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Staycations are losing their appeal as we're beginning to plan trips to islands with more temperate climes, including Crete, Menorca and Madeira.

Mayo County Council has 'no alternative' but to ban dogs from beaches to keep their Blue Flag status

Τι είναι το Πρόγραμμα «Γαλάζια Σημαία»: Η «Γαλάζια Σημαία» αποτελεί το πλέον αναγνωρίσιμο και διαδεδομένο διεθνώς οικολογικό σύμβολο ποιότητας στον κόσμο. Απονέμεται από το 1987, σε ακτές και μαρίνες οι οποίες πληρούν τις αυστηρές προϋποθέσεις βράβευσης. Απαραίτητη προϋπόθεση για τη βράβευση μίας ακτής με τη «Γαλάζια Σημαία»,...

Spain comes out top in Blue Flag Awards June 4, 2011 NEWCASTLE, England – The Blue Flag Programme has awarded its prestigious “Blue Flag” recognition to 603 of Spain’s best beaches – the Canary Islands alone have been awarded 38, an increase on 2010’s n NEWCASTLE, England – The Blue Flag Programme has awarded its prestigious “Blue Flag” recognition to 603 of Spain’s best beaches – the Canary Islands alone have been awarded 38, an increase on 2010’s numbers. Huge increase in interest in Spain has been noticed since the beginning of the year, with holiday packages to Ten...

For a time on Thursday the Albercuix beach in Puerto Pollensa needed to be closed. Was this because of the not infrequent spills of wastewater, the source of which - as Mayor Cifre acknowledged on Thursday - is unknown? Not as such. It was caused by a failure of propulsion pumps. There was an electricity cut and this resulted in an escape of water from the sewage network ending up in the sea. Procedures were activated to solve the fault, and the problem was soon sorted out, albeit that the water would have to “self-purify”, to quote the mayor. Picking up on this, the opposition Junts Ava...