Porto Garibaldi and Comacchio

On Sunday, February 22, we went with some British friends of ours to the beach towns of Porto Garibaldi and Comacchio, about 40 minutes away. It was, of course, too cold for swimming, but we took a nice walk on the beach and the kids enjoyed picking up seashells.

Porto Garibaldi is apparently quite the popular beach destination in the summer, but was fairly quiet on a Sunday in February.


The beach was just covered in seashells of all different colors, shapes, and sizes.

Despite the chill, there were still people out sailing!



Here's our crew: Sue, Mick, and Jeff, with Charlie, Kirsten, and Emily in front.

From Porto Garibaldi, we went a short ways over to Comacchio, which has a few bridges and canals like Venice.

The three-way bridge in Comacchio.


Emily and Kirsten in front of the bridge.

A large boat in the canal. Not sure how they got it in there!

I hadn't really realized how close we were to the coast, but it's nice to know that, in the summer, we'll be able to run over to the beach for the day. We bought some fresh fish in Porto Garibaldi, and Mick cooked up a lovely halibut for dinner that night - mmm!