… and thinking you might want to check out the quality of the water first before you book your ticket? Then check out this project called Water Watch. You can check out the EEA water quality rating (guidelines of the European Commission) on the Eye On Earth map. Apart from the official ratings, visitors of the beaches can also express their ratings, which makes this an interactive map where you can recommend nice places to go to other visitors.

To view and rate the quality of bathing water at a bathing site:

• Zoom in to your selected site on the map or type the beach into the search bar
• If the “cluster” symbol is displayed, zoom in further until the individual location is represented
• Left click on the icon for your location to display historical data, and open the basic rating system in the pop-up
• To view detail on other bathing sites, simply left click on other icons
• Zoom out to go to the original view

Visit Eye On Earth to leave your ratings or explore the beaches