divided in two by a broad arch and two steps; two bedrooms; and a bathroom containing a shower, a lavatory and a washbasin. The first area of the main room was the sitting room with a television and the second area - down the steps - had a dining table and chairs and a reasonably equipped kitchen.
In 2024 we visited again and stayed for three weeks in the same apartment. This time there were two dogs roaming the outside areas.
With more time we were able to visit more beaches and also went on several nude walks along the Jandia beach and two nude walks within the Parque Natural de Jandia - a large nature reserve that covers around fifty-five square miles of the southern end of the island.
Free wi-fi included
Jandía - 1995, 2023, 2024, 2025
Jandía beach is a long beach in the south of the island, on the southeast coast of the Jandia peninsula. It is around thirteen miles long and stretches from Costa Calma to Morro Jable. It has several access points, each with its own name. At low tide it is possible to walk the whole way along the beach. While staying at Corralejo in 1995, we went on an organised trip to Playa de Salmo - see below. We were able to walk a short distance away from the main party and strip off, only dressing to return for the barbecue and, later, to return to Corralejo.
During each of our four holidays in Costa Calma we hired a car from the airport and explored the beaches along the Jandía coast. Each access point leads down to a car park, and each of these car parks is labelled with the name of that part of the beach. Access to some of them was interesting, but we were able to drive down to several of the beaches and park before exploring. Our favourite was Playa Esquinzo, mainly because of the soft sand dune to lie against and the rocks that are ideal for snorkelling. We found that there was a wide range of clothing being worn by the people on the beaches - from fully dressed to fully nude - but no one seemed to mind those of us who were nude.
The adjacent button gives the tide times for the Jandía peninsula. The list of beaches below is arranged from north to south.
Playa Esmeralda Norte - 2025 *NEW*
Playa Esmeralda Norte is reached along a gravel track that begins at the roundabout at N28.1848° W14.2363° with the car park at N28.1514° W 14.2306°. From there a flight of steps leads down to the beach. It is a sandy beach around half the size of its sister, below, and at low tide it is easy to walk from one to the other, passing the Palmita Snack Bar on the way. We have yet to use Playa Esmeralda Norte for a beach trip, but one of us did a nude walk from Playa Esmeralda to Playa Esmeralda Norte and onwards and found a good mix of naturists and others happily co-existing. On that day the Palmita Snack Bar was emanating the delicious aroma of fried fish.
Playa Esmeralda - 2025
Playa Esmeralda is reached along a gravel track that also begins at the roundabout at N28.1848° W14.2363° with the car park at N28.1445° W 14.2372°. It is a sandy beach around 430 yards long with easy access to the sea. At each end there are rocks. At the back of the beach are many sunbeds and sunshades, presumably the property of the nearby hotel. One day we noticed a chap in an orange T-shirt patrolling the area apparently taking money from those on the sunbeds.
We settled at the northern end of the beach and as soon as we took out our beach mat and began to spread it out we were surrounded by several of the Barbary ground squirrels that live in the surrounding rocks. As we did not intend to feed them we shooed them away and they soon got the message that we were not going to feed them. After a while one of us walked to the southern end of the beach and a little way beyond and discovered that there seemed to be more nudes on the beach than textiles. One day we noticed a young man near us balancing rocks to build towers.
Because of the easy access to the car park and then to the beach and because of the easy access to the sea, Playa Esmeralda is now our new favourite beach, along with Playa Esquinzo - below.
From here one of us walked north past the Palmita snack bar and on to Playa Esmeralda Norte and the southern end of the Costa Calma town beach where there were a few nudes.
Playa de la Barca - 2024, 2025
This beach is just round the corner from Risco del Paso and is also used by windsurfers and kiteboarders. To get to it, park in the Risco del Paso car park and walk to the left behind the surf school building. After around a quarter of a mile you will round a little headland and the beach will stretch out before you. This is a much quieter beach than the main Risco del Paso beach. During our several visits in 2025 we stripped off in the car park and left our clothes in the car. We were often the only people on the beach. At low tide the lagoon emptied and there was a half-mile or so walk out to water that was deep enough to swim in. At high tide the lagoon filled up and the water came to just a few yards from where we were sitting. It was then that the lagoon was used by windsurfers from the nearby school. The sand of the lagoon is so level that the water was barely knee-deep. One day we watched a group of spoonbills feeding in the lagoon and later saw them flying across it. In the rocks on and behind the beach live Barbary ground squirrels, often incorrectly called chipmunks. These can be very tame and will sometimes take food from people's hands, although this is discouraged by the authorities as the squirrels are an introduced and invasive species. Some local authorities have imposed large fines for feeding the squirrels.
Risco del Paso - 2023, 2024
Risco del Paso is accessed along a well surfaced road from a roundabout off the FV-2 at N28.1284° W14.2718°. Unfortunately it can only be reached while travelling north on the FV-2. The road has a good asphalted surface until the last quarter of a mile or so where the asphalted surface gives way to compacted sand which has eroded into ridges. At the end of the road is a large car park which could probably contain up to a hundred cars. Near the car park is a surf school.
On our 2023 visit we walked south a short way and found a space in the bushes that grow at the back of the beach, stripped off and settled down. The bushes grow for about 350 yards along the beach and up to 100 yards inland and make very useful windbreaks. We tried to identify them and the best we could find was that they were probably European samphire - Salicornia europaea. After some time on the beach and a swim we walked - still nude - about a mile further south and came to Playa del Salmo.
In 2024 we settled in more or less the same spot and also enjoyed a short walk out to the sand bar.
Playa del Salmo - 1995, 2023, 2024, 2025
Playa del Salmo is reached down a track that begins at the Mirador del Salmo - N28.1018° W14.2752°. Turn off the road and immediately turn left onto the track and follow it down to the large car park at N28.1036° W14.2718°. The track begins with a good asphalt surface but soon becomes a compacted gravel surface that is a bit lumpy in places.
From the car park the beach extends in both directions with a few stone corrals and plenty of sheltered areas between the bushes. On the day that we drove to it, we spent a couple of hours nude on the beach and then left our clothes in the car and explored a short distance of the footpath that leaves the back of the car park and runs across the hills to Playa de los Canarios.
In the rocks behind the beach live many Barbary ground squirrels, often incorrectly called chipmunks. Feeding them is discouraged by the authorities as the squirrels are an introduced and invasive species. Some local authorities have imposed large fines for feeding the squirrels.
Playa de los Canarios - 2023, 2024
Playa de los Canarios is a wide sandy beach about six miles south of Costa Calma. On some maps it is labelled as Playa de Pajara. There is ample parking a short walk from the beach, but the track to it has a gravel surface and is very twisty. The entrance to the track is off the FV-602 at N28.1020° W14.2828°. From the car park, where we stripped off and left our clothes in the car, we followed one of the paths to the right until we came to a row of stone corrals and the sandy beach. We found an empty corral and settled down. We were there at low tide and it was a fair walk out to water that was deep enough to swim in. Later we walked - still nude - further away from the car park and came to Playa de Mal Nombre, labelled on some maps as Playa Tierra Dorada after the café behind the beach.
In 2024 one of us walked north from here for around three miles, passing Playa de Salmo, Risco del Paso and Playa de la Barca, to within sight of the Paradisus by Meliá Hotel.
Playa de Mal Nombre - 2023, 2024, 2025
Playa de Mal Nombre is another wide sandy beach about eight miles south of Costa Calma. On some maps it is labelled as Playa Tierra Dorada, which is the name of the beach café there. The great advantage of this beach over Playa de los Canarios is that it has a well surfaced road going down to it that starts at N28.0935° W14.2892°, continues past a derelict resort that in 2025 appeared to be in the process of renovation and then turns left at N28.0894° W14.2863°. There is a beach café and bar offering meals, snacks and drinks. It also has tables and chairs on the beach, sunbeds for hire, showers and lavatories.
Playa Esquinzo - 2024, 2025
Playa Esquinzo is another wide sandy beach about nine miles south of Costa Calma. Behind it is a small car park that is accessed down a steep, twisty, stony track starting at N28.0783° W14.2988°. On our 2024 visits we left our clothes in the car, walked down to the beach and then walked to the left and found a comfortable spot against the huge dune at the back of the beach. The soft sand was very comfortable to lie on. There was a more or less equal mix of nude and clothed people while we were there and after a while one of us walked north, still nude, along the beach to Playa de los Canarios and back, a distance of around 3.7 miles in total. The mix of nude and clothed remained more or less the same along the beach.
When we visited Playa Esquinzo during our 2025 holiday we also stripped off in the car park and left our clothes in the car. When we got to the beach we saw that the sea had dumped a layer of black lava pebbles along part of the beach and also had left a small sand "cliff" above them. There was no longer an easy route down to the sea although it remains one of our favourite beaches on this stretch of coast. On our next visit a few days later we noticed that there were several sandy paths through the pebbles and that the pebbles ended a couple of hundred yards or so from the entrance.
On one visit we found an empty corral. These corrals, built from rocks found on the beaches, are to be found all along the Jandia coast. They are very useful if you want to keep out of the stiff breeze that sometimes blows along the beach.
The beach has some groups of rocks that are covered at high tide and provide ideal snorkelling opportunities. We saw around half a dozen species of fish during a couple of snorkelling sessions.
Between these two beaches is Playa de Butihondo
which is dominated by some large hotels with serried ranks of sunbeds.
There is also a beach cafe and a surf school.
On the few times that we walked along this beach we saw no nudes there - except us.
Playa de Piedras Caidas - 2024, 2025
Playa de Piedras Caidas is another wide sandy beach about two miles north of where the coast turns the corner towards Morro Jable. Behind the beach is a small car park that is accessed down a gravel track from the roundabout at N28.0609° W14.3141°. From there the beach stretches in both directions with several corrals to shelter in if the wind is strong.
On our first visit here in 2014 we accessed the beach by walking south from Playa Esquinzo and found a few naturists on the beach and in the sea. On our subsequent visits we used the gravel track from the roundabout as above. We were pleased to see a row of trees growing beside the track and to see that the track is wide enough to park under the trees so that the car remains cool. The beach had a good mix of clothed and nude all happily co-existing. In 2024 it was our favourite beach on Fuerteventura. It was good to be able to strip off at the car and leave our clothes there.
During our 2025 visit we noticed that the sea had dumped a bank of black lava pebbles at the back the beach - a continuation of the layer at Playa Esquinzo - so that access from the car park was across the pebbles and that our favourite spot had been obliterated by the pebbles. We also noticed a marked reduction in the number of naturists. It is no longer our favourite beach.
El Cotillo - 2025
El Cotillo is a small town in the north of Fuerteventura on the west coast. It has grown from a fishing village to a holiday destination with many places to stay. There is also a good range of shops.
Playa de la Concha - 2025 *NEW*
Playa de la Concha is a small beach of fine sand that sits around a small cove about two hundred yards across with a smaller opening to the Atlantic Ocean. We had been told that naturists tended to use the northern part of the beach so that's where we headed. However there were very few naturists there and many clothed people. Undeterred, we stripped off and made camp. No one seemed bothered by our nudity, not even the nearby families with young children. Unfortunately we were there at low tide and access to the sea was impeded by underwater rocks. At high tide this would be an excellent beach for snorkelling as there are rocks at each end of the beach.
Later one of us walked further north and discovered more little beaches and more naturists but only one beach that seemed to have easy access at low tide. We hope to explore other beaches near El Cotillo on future visits to Fuerteventura
Parque Natural de Jandía - 2024, 2025
Jandía Nature Park is a large area of mountains and semi-desert covering most of the narrow "tail" of the island. The semi-desert area is criss-crossed with paths and tracks and has several access points from nearby roads. The main road south, the FV-2, has three tunnels under it from the Costa Calma area that lead to the edge of the park.
During our March holiday in 2024 we enjoyed two nude walks in the park, one starting from N28.1675° W14.2276°, where we parked the car and then went through the tunnel at N28.1686° W14.2308°. We started and finished the walk dressed, but were able to walk 4.7 miles nude. The eight or so people that we met - ranging in age from twenties to seventies - were not perturbed by our lack of attire and either ignored us completely or exchanged pleasant greetings with us.
On another day we walked from just south of the FV-2 at N28.1740° W14.2258°°, where we parked the car. This time we stripped off at the car and walked through the nearby tunnel into the park. We walked 5.8 miles including a short stretch of the Camino Natural Fuerteventura: Corralejo to Punta de Jandía, a ninety-six and a half mile trail that runs from Corralejo Harbour to the lighthouse at the tip of Jandía. This time we saw no one else - not even in the distance - but did see a white stork, a raven, a flock of Berthelot's pipits and several Barbary ground squirrels.
During our November holiday the same year we had several nude walks into the park all starting from the underpass at N28.1479° W14.2532° - a total of 8.4 miles. One of these was a walk of 3.3 miles up to a row of five disused wind turbine towers and back. On each occasion, except one, we stripped off at the entrance to the tunnel and did the entire walk nude - not even sandals. On these walks we saw only three people: a young couple near the access tunnel where we had planned to strip off and a lone walker some half a mile away.
While on holiday in October 2025 we enjoyed another nude walk of five and a half miles. Once again we parked at N28.1675° W14.2276° near the start of the path leading to the underpass. This time we stripped off at the car and did the entire walk nude. The four couples of varying ages that we met made no comments. Some walked past us staring fixedly ahead but most exchanged pleasant greetings with us.
Later in the holiday we parked again at N28.1740° W14.2258°, stripped off and left our clothes in the car then walked up to an old World War II bunker at N28.1826° W14.2212° that someone had used as the centre of a large artwork covering around 1600 square yards or around a third of an acre.
We look forward to more nude walks in the Nature Park on future visits to Fuerteventura.
Other beaches
Playa el Puertito - 2023
Playa el Puertito is in a small cove just off the FV-2 south of La Lajita and can only be accessed when travelling northwards. Immediately before the sign marking the beginning of La Lajita is a small wooden sign pointing to the right - N28.1835° W14.1607°. Turn sharp right and then take the left hand track and follow it down to the beach.
As you approach the beach, drive to the right of the parking area - southwards - and then walk to the right where there is a little beach of black shingle used by naturists.
This is an ideal beach for snorkelling and on the day that we went we saw around eight different species of fish and two clumps of sponges in a swim of around fifteen minutes.
Although the centre and left hand, north, parts of the beach appear to be textile, the southern end is naturist.
Playa de la Jaqueta - 2024, 2025
Playa de la Jaqueta is a small beach of black sand a short distance from Costa Calma. It is accessed along a gravel track that leaves a road off the FV-2 at N28.1795° W14.1812° where there are signs pointing to the beach. There is plenty of room for parking behind the beach and on one of the days that we visited there were several campervans and motorhomes there. We turned to the left where there were fewer vehicles and parked. Access to the sea is down a small bank of pebbles and shingle onto the coarse sand.
In 2024 we visited it twice and found a few people in swimming costumes, one lady of which was topless, but our stripping off and going snorkelling over the rocks to the left of the beach did not raise any reaction. We took many photographs and saw several species of fish including a large shoal of what looked like sardines surrounding us.
In 2025 we visited it a couple of times again and on one occasion one of us - still nude - walked up to the top of the headland to the south of the beach and round to the access road and back via the southern end of the beach
This is not really a sunbathing beach but, being surrounded by rocks, it is a good snorkelling beach.
