Greece comes fifth in the Mediterranean destinations list with excellent swimming waters with 93 percent of its beaches to be of top quality, according to a European Commission report of the quality of waters in the bloc in 2013, published yesterday. Cyprus and Luxembourg feature on the top of the report with 100 percent rate, followed by Malta with 99 percent and Croatia with 95 percent. 

EU member states reported a total of 15.363 coastal sites in 2013, while the majority of 70 percent was located in Italy (32 percent). Greece came right next (14 percent) followed by France (13 percent) and Spain (14). In Greece, the report located 2.162 swimming sites out of which 2.016 have been qualified with excellent waters, while only five did not meet the standards.