Calabrian beaches awarded with Legambiente Sails

Not only Blue Flags and Green Flags! Calabria's beaches also boast the important recognition of the Sails of Legambiente in Calabria and the Italian Touring Club, a result that certifies the healthiness and comfort of the Calabrian coastline, from the Tyrrhenian to the Ionian Sea.

What does the award consist of and what are the Sails of Legambiente and Touring Club beaches in Calabria? Let's find out together, with the updated ranking.

Once again this year, by leafing through the guidebook The Most Beautiful Sea, published by the Italian Touring Club and Legambiente, it is possible to find out which are the Legambiente Sails in Calabria, i.e. the beaches awarded by these two important tourism and environmental organisations at national level. The Most Beautiful Sea guide, edited by Legambiente and Touring Club, is one of the indispensable tools for getting to know all the seaside resorts awarded for their dream beaches, crystal-clear waters, services and opportunities for excursions, visits to places of art, wine and food tasting and events in the surrounding area. All this on one condition: environmentally sustainable land management for quality tourism.

For more than twenty years, the Legambiente Sails in Calabria have been certifying "the most beautiful sea", reviewing the resorts that best meet these criteria. The 5 Sails correspond to a "5-star" seaside resort. Let's now discover Calabria's starred beaches and the characteristics that consecrate them Sails by Legambiente and Touring Club in Calabria. 

The province of Reggio Calabria, with 16 award-winning locations, has been awarded the highest number of Legambiente Sails in Calabria:

• Roccella Ionica (4 Sails)
• Scilla (4 Sails)
• Riace (3 Sails)
• Monasterace (3 Sails)
• Brancaleone (3 Sails)
• Palizzi (3 Sails)
• Locri (3 Sails)
• Bova Marina (3 Sails)
• Bagnara Calabra (3 Sails)
• Caulonia (3 Sails)
• Melito di Porto Salvo (3 Sails)
• Palmi (3 Sails)
• Siderno (2 Sails)
• Villa San Giovanni, Cannitello (2 Sails)
• Montebello Ionico (2 Sails)
• Marina di Gioiosa Ionica (2 Sails)

The province of Cosenza boasts the highest number of 4-Sail beaches and a total of 11 Sails:

• Amendolara (4 Sails)
• Corigliano-Rossano, Schiavonea (4 Sails)
• Diamante (Regional Marine Park ‘Riviera dei Cedri’) (4 Sails)
• Longobardi (3 Sails)
• Trebisacce (3 Sails)
• Roseto Capo Spulico (3 Sails)
• Belvedere Marittimo (Regional Marine Park ‘Riviera dei Cedri’) (3 Sails)
• Rocca Imperiale (2 Sails)
• Pietrapaola (Camigliano) (2 Sails)
• Bonifati (Cittadella del Capo) (2 Sails)
• Amantea (Regional Marine Park ‘Scogli di Isca’) (2 Sails)

In the Catanzaro area, Legambiente has awarded 11 Sails:

• Badolato (3 Sails)
• Cropani (3 Sails)
• Curinga (3 Sails)
• Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio (3 Sails)
• Soverato (Baia di Soverato Regional Marine Park) (3 Sails)
• Falerna (2 Sails)
• Stalettì (2 Sails)
• Nocera Terinese (2 Sails)
• Sellia Marina (2 Sails)
• Simeri Crichi (2 Sails)
• Gizzeria (1 Sail)

The province of Vibo Valentia and the entire ‘Costa degli Dei’ Regional Marine Park have been awarded 5 locations with Legambiente Sails:

• Tropea (4 Sails)
• Zambrone (3 Sails)
• Pizzo (2 Sails)
• Parghelia (2 Sails)
• Ricadi (2 Sails)

Lastly, the four locations that won Legambiente's Sails awards in the province of Crotone:

• Isola Capo Rizzuto (Capo Rizzuto Marine Protected Area) (3 Sails)
• Cutro (2 Sails)
• Cirò Marina (2 Sails)
• Crucoli (2 Sails)