Ricardo and Sarah are your lovely English-speaking hosts at Comacchio's choice B&B. The 11 rooms (and two apartments) are themed according to local legends or the perceived colours of the Po Delta (pink and green). Nine of them boast canal views.
Breakfast calls for vegan pastries, spelt cakes and addictive homemade marmalades, but the real coup is Ricardo's privileged access to Salina di Comacchio, where you can get up close and personal with some 15,000 flamingos at sunset – something not everyone gets to do.