Calabria strengthens its place as the most effective coastal locations within the Mediterranean after receiving 27 Blue Flags by 2026. This places it in second place in Italy, behind solely Liguria. This award confirms the area’s popularity as a coastal vacation spot that efficiently combines scenic magnificence, environmental high quality, vacationer amenities and dedication to sustainability.
The Blue Flag, awarded by the Basis for Environmental Schooling (FEE), is without doubt one of the most famous worldwide awards for seashores, marinas and boats devoted to sustainable tourism. To qualify, websites should meet strict standards concerning water high quality, environmental schooling and data, land administration, security, accessibility and companies. In 2026, this system will reaffirm its world attain, with greater than 5 thousand areas worldwide awarded the Blue Flag, making it an immediately recognizable image for worldwide audiences.
Calabria’s result’s significantly vital and marks tangible development. The variety of Blue Flag resorts has elevated from 23 final yr to 27 this yr, because of 4 new additions: Amendolara, Montegiordano, Falerna and Locri. This enhance is a testomony to the work being performed within the coastal areas, which is strengthening the popularity of the area alongside the Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts. The awards cowl your entire coast of Calabria, from the Riviera dei Cedri and the Higher Ionian coast of Cosenza to the coast of Crotone, the Ionian a part of Catanzaro and the Costa degli Dei and Costa dei Gelsomini. Award-winning areas embrace well-known locations corresponding to Praia a Mare, San Nicola Arcella (together with the Arcomagno space), Diamante, Cirò Marina, Isola Capo Rizzuto, Soverato, Parghelia, Tropea, Roccella Jonica and Siderno, in addition to areas that improve their vacationer profile by environmental high quality, companies and native promotion.
The Blue Flag due to this fact serves as a logo of the standard of the ocean and as a method to advertise the area as a vacationer vacation spot. For vacationers, the Blue Flag supplies a direct assure of high-quality water, well-maintained seashores, security measures, companies, environmental data and accountable vacation spot administration. For Calabria, this implies presenting the ocean not solely as a pure heritage, but in addition as an organized, sustainable and aggressive vacationer expertise. The 2026 goal is a part of a wider technique to advertise Calabria as a year-round vacation spot that may combine its coastal sights with inland choices corresponding to villages, parks, climbing trails, cycle routes, meals and wine, tradition and nature. On this approach, the standard of the shoreline turns into a gateway to a broader regional system by which the ocean interacts with the hinterland, protected areas, native communities and the area’s defining cultural experiences.
“The 2026 Blue Flags verify that Calabria is making progress in high quality, sustainability and hospitality. This achievement acknowledges the work performed throughout the area and strengthens Calabria’s picture as a number one coastal vacation spot in southern Italy, which may attraction to vacationers on the lookout for magnificence, good companies and dedication to the setting.”
Giovanni Calabrese, Councilor for Tourism for the Calabria area.
For extra details about the award-winning resorts and to find Calabria’s Blue Flag seashores, go to the devoted part on licensed coastal locations on the official Calabria Straordinaria web site: https://calabriastraordinaria.it/en/travel-tips/calabria-blue-flags