The Blue Flags have been awarded for the year 2024: let’s find out together which beaches have been awarded Region by Region with Liguria dominating with 34 flags
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In 2024 well 236 Italian coastal locationsboth maritime and lake, have received the coveted recognition of Blue Flag. To obtain this recognition, the waters must prove “excellent” over the last four years, according to analyzes by the Regional Environmental Protection Agencies (ARPA). Furthermore, 81 tourist ports were awarded, 3 fewer than in 2023.
Blue Flags are awarded by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). The evaluation criteria, which are 32, include: the efficiency of the purification plants, the percentage of sewerage connections, waste management, accessibility, the safety of bathers, the care of street furniture and beaches, the sustainable mobility, environmental education, the valorisation of naturalistic areas and the initiatives of the Administrations to improve summer liveability.
This year, 14 new locations have received the Blue Flag: Ortona (Abruzzo), Parghelia (Calabria), Cellole (Campania), Borgio Verezzi and Recco (Liguria), Porto Sant’Elpidio (Marche), Lecce, Manduria and Patù (Puglia), Letojanni, Scicli and Taormina (Sicily), Tenno and Vallelaghi (Trentino Alto Adige). Four municipalities were not reconfirmed: Ameglia and Taggia (Liguria), Margherita di Savoia (Puglia), and Marciana Marina (Tuscany). Below are all the municipalities awarded Region by Region.
Piedmont (5)
- Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola: Cannobio, Cannero Riviera, Verbania
- Province of Novara: San Maurizio D’Opaglio – Lido di Gozzano
Lombardy (3)
- Province of Brescia: Toscolano Maderno, Gardone Riviera, Sirmione
Trentino Alto Adige (12)
- Province of Trento: Vallelaghi, Sella Giudicarie, Tenno, Bondone, Bedollo, Baselga di Pinè, Pergine Valsugana, Tenna, Calceranica al Lago, Levico Terme, Caldonazzo, Lavarone
Liguria (34)
- Province of Imperia: Bordighera, Sanremo, Riva Ligure, Santo Stefano al Mare, San Lorenzo al Mare, Imperia, Diano Marina
- Province of Savona: Laigueglia, Ceriale, Borghetto Santo Spirito, Loano, Pietra Ligure, Borgio Verezzi, Finale Ligure, Noli, Spotorno, Bergeggi, Savona, Albissola Marina, Albisola Superiore, Celle Ligure, Varazze
- Province of Genoa: Sori, Recco, Camogli, Santa Margherita Ligure, Chiavari, Lavagna, Sestri Levante, Moneglia
- Province of La Spezia: Framura, Bonassola, Levanto, Lerici
Tuscany (18)
- Province of Massa Carrara: Carrara, Massa.
- Province of Lucca: Forte dei Marmi, Pietrasanta, Camaiore, Viareggio.
- Province of Pisa: Pisa
- Province of Livorno: Livorno, Rosignano Marittimo, Cecina, Bibbona, Castagneto Carducci, San Vincenzo, Piombino.
- Province of Grosseto: Follonica, Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Orbetello
Friuli Venezia Giulia (2)
- Province of Gorizia: Grade
- Province of Udine: Lignano Sabbiadoro
Veneto (9)
- Province of Venice: San Michele al Tagliamento, Caorle, Eraclea, Jesolo, Cavallino Treporti, Venice, Chioggia
- Province of Rovigo: Rosolina, Porto Tolle
Emilia Romagna (9)
- Province of Ferrara: Comacchio
- Province of Ravenna: Ravenna, Cervia
- Province of Forlì-Cesena: Cesenatico, Gatteo, San Mauro Pascoli
- Province of Rimini: Bellaria Igea Marina, Riccione, Misano Adriatico
Marches (19)
- Province of Pesaro Urbino: Gabicce Mare, Pesaro, Fano, Mondolfo
- Province of Ancona: Senigallia, Ancona, Sirolo, Numana
- Province of Macerata: Porto Recanati, Potenza Picena, Civitanova Marche
- Province of Fermo: Porto Sant’Elpidio, Fermo, Porto San Giorgio, Altidona, Pedaso
- Province of Ascoli Piceno: Cupra Marittima, Grottammare, San Benedetto del Tronto
Abruzzo (15)
- Province of Teramo: Martinsicuro, Alba Adriatica, Tortoreto, Giulianova, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Pineto, Silvi
- Province of Pescara: Pescara.
- Province of Chieti: Francavilla al Mare, Ortona, Fossacesia, Vasto, San Salvo
- Province of L’Aquila: Villalago, Scanno
Molise (2)
- Province of Campobasso: Termoli, Campomarino
Lazio (10)
- province of Rome: Trevignano Romano, Anzio.
- Province of Latina: Latina, Sabaudia, San Felice Circeo, Terracina, Fondi, Sperlonga, Gaeta, Minturno
Campania (20)
- Province of Caserta: Cells
- province of Naples: Massa Lubrense, Sorrento, Piano di Sorrento, Vico Equense, Anacapri
- Province of Salerno: Positano, Capaccio Paestum, Agropoli, Castellabate, Montecorice, San Mauro Cilento, Pollica, Casal Velino, Ascea, Pisciotta, Centola, Camerota, Ispani, Vibonati
Basilicata (5)
- Province of Potenza: Maratea
- Province of Matera: Bernalda, Pisticci, Policoro, Nova Siri
Puglia (24)
- Province of Foggia: Tremiti Islands, Rodi Garganico, Peschici, Vieste, Zapponeta.
- Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani: Bisceglie
- Province of Bari: Polignano a Mare, Monopoli.
- Province of Brindisi: Fasano, Ostuni, Carovigno
- Province of Lecce: Lecce, Melendugno, Castro, Patù, Salve, Ugento, Gallipoli, Nardò
- Province of Taranto: Ginosa, Castellaneta, Leporano, Maruggio, Manduria
Calabria (20)
- Province of Cosenza: Tortora, Praia a Mare, San Nicola Arcella, Santa Maria del Cedro, Diamante, Rocca Imperiale, Roseto Capo Spulico, Trebisacce, Villapiana
- Province of Crotone: Cirò Marina, Melissa, Capo Rizzuto Island
- Province of Catanzaro: Sellia Marina, Catanzaro, Soverato
- Province of Vibo Valentia: Parghelia, Tropea
- Province of Reggio Calabria: Caulonia, Roccella Jonica, Siderno
Sicily (14)
- Province of Messina: Lipari, Alì Terme, Roccalumera, Furci Siculo, Santa Teresa di Riva, Tusa, Letojanni, Taormina
- Province of Agrigento: Memphis
- Province of Ragusa: Modica, Ispica, Pozzallo, Scicli, Ragusa
Sardinia (15)
- Province of Sassari: Badesi, Castelsardo, Sorso, Sassari, Santa Teresa Gallura, Aglientu, Trinità d’Agultu and Vignola, La Maddalena, Palau, Budoni
- Province of Oristano: Oristano
- Province of Nuoro: Tortolì, Bari Sardo
- Province of Cagliari: Quartu Sant’Elena
- Southern Sardinia Province: Sant’Antioco
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