Bandiera Arancione
The Orange Flag ( to German: Orange Flag ) is an Italian seal of quality in the field of tourism and the environment, which of the Touring Club Italiano ( TCI) to small communities ( maximum population: 15,000 ) awards in the Italian countryside. The winning towns stand out through excellent city, and an excellent tourism infrastructure.
In 1998, the Orange Flag by the Ligurian Regional Association of TCI was established, with the aim of upgrading the Ligurian hinterland. To determine the auszuzeichnenden villages of the TCI developed an analysis model ( Modello di Analisi Territorial ). As a result, the concept was transferred to national level and is characterized today small communities in all regions of Italy from.
The orange flag is the only Italian project, which is recognized by the World Tourism Organization as a successful program to promote development in tourism.
Objectives
Objectives and criteria for the award are determined by the TCI as follows:
- Enhancement of local resources
- Development of tourism
- Strengthening of local crafts and traditional products
- Promotion of local investment climate
- Strengthening regional identity
Excellent towns
Abruzzo
- Palena
- Roccascalegna
Apulia
- Alberona
- Sant'Agata di Puglia
Basilicata
Calabria
Campania
- Cerreto Sannita
- Sant'Agata de ' Goti
Emilia -Romagna
- Bagno di Romagna
- Bobbio
- Brisighella
- Busseto
- Castell'Arquato
- Castelvetro di Modena
- Forli e Terra del Sole
- Fanano
- Fiumalbo
- Fontanellato
- Longiano
- Monteleone ( Frazione Roncofreddo )
- Montefiore Conca
- Portico e San Benedetto
- Premilcuore
- Sestola
- Verucchio
- Vigoleno (part of Vernasca )
Lazio
- Arpino
- Bolsena
- Bomarzo
- Calcata
- Campodimele
- Caprarola
- Casperia
- Colle Pardo
- Labro
- Leonessa
- Nemi
- San Donato Val di Comino
- Sermoneta
- Sutri
- Trevignano Romano
- Tuscania
- Vitorchiano
Liguria
- Apricale
- Brugnato
- Castelnuovo Magra
- Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena
- Dolce Acqua
- Santo Stefano d' aveto
- Sassello
- Toirano
- Triora
- Varese Ligure
Brands
- Acquaviva Picena
- Corinaldo
- Genga
- Gradara
- Mercatello sul Metauro
- Mondavio
- Montecassiano
- Montelupone
- Monterubbiano
- Ostra
- Pievebovigliana
- Ripatransone
- San Ginesio
- San Leo
- Sarnano
- Urbisaglia
Molise
Piedmont
- Alagna
- Avigliana
- Barolo
- Bene Vagienna
- Candelo
- Cherasco
- Macugnaga
- Malesco
- Mergozzo
- Monforte d' Alba
- Neive
- Orta San Giulio
- Santa Maria Maggiore
- Varallo
Sardinia
Sicily
Tuscany
- Anghiari
- Barberino Val d' Elsa
- Barga
- Casale Marittimo
- Casole d' Elsa
- Castelnuovo Berardenga
- Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina
- Castiglione Fiorentino
- Certaldo
- Cetona
- Collodi (village of Pescia)
- Cutigliano
- Lari
- Lucignano
- Massa Marittima
- Montalcino
- Monte Carlo
- Montefollonico (part of Torrita di Siena)
- Montepulciano
- Monteriggioni
- Murlo
- Volterra
- Pienza
- Pitigliano
- Radda in Chianti
- Radicofani
- San Casciano dei Bagni
- San Gimignano
- Sorano
- Suvereto
- Trequanda
- Vinci
- Volterra
Trentino -Alto Adige
- Ala
- Caderzone Terme
- Molveno
- Tenno
Umbria
- Bevagna
- Città della Pieve
- Montefalco
- Montone
- Norcia
- Panicale
- Spello
- Trevi
- Vallo di Nera
Veneto
- Arquà Petrarca
- Asolo
- Malcesine
- Marostica
- Mel
- Montagnana
- Portobuffolè
- Sappada
- Soave