Discover Playa Pilar!

Note that there is a clothing optional section on the west end of Playa Pilar. You can enjoy this peaceful freedom since many years, but it is strongly recommended not to walk without a bathing suit outside the west part of the beach. The area is not « officially » designated to be clothing optional and there is no sign, so please be respectful in order to maintain this tolerated, safe and confortable opportunity for the future.

The clothing optional beach of Playa Pilar is located at the west end of the island. By the main entrance, it takes ten minutes to walk.

There are few other places in Cuba where you can find a clothing optional beach. Cayo Largo with its 20-km of pristine beaches. Almost each hotel hotel has a CO beach section. Also in Cayo Santa Maria, where the CO beach is located from the west side of hotel Sol Cayo Santa Maria down to east of hotel Meliá Buenavista. Click HERE to learn more about the « Au Natural » beaches in Cuba. You may participate by sharing your experience.

These two islands are an interesting option for those who don't have the budget to go to Jamaica or the French islands. Please note also that topless is tolerated everywhere on the beaches in Cuba and some pools.

Cayo Media Luna

A small island of only 850 meters long, located approximately 1.7 kilometers north of Playa Pilar. Related to the history of privateers and pirates, Media Luna is an island which has also done his time of happiness for Ernest Hemingway, the great American writer. By the way, Playa Pilar was named after Hemingway's boat.

A photo of Cayo Media Luna taken from Playa Pilar

As it is impossible to reach by swimming or even by snorkeling. Two options are available ...

1. Buy the excursion « Media Luna » sold by tour operators at the hotel. This tour includes a visit to Playa Pilar, transfer to Media Luna, free time for snorkeling and eating seafood. Click HERE for more information about tours in Cayo Guillermo.
2. To pay 8 CUC (per person) for a transfer by Zodiac or catamaran. To do this, you have to go to Playa Pilar Yacht Club.

Cayo Media Luna (half moon island) is a small coral island, ideal for lovers of snorkeling because the water is shallow and perfect conditions for pretty underwater photos! When you move away from the shore, you can see a boat that sank during the Second World War more than 10 meters deep and even a statue in bronze.

For those who bought the tour, a meal of lobster is offered in the Ranchón (beach restaurant) on the island and snorkeling equipment is also included in the package price. You can buy drinks (beer 1 CUC) in the Ranchón bar and a meal of lobster (15 CUC), pork or chicken (3 CUC).

There are two beaches on the island of Cayo Media Luna, a small one only 100 meter near the restaurant and also another one of 300 meters long further west. If you're lucky, it is possible that you are alone on the island, but during the high season, you may see more than 200 tourists invading the island, according to what the Cuban says.