Bandiera Blu beaches, know how ;)

This is one of the most important issues related to the beaches 🙂 Bandiera Blu means blue flag and it is a certification given to beaches that meet the cleanliness conditions for bathing areas.

Liguria has the highest number of beaches marked with Bandiera Blu in all of Italy (!) They’re 32, which is a record in the whole country! It also means that almost all the beaches in the region are safe and clean bathing areas.

Below I list beaches with this certification in Liguria:

Provice of IMPERIA

1. Bordighera – Zona Ovest di Capo Sant’Ampelio, Zona Est di Capo Sant’Ampelio

2. Sanremo – Rio Foce, Tre Ponti, Imperatrice Corso Marconi, Bussana

3. Taggia – Arma di Taggia

4. Riva Ligure – Ex Bungalow

5. Santo Stefano al Mare – Baia Azzurra, Il Vascello

6. San Lorenzo al Mare – U’Nustromu/Prima Punta, Baia delle Vele

7. Imperia – Spianata Borgo Peri, Borgo Prino Foce, Borgo Marina

8. Diano Marina

 

Province of SAVONA

9. Ceriale – Litorale

10. Borghetto Santo Spirito – Litorale

11. Loano – Spiaggia di Loano

12. Pietra Ligure – Ponente

13. Finale Ligure – Spiaggia di Malpasso/Baia dei Saraceni, Finalmarina, Finalpia, Spiaggia del Porto, Varigotti, Castelletto San Donato

14. Noli – Capo Noli/Zona Vittoria/Zona Anita/ Chiariventi

15. Spotorno – Lido

16. Bergeggi – Il Faro, Villaggio del Sole

17. Savona – Fornaci

18. Albissola Marina – Lido

19. Albisola Superiore – Lido

20. Celle Ligure – Levante, Ponente

21. Varazze – Arrestra, Ponente Teiro, Levante, Teiro, Piani D’Invrea

 

Province of GENOVA

22. Camogli – San Fruttuoso, Spiaggia Camogli Centro/Levante

23. Santa Margherita Ligure – Scogliera Pagana, Punta Pedale, Paraggi, Zona Milite Ignoto

24. Chiavari – Zona Gli Scogli

25. Lavagna – Lungomare

26. Moneglia – Centrale, La Secca, Levante

27. Sestri Levante

 

Province of LA SPEZIA

28. Framura – Fornaci (Spiaggia Confine Deiva Marina), Spiaggia La Vallà-Apicchi

29. Bonassola – Lato Est e lato Ovest

30. Levanto – La Pietra, Casinò, Ghiararo

31. Lerici – Lido, San Giorgio, Eco del Mare, Fiascherino, Baia Blu, Colombo

32. Ameglia – Fiumaretta

 

Bandiera Verde

Exists also an additional certification called Bandiera Verde that means a green flag. It is given to beaches that are child-friendly. This certification is given by the association of paediatricians and currently, there are 144 beaches in Italy with such distinction.

4 beaches in Liguria have Bandiera Verde:

Finale Ligure

Noli

Lavagna

Lerici

{which, of course, doesn’t mean that other beaches are dangerous for children, it just means that these 4 have been chosen by the paediatricians association}

The criteria that are taken when choosing the Bandiera Verde certification:

  • clearwater and clean beach
  • shallow water
  • presence of lifeguards on the beach
  • umbrellas spaced far enough (but with the current anti-COVID standards, umbrellas are probably far apart on all beaches)
  • places for feeding and changing
  • the presence of playgrounds
I wish you have great and safe sunbathing! 🙂
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