Blue Flag 425 shores
Four hundred and twenty-five beaches and eight marinas won this year the quality award "Blue Flags", as announced by the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature.
With 425 award-winning beaches, Greece ranks 2nd among 39 countries. In total, the International Commission awarded 2.699 beaches and 639 marinas. Greece in 2008 was awarded for 430 coasts and 8 marinas.
The criteria for the award are a total of 29 and refer to cleanliness, organization, information, safety of bathers and visitors, as well as the protection of the coastal environment and the coastal area.
The award-winning beaches are:
ATTICA [12]
Marathon Municipality
Schinias / Boat
Municipality of Nea Makri
Brexit
Municipality of Markopoulo
Channel
Municipality of Lavreotiki
Punta Zeza
Municipality of Anavyssos
Black Stone
Anavyssos / Central
Municipality of Kalivia
Lagonisi 1
Lagonisi 2
Lagonisi 3
Municipality of Vari
I sailed
Municipality of Vouliagmeni
Vouliagmeni star
Municipality of Voula
Voula A.
In the rest of Greece:
Evros [3], Rodopi [3], Kavala [15], Serres [1], Thessaloniki [11],
Halkidiki [47], Pieria [13], Larissa [7], Magnesia [23], Fthiotida [6], Evia [2], Corinth [10], Argolis [4], Arcadia [1], Laconia [10], Messinia [4], Ilia [6], Achaia [6], Boeotia [2], Etoloakarnania [3], Preveza [3], Thesprotia [2], Corfu [32], Kefalonia [7], Ithaca [2], Zakynthos [8], Chania [27], Rhodes [33], Rethymno [16], Heraklion [13], Lassithi [41], Karpathos [1], Kos [7], Thira [3], Ios [4], Sifnos [2], Paros [4], Naxos [3], Mykonos [1], Syros [5], Andros [3], Kea [1], Samos [4], Chios [1], Lesvos [10], Lemnos [3].
The award-winning marinas are:
CHALKIDIKI [2]
1. Municipality of Sithonia
Porto Carras Marina
2. Municipality of Kassandra
Marina Sani
ATTICA [2]
3. Municipality of Lavreotiki
Olympian Marine
4. Municipality of Paleo Faliro
Flisvos Marina
CORINTHIA [1]
5. Municipality of Xylokastro
Xylokastro Marina
LEFKADA [1]
6. Municipality of Lefkada
Marina of Lefkada
CORFU [1]
7. Municipality of Corfu
Marina of Gouvia
KOS [1]
8. Municipality of Kos
Marina Kos.
Source of RES
How did you say sir?
And a little joke: Two guys in paradise ....
They say to each other:
Find George ... I'm not saying paradise, beautiful, I'm not saying ... but ...
LIKE HALKIDIKI DOES NOT HAVE A FRIEND !!!!