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Title: Naked Places, A Guide for Gay Men to Nude Recreation and Travel, 5th edition
ISBN: 0965608948
Author:
Michael Boyd
Publicate Date: 2006-06-12
Publish: 2006-06-12
List Price: $21.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Good coverage of material
This book does an excellent job of covering beaches and businesses that cater to gay naked places for men. The only thing I would have liked to have seen better coverage of were the hot springs locations.
Good Job!!!
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2: Simply the Best, Nothing Else Compares
This book is simply the best. I've collected naturist guidebooks of all sorts over the past two decades, and most of them fall short when it comes to telling you how to find a particular nude beach, leaving you to do a lot of work on your own if you want to figure out how to get there. In short, most nude beach guides seem to be a lot of fluff and pretty photos but serve no real practical purpose because they are lacking in specific directions. Not so with Naked Places. The directions are precise and on target, even for places abroad.
There are three features of this book that I find particularly outstanding. One, GPS coordinates. Even if you don't use a GPS device in reality (I never have), knowing the coordinates makes online mapping and getting a sense of where you are going much easier. Two, website references, mainly for foreign listings. The editor liberally refers readers to various sites to find out more information about public transit, town maps, beach photos, etc. Third, organization. For countries like France and Spain that have numerous nude beaches, sites are listed in geographic order. This makes it easier to select among nearby beaches if you don't have time to visit all of them (and you won't in Europe, where nude beaches are exponentially more common than in the U.S.!).
I've used past editions to find nude beaches all over the U.S. West Coast and throughout Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Halifax and Vancouver) -- yes, I'm a bit of a nude beach bum -- and when I went to Berlin and Munich in 2004, Naked Places (previous edition) let me know exactly how to get to these liberal German cities' multiple nude sunbathing areas, including which S-bahn or U-bahn to take and the name of the stop. I most recently used the current edition earlier this year to explore about half a dozen incredible nude beaches on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. The directions and descriptions were right on the mark, and I wish I had had more time to visit more places in the book -- there are about 40 beaches just for Spain. Plus, I stayed at a wonderful gay clothing-optional guesthouse near Sitges that I probably would not have known about without the book. Even though this book is marketed as a gay man's guide, it really doesn't matter if you are gay or straight, male or female as far as beaches are concerned. If you like to travel and explore bare beaches, this book is the best nude beach guide out there. My only gripe is that new editions come out very infrequently, like four years between the 4th and 5th. Nonetheless, this is a fantastic book that every gay traveler should own. Nothing else compares.
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3: Very informative
This book provides a lot of useful information. Very good for one who likes to travel and have access to gay friendly nude beaches / resorts.
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4: Best resource I have for my travels
I love to travel to places where I can hang out at the pool naked and read a book. I also enjoy nude beaches and other outdoor activities that afford a place to lose the clothing.
I own all editions of this book and I have to say that this update was well worth the wait. Michael Boyd has gone through with a fine-tooth comb, weeding out locations you would never visit anyway, and updated info about naturist areas worldwide. I was pleasantly surprised when information about our local nude hangout, which has a tendency to move around as authorities and others stick their noses in our business, was absolutely accurate.
Boyd has also taken the time to research all of these areas and added latitude/longitude coordinates so you can pull them up on Google Earth. I can't even imagine how long that took.
There are hundreds of bed & breakfasts, campgounds, tours and sailing trips listed in the book.
If you like to get naked and like to travel, you'll love this book.
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