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VLM34
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 Posted - 07/05/2008 : 4:18:31 PM
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I'm heading to Cap 'd Agde soon. My first trip. I'll be staying in the campground. I understand that it has a beach front. My question is this: "Can you walk down the beach from the camp site to the main section of the beach which is near the Heliport (sp?) resort area? Is it a far walk to the shopping area?
The campground faces the beach. You can walk from the campground to the residential and commerical area. It is a short walk.
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VLM34
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Posted - 07/05/2008 : 4:52:11 PM
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(1) So is there a central nudist resort in this city? (2) I saw a video years ago that advertised a large resort of Cap d'Agde and assumed that this was all there was, and you had to stay there to use the facilities?
(3) I would love any advice about the night life and the best place for a guy on his own to go for some intimate fun?
1. Agde is a city. Cap d'Agde is a section of the city of Agde, the part that's on the cape that's named the Cape of Agde. The Naturist Quarter is a section of Cap d'Agde.
2. The beach in front of the Naturist Quarter is public beach that has been designated a "naturist beach." You can access it via the Naturist Quarter, by boat, or by foot from the beach to its northeast. All three methods are legal.
The Naturist Quarter is private property. You should not enter the Naturist Quarter unless you've paid the nominal entrance fee. However, I'm told that it's been done.
3. As far as I know, which isn't a lot, the nightlife in the Naturist Quarter is couple-oriented although probably not exclusively so.
If you want to find intimate fun, go to a dingy area in Beziers and wave a 100 euro note around. The intimate fun you want will find you if something you don't want doesn't find you first.
I strongly advise against doing that in the Naturist Quarter of Cap d'Agde.
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wrlenterprise
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Posted - 07/05/2008 : 4:56:12 PM
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thanks for the response Pete. We're renting a car in Paris and I've booked a week at the Cap for camping with 3 days on either side for travel. Any suggestions on other nude campgrounds in between Paris and Cap D'Agde?
Thanks,
Wayne & Karen
I stayed at Heliomonde just south of Paris, its probably too close to Paris for you but a fantastic place none the less, it has extensive grounds with plenty of woodland walks, I stood with 15 feet of a dear grazing, it wasn't put off by my presence, I put this down to being naked and have experienced it with other wildlife whilst on 'Secret Naturism' outings in woodland near home.
I drove straight to Cap d'Agde from Heliomonde with a stop over in a service area, but you must follow the free Autoroute (A75) that takes you past Millau, stop off at the service area just before the Millau Viaduct, the toll for the viaduct is 8 Euro's but worth it.
http://www.abelard.org/france/viaduct-de-millau.asp
http://www.france4naturisme.com/index.php_lang=en.html
France4naturisme is a good company to use, they represent several of the major sites.
Have fun.
Pete Knight
Thanks for the advice Pete, we're leaving on Sunday and I've booked Heliomonde for the way back and access to the airport.
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nude826
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Posted - 07/05/2008 : 6:08:06 PM
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VLM34
Thanks for the information. Exactly what I wanted to hear. Looking forward to my visit in a couple of weeks.
Phil
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NewNudistMark
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Posted - 07/06/2008 : 12:07:42 PM
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Thanks again for your advice.
Is there a place I can find the number to call the actual resort that is the naturist Quarter, to find out about accomodatuion and entry charges and times etc?
I don't want to be ripped off by a travel company and want the information so I know I am only paying some commission for them to book me in and not a wadge of cash for over prices services I could have booked for half the price. Done that before and don't want to do it again.
Thanks again and hopefully see some of you there :)
Warmest
Mark
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AJ0127
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Posted - 07/09/2008 : 10:27:01 AM
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We have just returned from a vacation in France. We stayed for a week at Club Oasis which is in the naturist quarter of Port Leucate. My impressions are as follows:
1. The area was very nice and the naturist beach was lovely - wide and sandy, about 1 km long.
2. Port Leucate is a nice village about a 5 minute drive away from the naturist quarter. There is some good shopping there, a post office/internet portal and a picturesque marina.
3. The management at Club Oasis left something to be desired. We were informed that we would have to pay 50 Euros for cleaning when we booked the trip. The somewhat rude property manager told us after we arrived that the cleaning charge was 60 Euros and that we had to cough up the money on the spot. There was an additional charge (10 Euros) for linens. There were no towels available at all - you couldn't even rent them. I had never heard of a naturist place with no towels available. We found a couple of cheap towels in Port Leucate instead.
When we arrived on Sunday, June 15, there was no one in the office to give us our keys. Office hours posted on the door indicated that there should have been someone there. Instead, there was a sign telling us that our keys were in a box beside the door. We retrieved our keys and an information sheet. The sheet gave the wrong access codes to the gate so we had no way of being able to access the property. Luckily, a resident we encountered was kind enough to give us the right code. We were supposed to get linen for the bed but there wasn't any in the apartment. Instead we saw a couple of beds with soiled mattress covers. We attempted to call the property manager to get the linens and had to leave a voice mail message. The property manager never bothered to respond to our request and we had to sleep the first night without linens on the bed. All of this gave us a very poor first impression of the place.
The following day, we saw the property manager who appeared to be more interested in taking our money than providing service. I felt like I was treated without any respect whatsoever. Nonetheless, I had already paid for the week in advance (I'll never do that again) and I simply made the best of a poor situation.
This experience has taught me that although I love naturist beaches, I will never stay at a naturist facility again. If I were to return to Port Leucate, I would stay in a non-naturist apartment and travel to the naturist beach. Public parking (free) is available and there is free beach access. I had a conversation with a Norwegian couple who felt that they weren't being treated with respect. They too will return to the beach but will avoid going to Club Oasis.
Perhaps, if more naturists boycott resorts which provide poor service and a disrespectful attitude towards their guests, we will get better treatment.
There are a few lessons to be learned:
1. Never pay for the whole vacation in advance before inspecting the property. We stayed at some great B&Bs which only requested a 1 night's deposit. The rest was paid before checking out.
2. Do not bother with anyone who will nickel and dime you regarding sheets, towels, etc. If the proprietor shows any kind of disrespectful attitude towards your inquiries, go somewhere else.
3. Naturist beaches in France are still public beaches. You don't have to stay at a naturist facility to access and enjoy the beach.
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VLM34
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Posted - 07/09/2008 : 3:04:32 PM
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This experience has taught me that although I love naturist beaches, I will never stay at a naturist facility again.
You had a bad experience at Club Oasis/Port Leucate. You're not the first one, and won't be the last. We went once, and haven't been back.
That bad experience at one naturist lodging does NOT, however, justify you saying, "I will never stay at a naturist facility again."
Maybe you'll have a bad experience at a textile lodging some day. If you say the same about textile lodgings as you have about naturist lodgings, you'll never be able to travel again.
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AJ0127
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Posted - 07/09/2008 : 3:22:57 PM
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You had a bad experience at Club Oasis/Port Leucate. You're not the first one, and won't be the last. We went once, and haven't been back.
That bad experience at one naturist lodging does NOT, however, justify you saying, "I will never stay at a naturist facility again."
Maybe you'll have a bad experience at a textile lodging some day. If you say the same about textile lodgings as you have about naturist lodgings, you'll never be able to travel again.
I base that assessment on three naturist vacations:
1. I stayed at Club Orient in 2002. It wasn't any better in terms of how the staff treated its guests. We paid $200/night for a beach chalet (in off-season) and found that the place didn't have any amenities. The restaurant (Papagayo, I think it's called) charged over $20 for a plate of spaghetti! On the French star rating system - Club Orient rated as zero stars but charged 5 star prices.
2. Ten years earlier, I stayed at - - for a week. It was also very expensive as soon as you included the daily grounds fees in your rental cost.
3. Club Oasis, 2008.
I wish that I could say that I had found a place where the staff treated the guests with respect and charged reasonable prices. Sadly, this has been the third experience of this type and I won't stay at another naturist resort again.
If you can find a naturist place that treats its guests with respect and provides reasonable value for money, please let me know. However, I don't think that such a place exists.
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AJ0127
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Posted - 07/09/2008 : 4:08:30 PM
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I want to ask forum members what their expectations are for naturist resorts. Are you willing to put up with inflated prices and often inferior quality for the right to be nude on the premises? My experiences with naturist resorts haven't been particularly good. Maybe, some of the forum members are aware of better resorts than the ones that I have visited. Please let me know of any naturist resorts which provide quality of service comparable to textile resorts at reasonable market prices.
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kedward
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Posted - 07/09/2008 : 4:26:01 PM
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I will be staying at the Cap from August 18th to the 20th at Hotel Eve. I'm wondering if anyone else will be there during this time also.
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Cheri
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Posted - 07/09/2008 : 4:59:05 PM
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Originally posted by AJ0127
I want to ask forum members what their expectations are for naturist resorts. Are you willing to put up with inflated prices and often inferior quality for the right to be nude on the premises? My experiences with naturist resorts haven't been particularly good. Maybe, some of the forum members are aware of better resorts than the ones that I have visited. Please let me know of any naturist resorts which provide quality of service comparable to textile resorts at reasonable market prices.
Maybe you should start a new topic. This one is supposed be only about Cap.
Cheri
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AJ0127
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Posted - 07/09/2008 : 7:51:00 PM
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Maybe you should start a new topic. This one is supposed be only about Cap.
Cheri
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OK - you're right. This is starting to digress. I'm starting a new topic and I encourage forum members to participate.
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Grunt
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Posted - 07/25/2008 : 12:22:22 PM
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If you can find a naturist place that treats its guests with respect and provides reasonable value for money, please let me know. However, I don't think that such a place exists.
I have already expressed my opinion of Cap d'Adge, I certainly wouldn't go there again, and I would add Aphrodite to my no return list as I have just returned.
Prices all over the world seem to be increasing this year and France's prices are soaring. They'll soon catch up with rip-off Britain.
Go to Spanish resorts, much better value for money.
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nude826
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Posted - 07/31/2008 : 1:42:51 PM
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Well, I made my trip to Cap d' Agde. I'm glad I did, but I won't be going back. I wanted to see for myself, and I did.
It's much more compact than I had thought. I had thought that you would have to go out of your way to go from the campground to the clubs. In fact, I had thought that the clubs were in the greater part of Cap d' Agde. Not so. It really is a naturist village separate and distinct from the rest of the city. It's not like you can walk to town and do your banking nude. There are a lot of shops and) places to eat, but they are all in a very compact vicinity.
I found that there was not as much nudity in the village area as you might expect. Only the beach was truly nude, and even there, many of the teens and some of the adults were not nude. Sadly, it was like many clubs in the USA. At night almost no one was nude, even in the campground.
The highly discussed sexual aspect of the beach area is note worthy. If you don't like very public sex you should stay away. It is hard (impossible) to walk the length of the beach and not notice overt sex from fondling to oral sex (male and female) to outright intercourse, the latter often observed by a large throng of visitors (mostly male).
There is no line of demarcation between the areas. One runs into another. The more highly compact the sun bathers are, the more sexual the tone is. At the extreme end of the nude area is the homosexual area.
Many of the buildings in the area are quite run down and in need of repair.
I've not been a nudist all that long (approx 12 yrs). I avoided nudism because of all the negative impressions that most people have about the sexual nature of social nudism. Then I met a number of people who practised a very non-sexual nudism. I even joined in with some very seriously religious people who saw no conflict with nudism and a godly life.
However, what I saw at Agde and have read about at Calliente in Tampa, Fl make me wonder just where social nudism is headed.
Maybe it's not all the good things that we have proclaimed it to be.
Phil
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VLM34
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Posted - 08/06/2008 : 05:50:55 AM
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I found the July 31 post by nude286 rather odd. Phil had a lot of unrealistic expectations. A bit of research and more careful reading beforehand would have set him straight.
For example, Phil thought he would have to out of his way to go from the campground to the ‘clubs’ - in spite of having been told that the residential and commercial areas of the Naturist Quarter were only a short walk from the campground. If ‘clubs’ aren’t in the residential or commercial areas, where else could they be? Maybe he thought the Naturist Quarter had industrial areas.
I’m not sure what Phil means by ‘clubs,’ but the overwhelming majority of the _nightclubs_ advertised at the Naturist Quarter are not in the Naturist Quarter, and not even in Cap d’Agde. They’re in Agde or Beziers. The flyers are put on cars by non-naturists who are paid to do so by the ‘clubs’ they advertise.
Phil also says the Naturist Quarter is much more compact than he had thought. I don’t know what he thought it would be, or why he thought whatever he thought, but the Naturist Quarter is well over one square mile in area. Although that’s not nearly as big as London or Los Angeles, I don’t know of any nudist place in the United States, or anywhere else, with a built up area that large.
Phil is correct in saying that the Naturist Quarter is separate and distinct from the rest of the surrounding area. That shouldn’t have been a surprise: I’d said so in a post before he went, and many, many websites say the same thing.
Phil is totally wrong in saying that one can’t bank nude in the Naturist Quarter. One can. One can also visit a post office, buy a wide variety of clothing, do all one’s meat and grocery shopping, buy gasoline, and do just about anything else one might need to do – and do it all nude.
Phil is also wrong in saying that the shops and restaurants are all in one compact vicinity. According to the map of the Naturist Quarter I’m holding in my hand, there are eight separate and distinct commercial areas. For example, I’d guesstimate a brisk 10-12 minute walk from the restaurants overlooking the beach at Heliopolis to Hotel Eve.
Phil is correct that full nudity is not universal during the day. That’s because sensible Europeans protect themselves from too much sun, just as sensible people do in North America. In addition, Phil seems not to understand that people live in the Naturist Quarter, yet have business elsewhere. They change to/from street dress in their homes, not at the gate. Here again, I feel his expectations were unreasonable and unwarranted.
Phil is also correct that few people are nude at night. I wonder if Phil was. When Phil was at the Naturist Quarter, I was just 24 miles away, sleeping under a sheet and blanket. It gets even chillier at night at CAP d’Agde, a CAPE protruding out into the sea, and especially chilly when the sea wind picks up.
Phil also seems not to have taken European culture into account. Most European nudists are accustomed to dressing for the evening meal. In fact, dressing for dinner at a restaurant is _required_ at roughly half of French naturist resorts. In addition, a lot of people head for a discotheque immediately after dinner. At least half of FFN-affiliated naturist clubs/resorts prohibit social dancing while nude. People go to dinner and to discotheques dressed, because that’s what they’re accustomed to. Sorry, Phil, that’s France.
My wife and I visit the Naturist Quarter of Cap d’Agde two or three times each year. In our approximately 25 days in the Naturist Quarter over the last ten years, we’ve never seen any sexual activity in the Quarter itself, or on the beach, that would be in violation of French law. It’s worth noting that French law regarding public sexual activity is little different than the 50-some versions of USA law.
If Phil really, really saw fellatio, cunnilingus, and intercourse on the public beach, he saw serious violations of French law. If he really, really saw such acts, and didn’t report them to the local police or to the gendarmes, he has much to answer for as a human being. He has no excuses: both phone numbers are in the pamphlet he received at check-in.
All I can say is, I’ve seen no such thing, nor has my wife, nor have any of the French or Americans who’ve accompanied us to the Naturist Quarter.
Phil concludes with a non-sequitur worthy of an illogic award. Let’s assume for just a moment that Phil actually saw what he claims he saw on the naturist beach of Cap d’Agde. In his 12 years as a nudist, that’s the only place he’s seen such illegal sexual activity. He then questions the future of ALL of social nudism worldwide. To say the least, Phil is being incredibly illogical and monumentally unfair.
Phil might as well question the future of ALL of Christianity, worldwide, just because a few Christians rob banks.
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