The 22 beaches 5 sails of 2025 cleaner and sustainable in Italy

Sardinia, Puglia and Tuscany are the cleanest beaches in Italy. Legambiente sanction him e Italian Touring Club That for over twenty years, thanks to their “blue guide”, they have contributed to orienting the choice of the location in which to spend the holidays by those tourists who also pay attention to the environmental quality.

And the Sails – from 1 (minimum score) to 5 (maximum score) – are the banner assigned to the most deserving municipalities through the data collected by Legambiente throughout the year.

How do you assign the sails

It works like this: each municipality is attributed a score from 1 to 100 on the basis of evaluations carried out by binding during the entire year and which take into account the state of conservation of the territory and the landscape, the quality of the reception and the tourist sustainability of the locality. Furthermore, the cleaning of the sea and beaches is evaluated, the presence of free beaches and places of historical-cultural interest such as museums or archaeological sites. It is also taken into account of the locations that have promoted initiatives in the field of sustainable management. More score, this year, also for those locations that have joined the initiative “Life Turtlest” Promoted by Legambiente for the protection of the nesting habitats of the Caretta Caretta turtle.

A symbol, sailswhich testifies not only the purity of the water, but in general the environmental quality and the services offered. In short, a complete picture on how good the local coastal administrations make the whole peninsula to live up to the challenges imposed by the planetary environmental crisis. The award ceremony took place this morning in Rome.

All locations 5 sails: the 2025 ranking

This year there are 32 seaside resorts with five sails, 22 of the sea and 10 of lakes. First in the standings is the Sardinian Domus de Maria (South Sardinia), second place for Cilentana Pollica (Salerno), followed in order of ranking by Nardò in the province of Lecce and then from Baunei (Nuoro) and from San Giovanni a Piro (Salerno). On the leading lakes in the standings that of Molveno, in Trentino-Alto-Adige, followed by Lake Monticolo in Appiano on the Wine Route (BZ) and Lake Avigliana Grande (TO).

The complete ranking is composed as follows:

1. Domus De Maria (Sulcis)
2. Pollica (Salerno)
3. Nardò (Lecce)
4. Baunei (Nuoro)
5. San Giovanni a Piro (Salerno)
6. Castiglione della Pescaia (Grosseto)
7. Cabras (Oristano)
8. San Teodoro (Sassari)
9. Vernazza (La Spezia)
10. Riomaggiore (La Spezia)
11. Monterosso (La Spezia)
12. Otranto (Lecce)
13. S. Teresa di Gallura (Sassari)
14. Capalbio (Grosseto)
15. Maratea (Potenza)
16. Isola del Giglio (Grosseto)
17. Melendugno (Lecce)
18. Vieste (Foggia)
19. Castellabate (Salerno)
20. Posada (Nuoro)
21. Gallipoli (Lecce)
22. Grosseto (Grosseto)

On the lakes front, that of Molveno, in Trentino-Alto-Adige, also confirmed in 2025 his position as a leader in the standings, followed by the Monticolo lake to Appiano on the wine road (BZ) and the Lago di Avigliana Grande (To). In Trentino also rewarded Fiè to Sciliar on Lake Fiè; In Veneto two awards: Alpago (BL) on Lake of Santa Croce And Sigh (BL) on Lake of the Mis. Piedmont also saw 2 locations awarded: Cannero Riviera (VB) on Lake Maggiore as well as Avigliana, as well as Lombradia with Toscolano Maderno (BS) and Gardone Riviera (BS), both on the western bank of Lake Garda. Confirmed, in Abruzzo, the recognition of Lake Scanno (AQ).

The ranking of the Regions

On the basis of the 5 -sailing locations, undisputed “queen” is confirmed, just like in 2024, Sardinia, with 6 rewarded locations; Puglia follows with 5 distinguished municipalities of maximum recognition and then Tuscany (four locations). They close the top five and Campania and Liguria, both with three awarded locations of the five sails.