Blue Flag was created in France in 1985 and now includes 48 countries worldwide in its listings. The committee inspects the beaches every year and performs vigorous tests with a tough criteria to determine its inclusion on the list. The criteria includes how clean the water is, cleanliness of the beach, the quality of services for bathers, the existence of a handicapped zone and more.
Where are the Blue Flag beaches in Italy?
The region of Liguria is a winner this year with 23 beaches included in the list. Then follows Tuscany and Marche, then Campania and Apulia. A total of 147 beaches in Italy have been included this year including some on the Islands of Sardinia and Sicily.
Choose your next Italian beach holiday from this list of environmentally friendly resorts
Piedmont
- Cannero Riviera
- Cannobio
Lombardy
- Gardone Riviera
Friuli
- Grado
- Lignano
Veneto
- Cavallino
- Lido di Venezia
- Lido di Jesolo
- Chioggia
- Caorle
Liguria
- Bordighera
- Loano
- Finale Ligure
- Spotorno
- Borghetto Santo Spirito
- Pietra Ligure
- Chiavari
- Moneglia
- Santa Margherita Ligure
- Lerici
- Ameglia
Emilia-Romagna
- Comacchio
- Lido degli Estensi
- Cervia - Milano Marittima
- Cesenatico
- Cattolica
Tuscany
- Forte dei Marmi
- Pietrasanta
- Camaiore
- Viareggio
- Marina di Pisa
- Tirrenia
- Castiglioncello
- Vada
- Cecina
- Marina di Bibbona
- Castagneto Carducci
- San Vincenzo
- Follonica
- Castiglione della Pescaia
- Marina di Grosseto
Marche
- Pesaro
- Fano
- Sirolo
- Numana
- Porto Recanati
Lazio
- Anzio
- San Felice Circeo
- Sperlonga
- Terracina
- Gaeta
Abruzzo
- Tortoreto
- Roseto degli Abruzzi
- Pineto
- Vasto
Molise
- Termoli
Campania
- Massa Lubrense
- Anacapri
- Positano
- Castellabate
- Casal Velino
- Ascea Marina
Basilicata
- Maratea
Apuglia
- Polignano a Mare
- Monopoli
- Fasano
- Ostuni
- Otranto
- Castro
Sicily
- Lipari
- Ispica
- Menfi
Sardinia
- Santa Teresa di Gallura
- Castelsardo
- Quartu Sant'Elena
