We have had 2 weeks on Lanzarote at the naturist village of Charco del Palo.

The village is in the north of the island about 25/30 mins drive north of Arrecife airport. The village is naturist , but you do have to wear clothes when shopping at the supermarket / small shopping centre, a towel or sarong is sufficient .

If you hadn't been given directions to the village you would be struggling to find it , as there are no road signs indicating actually where it is ! Drive to Mala village and turn right at the medical centre and follow your nose for about 3 kms ,eventually you will find it, next to the coast. We use the apartments www.casadelsolsiempre.com and the guy who runs it is Belgian ,Eddy , we have known him for about 14/15 years. However Peng Travel , Canarian dreams also have  apartments and villas to rent there.

The coast is rocky and there is a sea pool where you can swim  twice a day or you can walk along the cliff top to the other end and it is possible to swim off the large rock as there are 2 lots of steps going down into the sea. It is possible to walk naked throughout the village and along the cliff tops ,southerly about 45 mins to the next village , or northerly about 2 to 2 1/2 hours to the next village.

At the present time there are 3 restaurants in the village. The small supermarket is ok for everyday things but for a larger shop, if you want to, it is better to drive to Arrecife and go to Eurospar. It is quite a large supermarket and has fresh meat, fish, veg etc. For really cheap booze (spirits) and ciggies, if you smoke , then go to Costa Teguise. There is a Sunday morning  market at Teguise, which does get quite busy.

If you wish to sightsee, which is nice on not so sunny days, then there are the caves at Jameos del Agua , or Cuevos de los  verdes. The small fishing villages of Arrieta and Orzola  have some excellent fish restaurants  Also Mirador del Rio a view point overlooking Isla Graciosa at the top tip of the island, to which you can get a ferry. Beware though , if the sea gets too rough the boats stop! The Cesar Manrique museum is also an excellent place to visit as is the Timanfaya National park where the volcanoes are, and it is possible to have a meal with the meat cooked over the volcano shaft.

Going further down the island there is the Green Lagoon at El Golfo and the old salt pans and working your way round to the Papagayo beaches, well known naturist beaches on the south , although more and more clothed people are going there. When you travel north you can come back through the winefields, yes there is wine produced on the island and possible to have tastings.

We arrived 2nd October and the temperature was about 25C and apart from a couple of wettish days we were blessed with temperatures reaching 29 C wonderful sunshine ,sometimes cloudy, but watch out you can still get caught out with the rays through the clouds.

The crunch is, would we go again ? This was, we think our 23rd holiday there, so yes we would !

J and D