2025 blue flags, which are the most beautiful beaches in Italy

Our sea is better than last year, according to ASSIGNMENT OF THE BLUE BLUE 2025 Flags. The ceremony took place this morning a Romein the CNR headquarters. If 236 were awarded municipalities last year, this year the number rises to 246, plus 84 tourist landings, for a total of 487 beaches Italians awarded by this international recognition, which correspond to about 11.5% of the beaches rewarded worldwide.

The Blue flags They are assigned by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), an international institution, which follows 32 very precise criteria and they don’t only concern the seabut also the lakes and tourist landingswhich are periodically updated to push local administrations to solve and improve over time the problems relating to the management of the territory in order to careful safeguarding the environment.

“Also this year we record an increase in the municipalities that have obtained the recognition of the Blue Flag, 246 with 15 new entrances,” he said Claudio Mazza, president of the Fee Italy Foundation who also spoke of a new project “This year we asked the municipal administrations to draw up and present an action plan for sustainability, with the activities carried out and scheduled in the three-year period 2025-2027. Serious and structured programming has derived […] With the aim of responding to global environmental challenges, strengthening their commitment to the protection of the environment, in the fight against climate change and in improving the quality of life for citizens and tourists “.

2025 blue flags: who enters and who comes out

246 municipalities have obtained recognition, 10 more than the 246 of last year: 15 are the new entrances, 5 unconfirmed municipalities.

The new municipalities who join the Italian blue flags are: Turin of Sangro (Abruzzo); Cariati (Calabria); Corigliano Rossano (Calabria); Cropani (Calabria); Sapri (Campania)
Cattolica (Emilia Romagna); Formia (Lazio); Campofilone (Marche); Castrignano del Capo (Puglia)
Margherita di Savoia (Puglia); Pulsano (Puglia); San Teodoro (Sardinia); Messina (Sicily); Nice of Sicily (Sicily); Marciana Marina (Tuscany).

They leave the list: Capaccio Paestum (Campania); Ceriale (Liguria); San Maurizio d’Opaglio (Piedmont); Ispica (Sicily); Lipari (Sicily).

Blue flags 2025: all assignments

There Liguria He loses a flag and obtains 33 locations, however confirming the region with the greatest number of awards (Bordighera, Sanremo, Riva Ligure, Santo Stefano al Mare, San Lorenzo al Mare, Imperia, Diano Marina, Laigueglia, Borghetto Santo Spirito, Loano, Pietra Ligure, Borgio Verezzi, Finale Ligure, Noli, Spotorno, Bergeggi, Savona, Albissola Marina, Albisola Superiore Ligure, Varazze, Sori, Recco, Camogli, Santa Margherita Ligure, Chiavari, Lavagna, Sestri Levante, Moneglia, Framura, Bonassola, Levanto and Lerici).

There Puglia It rises to 27 awards with 3 new entrances (Tremiti islands, Rodi Garganico, Peschici, Vieste, Zapponeta, Margherita di Savoia, Bisceglie, Polignano a Mare, Monopoli, Fasano, Ostuni, Carovigno, Lecce, Melendugno, Castro, Castrignano del Capo, Patù, Hi, Ugento, Gallipoli, Nardò, Manduria, Marug. Leporano, Castellaneta and Ginosa).

Follows with 23 blue flags la Calabria With three new entrances (Tortora, Praia a Mare, San Nicola Arcella, Santa Maria del Cedro, Diamante, Rocca Imperiale, Roseto Capo Spulico, Trebisacce, Villapiana, Corigliano Rossano, Cariati, Cirò Marina, Melissa, Island of Capo Rizzuto, Cropani, Sellia Marina, Catanzaro, Soverato, Parghelia, Caulonia, Roccella Jonica and Siderno).

There are always 20 blue flags for the Campaniawhich loses a location but marks a new entrance (Cellole, Massa Lubrense, Sorrento, Piano di Sorrento, Vico Equense, Anacapri, Positano, Agropoli, Castellabate, Montecorice, San Mauro Cilento, Pollica, Casal Velino, Ascea, Pisciotta, Centola, Camerota, Isspani, Viboni and Sapri).

With a new recognition, also the Brands They receive 20 blue flags (Gabicce Mare, Pesaro, Fano, Mondolfo, Senigallia, Ancona, Sirolo, Numana, Porto Recanati, Potenza Picena, Civitanova Marche, Porto Sant’Elpidio, Fermo, Porto San Giorgio, Altidona, Pedaso, Campofilone, Cupra Marittima, Grottammare and San Benedetto del Tronto).

Rises to 19 the Tuscany Which conquers a municipality (Carrara, Massa, Forte dei Marmi, Pietrasanta, Camaiore, Viareggio, Pisa, Livorno, Rosignano Marittimo, Cecina, Bibbona, Castagneto Carducci, San Vincenzo, Piombino, Marciana Marina, Follonica, Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto and Orbetello).

There Sardinia He gets 16 locations with a new recognition (Castelsardo, Sorso, Sassari, Santa Teresa Gallura, Aglientu, Trinità d’Agultu and Vignola, Badesi, La Maddalena, Palau, Budoni, San Teodoro, Oristano, Tortolì, Bari Sardo, Quartu Sant’Elena and Sant’Antioco).

Also theAbruzzo Thanks to a new entry, it rises to 16 blue flags (Martinsicuro, Alba Adriatica, Tortoreto, Giulianova, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Pineto, Silvi, Pescara, Francavilla al Mare, Ortona, Fossacesia, Turin of Sangro, Vasto, San Salvo, Villalago and Scanno).

There Sicily Confirm 14 flags with two outputs and two new entrances (Messina, Alì Terme, Nizza di Sicilia, Roccalumera, Furci Siculo, Santa Teresa di Riva, Letojanni, Taormina, Tusa, Modica, Pozzallo, Scicli, Ragusa and Menfi).

The Trentino South Tyrol He confirms his 12 municipalities (Vallelaghi, Sella Giudicarie, Tenno, Bondone, Bedollo, Baselga di Pinè, Pergine Valsugana, Tenna, Calceranica al Lago, Levico Terme, Caldonazzo and Lavarone).

The Lazio It rises to 11 with a new location (Trevignano Roman, Anzio, Latina 134, San Felice Circeo, Terracina, Fondi, Sperlonga, Gaeta, Formia and Minturno).

THE’Emilia Romagna sees 10 locations awarded thanks to a new entrance (Comacchio, Ravenna, Cervia, Cesenatico, Gatteo, San Mauro Pascoli, Bellaria Igea Marina, Riccione, Misano Adriatico and Cattolica).

The 9 flags of the Veneto (San Michele al Tagliamento, Caorle, Eraclea, Jesolo, Cavallino Treporti, Venice, Chioggia, Rosolina and Porto Tolle).

There Basilicata He confirms his 5 locations (Maratea, Bernalda, Pisticci, Policoro and Nova Siri).

The Piedmont It drops to 4 with an exit (Cannobio, Cannero Riviera, Verbania and Gozzano), while the Lombardy confirms 3 municipalities, all in the province of Brescia (Toscolano-Maderno, Gardone Riviera and Sirmione). In the end Friuli Venezia Giulia (Grado and Lignano Sabbiadoro) e Molise (Termoli and Campomarino) confirm the 2 flags.

Blue flags, the assignment criteria

• absolute validity of bathing water according to more restrictive rules than those provided for by national bathing legislation (only those classified as “Excellent” in the last four years);
• regular sampling waters carried out during the summer season.

These first two criteria are imperative and only if respected can the subsequent assessments access, which are:

• efficiency of the purification of the waste water and the sewage network linked at least 80% throughout the municipal area;
• separate collection, correct management of waste dangerous;
• vast pedestrian areas, cycle paths, Curated urban furniture, green areas;
• beaches with all services and of personnel in charge of the save, accessibility for everyone;
• ample space dedicated to environmental education coursesaddressed in particular to schools and young people, tourists and residents;
• diffusion ofInformation on the blue flagpublication of data on bathing waters;
• hotel facilities, public health utility servicestourist information, updated signs;
• certification environmental and/or the procedures of institutional activities and tourist structures present in the municipal area;
• presence of activity of fishing well inserted in the context of the Marina.