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The Valencian Community leads Spain once again with 152 Blue Flag beaches for 2026
From Orihuela to Alicante, here's every beach in the area that's earned the top environmental award this summer
The Valencian Community has held onto its position at the top of Spain's Blue Flag rankings for 2026, with 152 awards distributed across 48 municipalities, nine more than last year.
It's the most of any autonomous community in the country, ahead of Andalucia with 143, Galicia with 118 and Catalonia with 101.
The awards were announced on Tuesday May 5 by the Association for Environmental Education and Consumer Protection (ADEAC), which runs the programme in Spain. This year's national total of 677 Blue Flag beaches is the highest since the initiative launched back in 1987 and the Valencian Community's coastline plays a significant part in that success story.
Six of the community's beaches have held the Blue Flag every single year since 1987, a distinction shared by only one other beach in the whole of Spain.
Those beaches are El Carregador in Alcalá de Xivert, Sant Joan in Alicante, La Fossa in Calpe, Sant Antoni in Cullera, Carrer la Mar in El Campello and Nord in Gandía. Two marinas, the Altea Yacht Club and the Calpe Royal Yacht Club, can also claim the same unbroken record, making them unique in the world.
Here's the full list of this year's Blue Flag beaches across the three provinces:
Valencia
Bellreguard: Bellreguard.
Carnet d'en Berenguer: Racó de la Mar.
Cullera: Cap Blanc, El Brosquil (new), El Dossel, El Far, El Mareny de Sant Llorenç (new), Escollera, Los Olivos, Marenyet-L'illa, Racó, Sant Antoni.
Daimús: Daimús.
Gandía: Auir, Nord.
Guardamar de la Safor: Guardamar de la Safor.
La Pobla de Farnals: North, Pobla Marina.
Miramar: Miramar.
Navarrés: Playa-Monte.
Oliva: L'Aigua Blanca, L'Aigua Morta, Pau-Pi, Terranova-Burguera.
Piles: Piles.
Puçol: Puçol.
Sagunt: Corinto, L'Almardá, Malvarrosa, Port de Sagunt.
Tavernes de la Valldigna: La Goleta, Tavernes de la Valldigna.
Valencia: L'Arbre del Gos, El Saler, La Devesa, La Garrofera, Malva-Rosa, Recatí-Perellonet.
Xeraco: Xeraco.
Alicante
Alicante: Postiguet, Saladar-Urbanova, Sant Joan, Tabarca.
Altea: Cap Blanch, El Bol, La Roda, L'Espigó.
Benidorm: Llevant and Ponent.
Benissa: Cala de Baladrar and L'Advocat.
Calpe: Cantal Roig, La Fossa, L'Arena-Bol, Puerto Blanco (nueva), Racò (nueva).
Denia: Els Molins, Les Bovetes, Les Deveses, Les Marines, Marineta Cassiana, Punta Negra, Punta del Raset.
El Campello: Cala Lanuza (nueva), Carrer de la Mar, Mutxavista.
El Poble Nou de Benitatxell: Cala del Moraig.
Elche: Arenals del Sol-Sur, Carabassí, L'Altet, La Marina, Les Pesqueres-El Rebollo.
Guadamar del Segura: Centre, Dels Vivers, Ortigues-Campo, Del Moncaio, La Roqueta.
L'Alfas del Pi: Racó de l'Albir.
Orihuela: Calas de Aguamarina, Barranco Rubio, Cabo Roig-La Caleta, Cala Capitán, Cala Cerrada, Cala Estaca, Campoamor-La Glea, La Zenia-Cala Bosque, Mil Palmeras, Punta Prima.
Pilar de la Horadada: Del Conde, Higuericas, Jesuitas, Mil Palmeras, Puerto, Rocamar.
Santa Pola: Calas del Este, Calas de Santiago Bernabéu, La Ermita, Tamarit, Varador.
Teulada: Del Portet and Las Platgetes.
Torrevieja: Cabo Cervera, Cala de las Piteras, El Cura, La Mata (antigua La Mata Sur), Los Locos, Los Náufragos.
Vila Joiosa: Bon Nou, Ciutat (Centro), De Torres, La Caleta, Paradís, Varadero.
Xábia: Arenal, Granadella, La Grava.
Castellón
Alcalá de Xivert: Del Carregador, Del Moro, La Romana, Manyetes.
Almassora: Benafeli y Pla de la Torre (new).
Almenara: Casablanca.
Benicarló: La Caracola y Morrongo.
Benicàssim: Dels Terrers, Heliópolis, L'Almandrava, Torre de Sant Vicent, Voramar.
Burriana: El Grao, L'Arenal and Malvarrosa.
Castellón de la Plana: Gurugú, Pinar y Serradal.
Moncofa: Grao, L'Estanyol, Masbó, Pedra Roja.
Montanejos: Fuente de los Baños.
Oropesa del Mar: La Conxa, Les Amplaries, Morro de Gos, Plagetes de Bellver.
Peñíscola: Nord.
Torreblanca: Nord and Torrenostra.
Vinaròs: Fora Forat and Fortí.
Xilxes: El Cerezo and Les Cases.
Image: Turismo Comunidad Valenciana
