18 of the Best Nude Beaches in Europe

Filaki Beach

American exceptionalism may have gotten us to the moon and back, but when it comes to actually mooning each other (you know, on the beach), we’re not exactly world-beaters. Europe, by contrast, is in a completely different league when it comes to shoreline skinny-dipping.

Maybe it’s their permissive attitude toward public nudity. Maybe they just understand that tan lines are as offensive as taking selfies on the shore. Whatever the reason, topless (not to mention full-on nude) beaches in Europe are plentiful.

But which ones are really worth your vacation days? We narrowed the list down to 18 of Europe’s greatest beaches to see and be seen — in the buff, of course.

Playa de Ses Illetes — Formentera, Spain

Filaki Beach — Crete, Greece

Ahlbeck Beach — Usedom, Germany

Plage de Tahiti — St. Tropez, France

Leucate Plage — Leucate, France

Es Trenc — Majorca, Spain

Paradise Beach — Mykonos, Greece

Patara Beach — Patara, Turkey

Playa El Torn — Catalonia, Spain

Buhne 16 — Kampen, Germany

Vecaki beach — Vecaki, Latvia

Red Beach — Crete, Greece

Playa de los Muertos — Almería, Spain

Bellevue Beach — Klampenborg, Denmark

Cap d’Agde — France

Valalta — Rovinj, Croatia

Spiaggia di Guvano — Corniglia, Italy

Plage Linguizzetta — Corsica, France

Details about each beach can be found at thrillist.