{"id":65344,"date":"2024-05-15T11:44:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T09:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/spiagge-bandiera-blu\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:27:09","slug":"spiagge-bandiera-blu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/spiagge-bandiera-blu\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Flag Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"440\">The new entries? There are two new Blue Flags: <strong data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"424\">Ispica<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"439\">Lipari<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"883\">With the new entries, the Messina area now counts ten locations awarded with the recognition. Confirmed locations include <strong data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"577\">Al\u00ec Terme<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"599\">Nizza di Sicilia<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"625\">Santa Teresa di Riva<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"640\">Letojanni<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"664\">Mazzeo in Taormina<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"677\">Messina<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"695\">Furci Siculo<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"712\">Roccalumera<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"725\">Tusa<\/strong>. These are joined by <strong data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"757\">Lipari<\/strong>, with the beaches of <strong data-start=\"779\" data-end=\"796\">Vulcano Gelso<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"813\">Acqua Calda<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"826\">Canneto<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"853\">Vulcano Acque Termali<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"882\">Stromboli Ficogrande<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"1185\">The province of Ragusa confirms the beaches of <strong data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"952\">Marina di Modica<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"969\">Maganuco<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"983\">Modica<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"985\" data-end=\"1000\">Pietre Nere<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1018\">Raganzino<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1034\">Pozzallo<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1056\">Marina di Ragusa<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1085\">Sampieri &#8211; Pisciotto<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1099\">Scicli<\/strong>. Among the new entries for 2026 is also <strong data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1150\">Ispica<\/strong>, with <strong data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1184\">Santa Maria del Focallo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1319\">Also confirmed is the beach of <strong data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1227\">Menfi<\/strong>, in the province of Agrigento, with <strong data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1288\">Lido Fiori Bertolino<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1318\">Porto Palo Cipollazzo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1556\">Among the <strong data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1369\">87 Italian tourist marinas awarded<\/strong>, the marinas of <strong data-start=\"1386\" data-end=\"1411\">Capo d\u2019Orlando Marina<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1438\">Marina del Nettuno<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"1442\" data-end=\"1453\">Messina<\/strong> have also been confirmed. The latter also confirms its Blue Flag for <strong data-start=\"1523\" data-end=\"1555\">good environmental practices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":65340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1921,1923,53,1928],"tags":[],"luogo":[2971,2945,3248,3070,3227,3369,2958,3138,3328,2959,3007,2235,3173],"stagione":[1877,1875],"class_list":["post-65344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-famiglie-bambini-en","category-mare-in-sicilia-en","category-senza-categoria-en","category-territorio-en","luogo-eolie","luogo-agrigento","luogo-capo-dorlando","luogo-ispica","luogo-letojanni","luogo-menfi","luogo-messina","luogo-modica-ragusa","luogo-pozzallo-ragusa","luogo-ragusa","luogo-scicli","luogo-taormina","luogo-tusa-messina","stagione-spring","stagione-summer"],"acf":{"sottotitolo":"There are 16 \u201cBlue Flags\u201d in Sicily in 2026.","titolo_paragrafo_1":"Detail","paragrafo_1":"<p>There are <strong data-start=\"106\" data-end=\"143\">16 \u201cBlue Flags\u201d in Sicily in 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"365\">The ranking is drawn up every year by the <em><strong>Foundation for Environmental Education<\/strong><\/em>, the Danish NGO that awards the recognition based on quality parameters such as water cleanliness and the quality of the services offered.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"440\">\n","galleria":false,"localizzazione":"<div class=\"leaflet-map\" data-height=\"400\" data-map=\"leaflet\" data-map-lng=\"14.9468994\" data-map-lat=\"38.5223841\" data-map-zoom=\"7\" data-map-layers=\"[&quot;CartoDB.Voyager&quot;]\" data-map-markers=\"[{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Roccalumera&quot;,&quot;default_label&quot;:&quot;Via Avarna A, 98027 Sciglio, Sicilia 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