Clothing Optional beach in Cayo Ensenachos
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Cayo Ensenachos is a tiny island of 1.7 km2. This is a place like in the Maldives, where you only have one hotel on the island. The hotel is the gorgeous Iberostar Ensenachos (formerly the Royal Hideaway Ensenachos).
This small island has two neighbours, Cayo Las Brujas and Cayo Santa Maria to the east. Cayo Ensenachos has two beautiful beaches, Playa Megano and Playa Ensenachos. In this region, there are more than 80 species of native flowers and animals and sometimes endemic. That makes it a Biosphere Reserve.
Cayo Santa Maria, Cayo Las Brujas and Cayo Ensenachos are connected to the main island of Cuba by a dike of 48 kms. This colossal work took more than ten years to transport people and cargo for the hotels and by minimizing the impact on the environment through as many bridges as there are kilometers of roads.
Before the construction of the hotel, Cayo Ensenachos was a small virgin island where it was possible to swim naked and even to snorkel, in the area that is now the nautical club of the Iberostar Ensenachos. We visited Cayo Ensenachos for the first time in January 2002.
The naturists have now adopted Playa Ensenachos (towards the Grand Village sector) to relax on the beach and enjoy the warm sun of the Caribbean « sin bañador »!
This is not a naturist hotel where you can be naked anywhere on the site, like the Club Orient in St. Martin. It is not recommanded to to be nude on the beach near the hotel zone. It is important to realize that nudism in Cayo Ensenachos (and Cayo Santa Maria) is made possible and continues to exist, thanks to a policy of tolerance shown by the Cubans, but also thanks to the friendly behavior of all the people.
Hence the importance of acting responsibly and in mutual respect of each, from both naturists and non-naturists. Officially, nudism is forbidden in the Cuban constitution, but not naturism! The natural aspect of this island provides a feeling of freedom and well-being difficult to explain with words. You must live it to understand! But more concretely, Cayo Ensenachos invite to try the feeling of being naked in the sun for the following reasons:
› The safe and peaceful side of an uninhabited island.
› The fact that there may be other naturists.
› Peaceful coexistence between naturists and non-naturists.
› Just curious to try a new experience.
Who said you had to be dressed for swimming? :o)
Hoping that this information about naturism in Cayo Ensenachos will make you want to try it. Many people have enjoyed the experience immediately and return to relive the feeling of freedom.
Avoid Playa Megano when there are too many people at the beach. NOTE: As the hotel is now administered by Iberostar (read family-oriented), the status of the nude beach in Playa Ensenachos might be revised. Although this sector of beach is quite far from bungalows and hotel services. Come back for more information!
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