FLORENCE – Crystal clear waters, unique places for their scenic beauty, attentive to sustainability but also to the protection of biodiversity. They are the Italian seaside resorts where they fly the Five Sails of Legambiente and the Italian Touring Club. 21 marine tourist municipalities and 12 lakeside resorts have been awarded the important banner and rewarded today in Rome on the occasion of the presentation of the guide The most beautiful sea 2024, curated by the environmental association and the Italian Touring Club. The guide collects tourist information and environmental characteristics of the municipalities in Cinque Vele, including the commitment to protecting turtles Caretta caretta. To lead the top five of 2024 is Pollica, Acciaroli and Pioppi, (Sa) the Cilento municipality inserted within the Cilento Antico district, in Campania as regards Tuscany, the fifth place for Castiglione della Pescaia, in the Tuscan Maremma area.
Tuscany was the second most awarded region after Sardinia with 5 localities between the provinces of Grosseto and Livorno and which, in addition to Castiglione della Pescaia (Gr), includes the municipalities of Capraia Isola (Li), Isola del Giglio (Gr), Capalbio (Gr) and Marina di Grosseto (Gr) ;
Not only seaside locations, but also lakeside locations were the subject of analysis and awards within the Guide of Legambiente and Italian Touring Club. In Tuscany confirmed the Five Sails a Massa Marittima (Gr) on the Accesa lakewhich ranks third following the provinces of Trentino and Alto Adige which dominate the top positions.
“This year too, I can only be very proud of the Tuscan performance of our most attractive seaside destinations. The most beautiful sea includes and enhances, in fact, smart islands such as Capraia and Giglio, as well as historically virtuous municipalities such as Castiglione della Pescaia and Capalbio” – declares Fausto Ferruzza, president of Legambiente Toscana – “but we are really witnessing a general improvement in environmental performance almost everywhere on our coast, a clear sign of an increasingly widespread sensitivity. In particular, I want to highlight the 4-sail growth of the Municipality of San Vincenzo, which is particularly committed to the issue of coastal protection”.
Also new this year, also present in the guide is the most beautiful sea the 33 municipalities that are friends of sea turtles marked with the appropriate symbol “the turtle” and where the sails of Legambiente and the Touring Club Italiano fly, among which the Tuscans adhering to Turtle Nest are Orbetello, Marina di Grosseto, Bibbona, Camaiore and Castiglione della Pescaia.
