Look! - The most beautiful beaches in Italy

More than 7,500 kilometres of coastline, almost 500 lakes: Italy spoils us with a wide selection when it comes to the sea and bathing. "The country's most beautiful beaches" - our new series

Beaches in Italy are like food: There is so much delicious, pardon beautiful choice that you don't know what to try first, rather where to get into the water first.

Italy's officially most beautiful beaches are awarded the "Bandiera Blu" every year. The prestigious award is given by the European Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) worldwide.

Italy has the most beautiful beaches in the world
What is evaluated?
The regions with the most beautiful beaches

summer title 2022 — **Crystal-clear, turquoise water: that's Puglia...**
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Italy has the most beautiful beaches

Italy is the world leader: 10 per cent of the total "Bandiera Blu" awarded in 2022 will go to the bel paese. In addition to all European countries, 48 countries outside Europe are also examined.

210 seaside resorts in Italy - 17 of them on lakes - have been awarded this year. A total of 427 beaches were certified in these resorts. (Most of the time a place has more than one beach).

What is evaluated?

There are 32 categories for the "Bandiera Blu" award - from water quality, cleanliness and cleaning, pedestrian zones, cycle paths and environmental protection. Sustainable tourism is the focus here.

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Beaches in series

The most beaches with "Bandiera Blu" are in Liguria (32 in total), the fewest in Lombardy and Molise ( 1 each).

**By the way, the famous beach of Polignano a Mare has not received any award**

The regions with the most beautiful beaches

In our new series "Italy's most beautiful beaches", we now present the country's bathing highlights - detailed per region, with photos and videos. Here is a first overview of where you can enjoy the water...

Place 1: Liguria with a total of 32 excellent beaches (numbers 15 to 46 on the map)
2nd place: Puglia (Number 150 to 167 on the map above), Campania (No. 127 to 144) and Tuscany (No. 47-64) with 18 excellent beaches each
3rd place: Calabria and Brands with 17 beaches each (no. 47 to 64 and no. 85 to 101)
Place 4: Sardinia with 15 beaches (no. 196 to 210)
Rank 5: Abruzzo with 14 beaches (no. 102 to 115)
6th place: Sicily with 11 beaches (no. 185 to 195 )
7th place: Latium and Trentino-Alto Adige with 10 (sea) beaches (no. 117 to 126 and no. 5 to 14)
Rank 8: Venice and Emilia-Romagna with nine beaches each (no. 67 to 75 and no. 76 to 84)
Rank 9: Basilicata with five beaches (no. 145 to 149)
Rank 10: Piedmont with three beaches (no. 1 to 3)
11th place: Friuli Venezia Giulia Venice with two beaches (no. 65 and 66)
12th place: Lombardy and Molise with one beach each (no. 4 and no. 116)