While researching Comacchio, the features I kept coming across were waterways, an utterly unique bridge, and dozens of recipes for Anguilla anguilla, better known to us as eel. If that last part doesn’t seem that appetizing, don’t wriggle away just yet. There is a whole lot more there worth seeing (and eating).

To be quite honest, I knew little about the place before setting down to write this piece. I may have encountered the name before while watching a travel show or reading a guidebook, but it has never been fully on my radar. After my deep dive into the delta waters of ‘Little Venice’, there is no doubt that we all need to put this town of 22,000 on the top of our touring list as soon as possible, because what a hidden gem!