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Blue Flag Beaches on the Costa Tropical
Find below a list of the beaches of Costa Tropical (west to east) that have been awarded a Blue Flag for the summer season (mid June to mid September) in each year since 2014. Read about the Blue Flag system.
As the Blue flag awards have grown over the years the requirments have also grown. Each town hall submits an application in the autumn of the previous year and commits to not just clean bathing water but showers, life-guards, signage and environmental awareness programmes. It has become necessary for town halls to carefully select the potential Blue Flag beaches for the necessary infrastructure investment in preparation for the Blue Flag application. The successful applications are listed below, unsucessful applications are not published. The quiet and perhaps perhaps isolated 'virgin' beaches enjoyed by many can not, by definition, be awarded a Blue flag.
In 2023 Costa Tropical boasts a record of 12 Blue Flag beaches with the retur of Carchuna, one more than 2022 and 2021. Almuñecar has five Blue flag beaches. Playa Granada in Motril is the only beach that has held the award every year since 2014. It is good to see the beautiful Salobreña joining the awards with La Guardia beach in 2021.
| Destination | Beach | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almuñecar | La Herradura | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Marina del Este | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | |
| San Cristobal | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | |
| Velilla | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | |
| Puerto del Mar | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Salobreña | La Guardia | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Gualchos | Sotillo - Castell | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Motril | Playa Granada | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Carchuna | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | |
| Calahonda | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Del Cañon-La Pelá | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | |
| Torrenueva Costa | Torrenueva | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Take a look at which beaches have been awarded a Blue Flag status on the Costa del Sol. Destinations are listed along the coast from West to East.
Take a look at what beaches have been awarded a Blue Flag status on the Costa Tropical. Destinations are listed along the coast from West to East.
Take a look at what beaches have been awarded a Blue Flag status on the Costa de la Luz. Destinations are listed along the coast from West to East.
Take a look at what beaches have been regularly awarded a Blue Flag status on the Costa Almeria. Destinations are listed along the coast from West to East.