There are no laws against nudity in Spain – which means that in theory you can go nude anywhere you like in the country. Whether this means the police would be happy for you to walk in the nude down Las Ramblas is questionable. But what it does mean is that nudism is widely practiced on Spain’s beaches.

Because of this, there are no ‘nudist beaches’ as such, though there are beaches that have come to be known as such through the behavior of the bathers. Though the legality of nudism in Spain is never under question, the acceptability of it may be. This means that you can’t just strip off on any family beach. The wrath of an irate Spanish mother is worse than any trouble you could get into from a policeman if it had been illegal!

Ismael Rodrigo, president of the Spanish Naturist Federation (FEN), says that constitution didn’t legalize the nudity. “What isn’t prohibited is therefore permitted. What our constitution does say is that no moral must prevail over another, thus putting all moral values on an equal footing”, he explained.

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