If your ambition is to get married naked, then this Italian destination wants to hear from you.
Italian authorities announced plans for Is Benas beach, a designated naturist area located on the southwestern coast of Sardinia, to become a nudist wedding destination.
Luigi Tedeschi, mayor of the nearby town of San Vero Milis, said the six kilometer beach had been a popular nudist spot for years.
After it officially opened as a nude beach in 2022, he stated that naturist weddings were the next logical step.
Tedeschi, who is credited with the idea of designating part of the beach as nudist, said authorities decided to open it to nudist weddings when a German couple wrote to ask if it would be possible to get married on the beach in their birthday suits.
Naturist couples will soon be able to get married on Is Benas beach (pictured) in Sardinia. The four mile beach has been a nudist spot for years.
He said cnn: ‘Nudity has nothing to do with sex. For (naturists) it is a philosophy of life and is linked to nature.’
‘It should be respected, so why not? We have this beach, a place that lends itself wonderfully to naturism. And then we thought, let’s make a beach for weddings. If people want to get married naked, they can do it.
And he added: “If someone has a problem, they can pass by or look at the sea.”
CNN, however, reported that there have been no complaints from the nearby town’s 2,500 residents.
Sardinian authorities decided to open Is Benas beach to nudist weddings when a German couple wrote to ask if it would be possible to get married on the beach in their birthday suits (archive image)
The only question that arises, Tedeschi joked, is whether he would have to be dressed to officiate or wear the fascia, the mayor’s sash.
While there were reports that brides would still have to wear veils, Tedeschi confirmed: “People can wear whatever they want.”
The mayor said the goal of holding nudist weddings on the beach is part of a larger initiative to provide more nudist spaces on the Italian island.
He hopes this will attract a “respectful” type of tourism, unlike the covered areas of beaches, which he said are often covered in trash.
The proposal was supported by Gabriele Rosetti, president of the Italian Federation of Naturists, according to The times. “This is a first for Italy and we are totally here for it,” she said.
According to the website, Rossetti said Italy was ready for nudist beach weddings, but claimed that other European nations were far ahead of Italy when it came to naturist culture.
“I had a Dutch guest who came to breakfast naked,” he said. “Not all of us do that.”