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Naked Places, A Guide for Gay Men to Nude Recreation and Travel, 5th edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Boyd
Publisher: Mercury Productions
Category: Book
Buy New: $21.95
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 315418
Media: Paperback
Pages: 316
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0965608948
EAN: 9780965608947
ASIN: 0965608948
Publication Date: June 12, 2006
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Product Description
Naked Places is the gay mans guide to nude recreation around the world, with emphasis on sites in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Inside, youll find information on nude beaches, hot springs and other natural areas that are popular with gay men, complete with detailed directions. Additionally, there are profiles of about 200 gay resorts, inns, guesthouses, campgrounds and other accommodations where you wont need to pack a swimsuit for the pool and hot tub. Brand new for the 5th edition, about 500 nude beach listings include latitude and longitude coordinates. With this information, you can get a bird's eye view of these sites using the stunning technology of Google Earth (TM). Planning a European vacation? 100 pages of the book is devoted to the wealth of nude beaches in France, Spain, Greece and 18 other European countries. Open these pages and open the door to a whole world of Naked Places!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good coverage of material April 18, 2008
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!!!
Simply the Best, Nothing Else Compares November 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
Very informative March 26, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
Best resource I have for my travels July 5, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
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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