Blue Flags 2024, the ranking of the most beautiful (and cleanest) beaches in Italy

There are ten more locations than last year that will be able to fly the Blue Flags awarded by the NGO Fee this summer

(In the photo Taormina, new entry in the 2024 Blue Flags)

ROME – They go up to 236 coastal locations awarded, there are ten more than last year, that this summer will be able to make the Blue Flags assigned by the NGO Fee, Foundation for environmental education.The total number of beaches that will bear the banner comes to 485 which represent theApproximately 11% of the beaches awarded worldwide.

Getting recognition is not easy given that to grant it the Fee requires compliance with 32 criteria, one more than last year:that of social commitment and inclusiveness.However, the purity of the water remains the main criterion and the certification, relating to the last four years, must come from the regional agencies for environmental protection.With the blue sea the ones to be rewarded are therefore also the sustainable tourism, the functionality of purification plants, the waste management, there presence of separate waste collection, the valorisation of the territory and the initiatives that municipalities implement for a better liveability of tourist locations during the holiday months.

LIGURIA IS QUEEN ONCE AGAIN

This year too, the first place is confirmed Liguria which marks 2 new entries but loses two Flags, thus confirming 34 locations;there Puglia following this it rises to 24 with 3 new Municipalities and an exit while the Campania and the Calabria, with one additional award each.In fourth place are Marche which receive 19 Blue Flags, while Tuscany which loses a Municipality drops to 18.There Sardinia confirms its 15 locations and also theAbruzzo rises to 15 thanks to a new entry, the Sicily reaches 14 Flags with three new entries, the Trentino Alto Adige rises to 12, the Lazio stay at 10.Emilia Romagna has 9 localities and the 9 Flags of Veneto have been reconfirmed.Basilicata always has its 5 localities, and there are always 5 Municipalities in Piedmont that obtain the Flags.Lombardy confirms 3 Municipalities, Friuli Venezia Giulia maintains its 2, like Molise.This year there are 23 Blue Flags on the lakes, with 2 new ones.

THE NEW BEACHES AWARDED AND THOSE NOT RECONFIRMED

Here are all the new entries in the rankings (there are 14): Ortona (Abruzzo), Parghelia (Calabria), Cells (Campania), Borgio Verezzi (Liguria), Recco (Liguria), Porto Sant'Elpidio (Marches), Lecce (Puglia), Manduria (Puglia), Patu (Puglia), Letojanni (Sicily), Scicli (Sicily), Taormina (Sicily), Tenno (Trentino Alto Adige), Vallelaghi (Trentino Alto Adige).Four municipalities were not reconfirmed:Ameglia (Liguria), Taggia (Liguria), Margherita di Savoia (Puglia) and Marciana Marina (Tuscany).