This report starts off a series of articles on Naturist Centres in Spain. There are about 30 centres now, ranging from camping sites to housing developments and hotels. All of them must be of significant size and importance so as to have caught our attention. That does not preclude the existence of others, unknown to us so far, which will be taken into account in following editions.

Let us begin with those which collaborate closely with ADN or FEN, and with which we have occasionally held activities in the past. Others will be appearing later, as we keep expanding our contacts.

On the Web of the FEN, Certified Centres are defined as those which either “require the FEN/FNI membership identification or sell the FEN ‘summer passes’, collaborate with the FEN associations in fairs and other events, advertising themselves in their bulletins and/or on the Web, and offer discounts of over 5% in addition to other benefits the FEN members may enjoy.” On the other hand, Collaborating Centres are those which “join in events organized by the FEN associations and advertise in at least three bulletins or on the Web, and offer discounts to associations which are members of the FEN/FNI.”

It must be mentioned that only those centers whose naturist ideas conform to the standards held by the FNI have access to one of the above categories. Thus, places which encourage or hold activities contrary to the naturist spirit are excluded. More specifically, those which have a sexual character; i.e., dedicate some space on their premises to couple swapping, advertise for the so called ‘liberal couples’ or indulge in prostitution are clearly ruled out in order to avoid moral damage to the naturist movement.

However, Collaborating Centres can be those which fulfill the conditions even though they may not be naturist, full time or in all their property. This way, we encourage them to make all their necessary steps to become fully naturist, as long as they don’t carry out activities opposed to the naturist spirit. Such is the case of some holiday centers which provide some areas for the practice of nudism or are next to a naturist area or beach. Another possible case of a Collaborating Centre , albeit temporary, is that of realtors for naturist housing developments who collaborate by providing financial support in exchange for spreading the word.

All these categories are reviewed every season and notified to the FNI so that they are included, with more or less detail according to their level of collaboration, not only in the international guide but also in those publications in the hands of the different FNI federations.

From the Web and attached to this article, find a table with the listing of naturist centers, their category and a minimum of basic data:
http://www.naturismo.org/centrose.html