Noto and Giardini Naxos are awarded at the OURCOAST Project

At the OURCOAST Project, only two Italian cities made the list of the 300 best environmentally managed coasts in Europe: Noto and Giardini Naxos.

Noto is a city in the Province of Syracuse, located at the foot of the Iblean Mountains and gives its name to the surrounding valley, Val di Noto. In 2002 Noto and its church were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Giardini Naxos is located in the Province of Messina, on the coast of the Ionian Sea on a bay which lies between Cape Taormina and Cape Schis