The Canary Islands this year has obtained 51 blue flags for its beaches and five for marinas, seven more in total than in 2019, according to the opinion of the international jury of the Blue Flag environmental program, released this morning, reports the Ministry of Health.
Promoted by a private organization, the European Foundation for Environmental Education, the blue flag distinguishes those beaches and marinas that accredit criteria of excellence regarding the quality of bathing water, they comply with environmental regulations, and have adequate health and safety infrastructure to guarantee the health and safety of their users.
This year, the Canary Islands achieved eight more flags for its beaches and one less for its marinas.
Among the beaches, the new additions this year are Las Nieves, in Agaete (Gran Canaria); El Duque and Torviscas, in Adeje, and the El Caletón Pier and Pools, in Garachico (Tenerife); Butihondo, Costa Calma, El Matorral and Morro Jable, in Pájara (Fuerteventura); and Playa Blanca, in Yaiza (Lanzarote)
Instead, they have lost the brand La Arena, in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife); and Tarajalejo, in Tuineje (Fuerteventura), as well as Puerto Colón (Tenerife), among the marinas.
By islands, Gran Canaria will display a blue flag on fifteen beaches (one more than last year); Tenerife, in twelve (three more); Lanzarote, in eight (one more); Fuerteventura, in seven (three more); La Palma, in five (the same); La Gomera, in three (the same); and El Hierro, in one (the same).
In the Canary Islands, the Blue Flag initiative is managed in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, through the General Directorate of Public Health of the Canary Islands Health Service.
BEACHES WITH BLUE FLAG IN THE CANARY ISLANDS:
Gran Canaria: 15
Agate: The Snows *
Agüimes: Arinaga.
Arucas: El Puertillo, Los Charcones.
Gáldar: Sardine.
Wit: El Burrero.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Las Canteras.
San Bartolomé de Tirajana: The English. Maspalomas, Meloneras, San Agustín.
Telde: Hoya del Pozo, La Garita, Melenara, Salinetas.
Lanzarote: 8
Reef: The Redoubt
Teguise: Jablillo, Las Cucharas.
Tías: Grande (Blanca), Matagorda, Pila de la Barrilla, Pocillos.
Yaiza: Blanca.
Fuerteventura: 7
Pájara: Butihondo, Costa Calma, El Matorral, Morro Jable.
Puerto del Rosario: Blanca, Los Pozos, Puerto Lajas.
-Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 21
Tenerife: 12
Adeje: El Duque, Torviscas.
Arona: The Nightdress, The Views.
Garachico: El Muelle *, El Caletón Natural Pools *
Guía de Isora: La Jaquita Beach.
Los Realejos: El Socorro.
Puerto de la Cruz: Garden, San Telmo.
San Cristóbal de La Laguna: Natural Pools of Bajamar.
Tacoronte: The Arena.
La Palma: 5
Breña Alta: Low tide.
Breña Baja: Los Cancajos.
Los Llanos de Aridane: Charco Verde, Puerto Naos.
Tazacorte: The Port of Tazacorte.
La Gomera: 3
Alajeró: Santiago.
San Sebastián de la Gomera: The Cave. Saint Sebastian.
Iron: 1
Pinar de El Hierro: La Restinga.
* New in 2020
Marinas with Blue Flag in the Canary Islands: 5
Gran Canaria: 2
PD de Mogán, in Mogán.
PD Pasito Blanco, in San Bartolomé de Tirajana :.
Lanzarote: 1
Marina Puerto Calero, in Yaiza.
Tenerife: 2
PD of Los Gigantes, in Santiago del Teide.
Real Club Náutico de Tenerife, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Blue Flag Centers: 3
Maspalomas Dunes Natural Reserve Interpretation Center, in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria.
Rambla de Castro Nature Classroom, in Los Realejos, Tenerife.
Museum of the Restingolita in El Pinar del Hierro, El Hierro.
The requirement to become a Blue Center, in a municipality with a Blue Flag beach, is the existence of a visitor center, sea or nature classroom, which includes among its objectives and activities environmental education on coastal ecosystems and / or the sustainable development, as well as specific information on the Blue Flag program.
Blue Trails 2
Puerto Calero-Puerto del Carmen trail, in Tías, Lanzarote.
Sendero del Time, in Tazacorte, La Palma.
The Blue Trails are itineraries and landscape elements that link beaches or ports with Blue Flag and contribute positively to the sustainable use of the coastline. For the awarded municipalities it is a recognition of their work in the improvement and restoration of their coastal natural and ethnological heritage.
Thematic distinctions: 1
Los Realejos, distinction in environmental education
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