Blue flag awarded beaches (2008)

The Blue Flag Award is a voluntary eco-label program ran by a non-governmental institution, the Denmark’s Foundation for Environmental Education, that compiles a selection of organized beaches around the world (currently 37 countries and more than 3.300 beaches), based on certain criteria like the water quality, infrastructures, services and environmental activities. During the 2007 season Greece ranked 2nd with 430 awarded beaches.

Rhodes can be proud of its shores. This year the island won a record 33 Blue Flags, for beaches selected for their cleanliness & organized infrastructure, making it the region with the cleanest beaches in the European Union. The cherished flags, which are only awarded to organized beaches equipped to deal with large numbers of bathers, will now fly at the following beaches:

Municipality Name of the beach
Rhodes Reni 1
Kalithea Agali
  Ammoudes/Faliraki
  Faliraki 1
  Faliraki 2
  Faliraki 3
  Faliraki 4
  Faliraki 5
  Faliraki 6
  Faliraki A
  Faliraki B
  Faliraki C
  Kathara
  Traounou
  Traounou / Spilies
  Kastraki
  Gournes
  Kalithea
  Katafygio
  Kavourakia
  Ladiko / Vagies
  Ladiko / Antony Quinn
  Ladiko / Plaka
  Vigla
  Mantomata
  Mavros Kavos
  Kokkina
Afantou Afantou 2
  Kolymbia
Lindos Lardos 3
South Rhodes Kiotari 3