Official annual classification

PALESTRA

ItalyCoastal43.78660, 7.61180
2025: Excellent

PALESTRA is a coastal bathing water in Italy, at Ventimiglia (Liguria) and about 29 km east of Nice in a straight line. Its official 2025 EEA bathing-water classification is Excellent. It has been rated Excellent in each of the last 11 seasons.

In italiano: Acque di balneazione PALESTRA presso Ventimiglia: la classificazione ufficiale UE per il 2025 è «eccellente». La qualità è risultata eccellente in 11 delle 11 stagioni classificate dal 2015. Divieti temporanei e avvisi di inquinamento sono pubblicati dall’autorità competente (link più sotto). Il resto della pagina è in inglese.

Not a live safety signal. This is an annual official classification. Temporary pollution, algae, weather, currents or closures may change current conditions. Check the competent authority before swimming.
Before you swim

Check today's status and exact location

The annual EEA class gives long-term context. Use the competent authority (Ministry of Health, the Regions, ARPA agencies and municipalities) for temporary pollution, closures or alerts, and confirm this bathing water on the map before relying on the record.

Quality history

Annual classifications from the EEA record, 2015–2025, where available.

2025Excellent
2024Excellent
2023Excellent
2022Excellent
2021Excellent
2020Excellent
2019Excellent
2018Excellent
2017Excellent
2016Excellent
2015Excellent
History summary

It was classified in 11 of the 11 seasons from 2015 to 2025 (first classified season in this record: 2015), and 11 of those classifications were Excellent. The current run of Excellent classifications covers 11 consecutive seasons (2015–2025).

Where it is in Liguria

ExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classifiedThis site407 official bathing waters in Liguria by 2025 class, from official EEA coordinates; outline: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics), generalised, so coastal sites can sit just offshore.
Terraced coastline of the Cinque Terre near Manarola
Liguria: Terraced coastline of the Cinque Terre near Manarola. A landscape photo of the wider area, not of PALESTRA itself. Photo: This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would much appreciate if you send me an email tagooty@yahoo.com or write on my talk page, for my information. Please contact me before commercial use. Please do not upload an edited image here without consulting me. I would like to make corrections only at my own source to ensure that the changes improve the image and are preserved.Otherwise you may upload an edited image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract., Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo credits

How it compares locally

There are 55 other official bathing waters in Italy within 25 km of this point. In the wider region of Liguria, 83.8% of 407 official bathing waters were Excellent in 2025. Across Italy, 90% of the 4,782 coastal bathing waters were Excellent in 2025 (89.8% of all 5,535 sites in the country).

Other official bathing waters in Italy around this site, by 2025 class (straight-line distance; cross-border sites not included)
RadiusSitesExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classified
Within 5 km20164000
Within 10 km31274000
Within 25 km55449110

Other official bathing waters near Ventimiglia

9 other official bathing waters have Ventimiglia as nearest named place. Together, 10 of 10 were Excellent in 2025.

Weather forecast at this location

Forecast valid from 2026-11-11 19:00 UTC; issued 2026-11-11 17:19 UTC
Air temperature15.6 °C · cloudy
Wind3.9 m/s from the east
Rain, next 24 h57.2 mm
Air temperature range, next 24 h15 to 16 °C
Heavy rain in the forecast (57.2 mm in 24 h). Heavy rainfall can wash sewage overflow and run-off from land into bathing waters and cause short-term pollution that an annual class cannot show. Check Italy's official notices before swimming after heavy rain.

Forecast data: MET Norway Locationforecast, licensed under CC BY 4.0, summarised by BathingWaterFinder for the nearest ~1 km grid point. This is a weather forecast for the air, not a measurement of water temperature or water quality.

Nearby official bathing waters

Closest records in Italy by straight-line distance. This is not road distance or a live safety ranking.

Quick answers

What is the latest official rating for PALESTRA?
Excellent for the 2025 bathing season, according to the EEA dataset reported by Italy. The class summarises microbiological sampling over several seasons; it is not a same-day measurement.
Has the rating changed recently?
No. It was Excellent in both 2024 and 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
Use the national profile linked on this page or Portale Acque (Ministry of Health) run by Ministry of Health, the Regions, ARPA agencies and municipalities, and follow signs and lifeguard instructions at the water. Temporary bans and pollution alerts are published there, not in the annual EEA class.
When is the bathing season in Italy?
Set by each Region. Official sampling and classification only cover the designated bathing season.
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For municipalities, campsites, hotels and clubs: the badge shows the current official EEA class of PALESTRA and updates automatically when the next season's classification is published. It links back to this page with the history and today's notice sources.

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Official source

Data source: European Environment Agency (EEA); bathing-water data and coordinates are reported by national authorities. Imported for this site on 2026-11-06. Distances, local counts and the history summary are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from those official records.

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