The 84 landings awarded Blue Flag 2023 have been announced. The list includes the best marinas and marinas in Italy, which have distinguished themselves for sustainable management from an environmental, social and service perspective.
Regions with the most Blue Flags
The region most heavily represented in the 2023 Blue Flags map is once again Liguria, which leads the ranking with 16 landings spread across all four of its provinces. In second place is Friuli Venezia Giulia, which plants the Blue Flag in as many as 14 landings, while closing the podium with 9 landings is Campania. This is followed by Veneto and Sardinia with 8 landings, Puglia and Tuscany with 7 landings, and Marche with 6 landings. Close behind are Lazio, Sicily and Calabria with 2 landings and Basilicata, Emilia Romagna and Abruzzo with 1 landing.
The criteria for obtaining Blue Flag recognition
This year the number of criteria that must be met has risen to 38 – 23 imperative and 15 suggested – to enter the list of Blue Flag awarded landings. Among the different types of criteria-which you will find listed here on the bandierablu.org website-are Environmental Education and Information, Environmental Management, Services and Safety, Water Quality, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Social/Community Participation. The regulations assume a responsible attitude on the part of port administrations, with environmental cautions to reduce the impact of the facility. A few examples:
- The water at the landing must be visibly clean, with no evidence of pollution, such as oily slicks, floating garbage, discharges, or other obvious traces of pollution
- The landing must be equipped with facilities and services for the disabled
- The landing must be equipped with containers for separate collection of recyclable waste such as glass, aluminum, paper, plastic, organic waste, etc.
The list of Blue Flag Landings 2023
Abruzzo
Pescara
- Pescara – Marina di Pescara (A.S.P.T)
Basilicata Region
Matera
- Policoro – Marina di Policoro
- Calabria Region
Calabria
Cosenza
- Cosenza – Tourist Dock Port of Cetraro
Reggio Calabria
- Roccella Jonica – Porto delle Grazie
Campania
Naples
- Casamicciola Terme – Cala degli Aragonesi
- Procida – Yachting Santa Margherita Procida
- Capri – Marina di Capri
- Pozzuoli – Sudcantieri
Salerno
- Pollica – Acciaroli Tourist Port
- Centola – Palinuro Marina
- Salerno – Marina D’Arechi
- Agropoli – Agropoli Marina
- Camerota – San Domenico – Porto di Camerota
Emilia Romagna
Rimini
- Misano Adriatico – Portoverde
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Gorizia
- Grado – Porto San Vito
- Grado – Dock San Marco
- Monfalcone – Marina Monfalcone
Trieste
- Trieste – Italian Naval League
- Trieste – Marina Portopiccolo
Udine
- Lignano Sabbiadoro – Marina Uno
- S. Giorgio di Nogaro – Marina Sant’Andrea
- Latisana – Dock Aprilia Marittima
- Lignano Sabbiadoro – Darsena Porto Vecchio
- Marano Lagunare – Marina Capo Nord Condominium
- Lignano Sabbiadoro – Marina Punta Verde
- Lignano Sabbiadoro – Marina Punta Faro
- San Giorgio di Nogaro – Cantieri Marina San Giorgio
- Marano Lagunare – Marina Resort Punta Gabbiani SPA
Latium
Latina
- Gaeta – Base Nautica Flavio Gioia
- Sperlonga – Port of Sperlonga
Liguria
Genoa
- Chiavari – Marina di Chiavari
Imperia
- San Lorenzo al Mare – Marina di San Lorenzo
- Imperia – Marina D’Imperia
- San Remo – Portosole
- Ventimiglia – Cala del Forte
- Bordighera – Port of Bordighera
- S. Stefano al Mare – Marina degli Aregai
La Spezia
- La Spezia – Porto Lotti
- La Spezia – Porto Mirabello
- Porto Venere – Marina di Porto Venere
Savona
- Alassio – Porto Luca Ferrari
- Savona – Old Dock
- Andora – Marina of Andora
- Varazze – Marina di Varazze
- Loano – Marina di Loano
- Celle Ligure – Cala Cravieu
Brands
Ancona
- Ancona – Marina Dorica
- Senigallia – Porto della Rovere
- Numana – Numana Tourist Port
Ascoli Piceno
- San Benedetto del Tronto – Circolo Nautico Sambenedettese
Stop
- Porto San Giorgio – Marina di Porto San Giorgio
Pesaro and Urbino
- Fano – Marina dei Cesari
Apulia
Bari
- Polignano a Mare – Cala Ponte Marina
Barletta-Andria-Trani
- Bisceglie – Marina Resort Bisceglie Landing marina
Toast
- Brindisi – Marina di Brindisi
Foggia
- Rodi Garganico – Porto Turistico Maria SS Della Libera (former Rodi Garganico marina)
- Manfredonia – Marina del Gargano
Lecce
- Melendugno – Tourist Port of San Foca
- Marina di Leuca – Marina di Leuca marina
Sardinia
Cagliari
- Quartu S. Elena – Marina di Capitana
Nuoro
- S.Maria Navarrese – Marina di Baunei and S. Maria Navarrese
Olbia-Tempio
- La Maddalena – Cala Gavetta
- Olbia – Marina di Portisco
- Arzachena – Porto Cervo Marina
- Arzachena – Marina dell’Orso Poltu Quatu
Sassari
- Santa Teresa Gallura – Port of Santa Teresa Gallura
- Castelsardo – Castelsardo Tourist Port
Sicily
Messina
- Capo D’Orlando – Capo D’Orlando Marina
- Messina – Neptune Marina
Tuscany
Grosseto
- Grosseto – Port of Maremma
- Monte Argentario – Marina Cala Galera
- Castiglione della Pescaia – Marina Punta Ala
Leghorn
- Rosignano Marittimo – Marina Cala dè Medici
- Porto Azzurro – Marina Porto Azzurro
- Marciana Marina – Port of Marciana Marina
Pisa
- Pisa – Port of Pisa
Veneto
Rovigo
- Rosolina – Marina di Albarella
- Porto Tolle – Porto Barricata
Venice
- San Michele al Tagliamento – Marina Resort Portobaseleghe
- Jesolo – Jesolo Tourist Port
- Caorle – Clock Dock
- Venice – Venice Certosa Marina
- Chioggia – Darsena Le Saline
- Cavallino Treporti – Marina del Cavallino
