La Sirena Beach ( es, Playa La Sirena) is a beach located around two kilometers north of
Aguas Dulces
Aguas Dulces is a resort in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay.
Location
The resort is located at the east end (on Km. 277.5) of Route 10 and the south end of Route 16, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, about southeast of Castillos ...
resort, in
Rocha Department
Rocha () is a department in the east of Uruguay. Its capital is the city of Rocha. It borders Maldonado Department to its west, Lavalleja Department to its northwest, Treinta y Tres Department to its north, while to its northeast Laguna Merín fo ...
,
Uruguay
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. It was officially designated as a
naturist
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beach by the authorities of the government of Rocha.
Description
It is located at two and a half kilometers north from the beach of Aguas Dulces resort town. It can be reached going from Aguas Dulces, walking from the end of Cachimba y Faroles street through the beach or the sand dunes until reaching the sign posts.
It is a wide beach of thin sands in along the
Atlantic Ocean
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shore, surrounded by sand dunes covered by
psammophile
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, ...
vegetation, with minor wetlands, ponds and acacia trees.
Features
La Sirena is a naturist beach, specially authorized by the department authorities for practising naturism and nudism, although it is a clothing-optional beach, not being mandatory to enter completely naked. It is the second naturist beach of Uruguay after
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beach in
Maldonado Department
The Maldonado Department ( es, Departamento de Maldonado; ), with an area of and 164,300 inhabitants (2011), is located to the southeast of Uruguay. Its capital is Maldonado.
Geography and climate
Neighbouring departments are Rocha to the East ...
, and it opened as such in 2012.
As in every beach, there are rules about hygiene and
protection of the environment, but there are also specific rules related to this kind of beach: to respect the personal space of the other naturist people, to not stare at other persons persistently or in a lustful way, nor to take photos or record videos of anyone without their consent.
[
The beach does not have its own ]lifeguard
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support and its tourist infrastructure is underdeveloped,[ therefore, in order to seek for housing or food is necessary to travel to Aguas Dulces resort.]tourist information office
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Types of visitor center
A visit ...
of the government of Rocha, in the crossing of Route 16 and Cachimba y Flores street in Aguas Dulces resort.
See also
* Naturism in Uruguay
Naturism in Uruguay (or nudism in Uruguay) is practiced at least since the 1960s, firstly by foreigners coming to Uruguay and later by Uruguayan naturists. It is being practiced on the two officially designated naturist beaches (authorized by the r ...
* Nudity
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* Social nudity places in South America § Uruguay
References
External links
Playa Naturista La Sirena
, official tourism website of the government of Rocha Department
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Naturism in Uruguay