Sardinia is the region in which there are the most municipalities awarded with the Five Sails of Legambiente and the Italian Touring Club. The awards were revealed during the presentation of the guide "The most beautiful sea 2024".
Leading the top five for 2024 is Pollica (Salerno), with the hamlets of Acciaroli and Pioppi, in the Cilento of Campania. In second place is the municipality of Nardò, in the province of Lecce, in the Apulian district of the Alto Salento Ionico, followed by Baunei , in Ogliastra. Fourth place for the Domus De Maria locality on the Chia coast, also in Sardinia, and fifth place for Castiglione della Pescaia, in the Tuscan Maremma area.
New this year, also present in the guide, are the 33 common friends of sea turtles, marked with the appropriate "turtle" symbol. These are those administrations which, through a specific memorandum of understanding, have undertaken to adopt a series of measures to make the beaches welcoming also for the turtles that lay their eggs.
SARDINIA - For the first time, the Cinque Vele ranking does not include locations in Sicily, while Sardinia reigns supreme. In addition to Baunei and Domus de Maria, there are also awards for Cabras, Santa Teresa Gallura, San Teodoro, Posada, Bosa.
THE OTHER REGIONS - Followed by Tuscany which, in addition to Castiglione della Pescaia (Grosseto), includes the municipalities of Capraia Isola (Livorno), Isola del Giglio (Grosseto), Capalbio (Grosseto) and Marina di Grosseto (Grosseto).
Then Campania , with a group of municipalities all in the province of Salerno: the first place is joined by the municipalities of San Giovanni a Piro, Castellabate and San Mauro Cilento. Three Cinque Vele municipalities for Puglia with Nardò (Lecce), Vieste (Foggia) and Gallipoli (Lecce), and a flag also for Liguria , with the three municipalities of the Cinque Terre (Riomaggiore, Vernazza in Monterosso al Mare in the province of Spezia) and Basilicata with Maratea (Potenza).
THE LAKES - In the ranking of lakes, after the podium of Molveno, Appiano sulla Strada del Vino and Massa Marittima, in fourth place we find Sospirolo (Belluno) on Lake Mis, in Veneto, and in fifth place Avigliana, on the lake of the same name in Piedmont. For the second consecutive year, the town of Scanno (Aquila) on the lake of the same name is confirmed as Cinque Vele, a new entry in 2023. At a regional level, Trentino-Alto Adige is confirmed as the region with the most places awarded with the sustainability banners, followed tied with Piedmont and Lombardy.
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