The World’s Newest Blue Zone Is a Charming Italian Town With Rolling Vineyards and Gorgeous Beaches

Celebrating its dedication to wellness, a small city in Italy was acknowledged this month for its residents’ longevity and improved dwelling circumstances.

The city of Arzachena, which sits on the island of Sardinia, was studied for its “agro-pastoral” financial system and “frugal eating regimen,” the Consorzio Costa Smeralda, a property administration and improvement firm, shared with Journey + Leisure. It joins a cluster of different areas on Sardinia which were acknowledged for a connection between their conventional life and long-living residents, like Ogliastra.

To acknowledge its longevity standing, Arzachena was awarded a Blue Zone certification through the Consorzio Costa Smeralda’s annual Longevity Fest earlier this month.

“Our working speculation is that, till the Nineteen Sixties, the inhabitants of Arzachena was similar to that of Ogliastra,” Pietro Mereu, the founder and creative director of the Longevity Fest, stated in an announcement shared with T+L. “Each populations shared the socio-economic profile of many small Sardinian cities … Nonetheless, with the emergence of an financial system dominated by high-end tourism and associated companies, yielding per capita earnings ranges nicely above the Sardinian common, employment alternatives for residents expanded considerably … Consequently, at present’s inhabitants combines components of small-community social cohesion with cosmopolitan publicity.”

Mereu added this possible “led to the emergence of outstanding longevity in a context marked by financial modernization, migration, and international connectivity.”

Arzachena is situated in northeastern Sardinia, identified for its vineyard-covered hills and easy accessibility to stunning beaches, according to the Sardegna Turismo. The city boasts architecturally-adorable options like small squares and pink granite and white stone facades, together with native boutiques and artisan merchandise.

Arzachena is now “an emblem of luxurious, excessive society and elite tourism in Sardinia,” in keeping with the tourism board.

“Analysis in Arzachena doesn’t cease right here,” Gianni Pes, a senior researcher within the Division of Scientific and Experimental Medication on the College of Sassari, stated within the assertion shared with T+L. “The information we’ve gathered are only the start. We’re already getting ready the primary scientific publications to share these insights with the worldwide neighborhood and increase the horizons of longevity analysis.”

Past Italy, there are a number of cities in the U.S. known for their residents’ longevity headed up by Washington D.C. The capital excelled in metrics like “social capital,” “wellness,” and having excessive ranges of “bodily exercise and lower-than-average smoking and extreme consuming charges.” That was adopted by the San Francisco Bay space; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Boston; and Seattle.