2018.06.17 CNN Travel
Would you do a spot of yoga in the buff or eat a sandwich in your birthday suit?
If the answer's yes, and you're in Paris on June 24 -- you're in luck.
The city's Nudists Association is hosting a giant picnic for naturists aimed at newbies and pros alike.
The event will honor the inaugural Parisian Day of Naturism, which the Association hopes will become an annual event celebrated on the last Sunday of June each year.
The group hopes it will be a "symbolic day," bringing together Parisians in the
nudist area of the Bois de Vincennes park.
Yoga in the buff
Naked celebrations will begin with a yoga class at 11:30 a.m. After this work out, attendees can picnic in the Paris sun.
Guests are asked to contribute €5 ($5.80) towards food provisions. The Facebook-listed event encourages visitors to bring their own towel and invite friends and family. The event will run through 5:30 p.m.
In the evening, the party will move onto the naturist restaurant O'Naturel. Places are limited for the evening celebrations, but reservations can be made on the restaurant's website.
"The provision of a space in the Bois de Vincennes where the practice of naturism will be allowed is part of an open vision of the use of public spaces in Paris," adds Komites.
Bois de Vencennes park is on the edge of the 12th arrondissement, east of Paris.
Komites says Paris has been inspired by Germany, Switzerland and Spain -- all countries where nudism has been embraced.
"It can be exercised with respect for everyone," she concludes.
