Costa Blanca Beaches 2020

Comunidad de Valencia No.1 in SPAIN

In 2020, the Valencian Community is at the top of the leader board with Blue Flag beaches in Spain.

Alicante, with its 86 Blue Flag locations, leads the Provinces and also regionally. Castellón have 31 and Valencia 30. In the citywide rankings Orihuela, Alicante province, is sitting at no. 1 with 11 locations awarded with Blue Flags followed by Valencia with 7 and Benicàssim, in Castellón, with 5.

The Blue Flag is a certification awarded by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), which offers tourists the safety that in the places marked by it, the water and sand are clean, and there are sufficient lifeguards prepared to respond in an emergency. At the same time the Blue Flag is considered a symbol of environmental protection of the highest degree.

In light of the current health crisis, representatives of the tourism authority in the Valencian Community have expressed their concern towards increasing water quality checks, as well as raising the number of control checkpoints and respecting the safety regulations, in order for the beaches to maintain their guarantee regarding the quality of water, sand and services provided.