Spain comes out top in Blue Flag Awards
June 4, 2011
NEWCASTLE, England – The Blue Flag Programme has awarded its prestigious “Blue Flag” recognition to 603 of Spain’s best beaches – the Canary Islands alone have been awarded 38, an increase on 2010’s n
NEWCASTLE, England – The Blue Flag Programme has awarded its prestigious “Blue Flag” recognition to 603 of Spain’s best beaches – the Canary Islands alone have been awarded 38, an increase on 2010’s numbers.
Huge increase in interest in Spain has been noticed since the beginning of the year, with holiday packages to Tenerife and other islands in the Canaries garnering particular focus thanks to the high quality of its stunning white sand beaches, turquoise waters and fabulous climate.
The Maritime Authority will reinforce the means of surveillance and rescue in the Algarve during the bathing season that begins on 1 June, with the beaches in.
Portugal flying the blue flags
Portugal has 372 river and coastal beaches awarded with the Blue Flag this year, 12 more than in 2020, spread across 98 municipalities, five of which enter the list for the first time.
This year the Blue Flag list includes 330 coastal beaches, eight more than in 2020, and 42 river beaches, four more than last year.
The coastal beaches are distributed in the North (72), Centre (29), Tagus (50), Alentejo (31), Algarve (87), Azores (45) and Madeira (16).
In total, the North region has 79 beaches (72 coastal and seven river beaches, two more and one more than in 2020, respectively), the Centre has 46 (29 coastal and 17 river beaches), the Tagus has 62 (50 coastal and 12 river beaches, three more and two more, respectively), the Alentejo has 37 (31 coastal and six river beaches, plus one river beach), the Algarve has 87 (coastal), the Azores has 45 (three more coastal) and Madeira has 16 coastal.
Lagos distinguished as the “bluest” municipality By TPN/Lusa, in Algarve · 18-12-2020 01:00:00 · 1 Comments
Within the scope of the Blue Flag Programme, the municipality of Lagos has been distinguished as the “Município Mais Azul” (“The Bluest Municipality”).
The award results from the recognition for excellent performance in environmental education activities, carried out under the Blue Flag 2020 Programme. This award is given to the municipality of each region that obtains the best score in environmental education activities, and the evaluation was carried out by the Portuguese Environment Agency and the National Coordination of the Blue Flag Programme.
The Lagos municipality applied to the Blue Flag Programme with a total of 13 environmental education activities, of which five of the activities i