44.650° N, 12.253° E
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Lido di Spina: beach guide
What the beach is like
The Spina beach is the shoreline of Lido di Spina, a frazione of the municipality of Comacchio and a popular seaside resort in the province of Ferrara, on the Adriatic Sea. According to Wikipedia, it belongs to the group of the seven Lidi di Comacchio, of which it is the southernmost, and its beach is among the longest on the riviera. The shore is sandy. The name comes from the ancient Etruscan port city of Spina, which stood in the territory of the Delta del Po.
The resort is set in an old pine forest that connects directly with the Lidi di Ravenna. According to Emilia Romagna Turismo, of all the Lidi it is the most residential, with streets laid out in semicircles among low villas, often built by well-known architects. The town layout is highly irregular, with very few straight streets and many very large green areas. The Lago di Spina is small, but it offers a walk. The resort marks the border with the province of Ravenna.
From 1968 to 1974 Lido di Spina had Italy's first fixed-grip two-seater chairlift, which linked the campsite to the beach. It was 1006 m long, ran on the flat and carried 127 colourful two-seater chairs. It was dismantled after only 6 years because its running costs were too high for the campsite owners. From 1979 to 1982 Radio Spina broadcast from a residential courtyard, covering the whole resort as far as the Lido degli Estensi.
Getting there
The centre of Lido di Spina is 0.4 km west of the beach as the crow flies. The resort is linked to the nearby Lido degli Estensi by two bridges over the Logonovo canal. According to Wikivoyage, Comacchio and its lidos can be reached from Ferrara by the TPER scheduled buses. By car, the Raccordo Autostradale 8 links Comacchio with Ferrara and with the A13. The roads into Comacchio also include the strada statale 309 Romea.
From viale degli Etruschi you can reach the Argine degli Angeli, which links Lido di Spina with the Oasi di Volta Scirocco through a mosaic of waterscapes.
When to go
In its page updated in May 2026, Emilia Romagna Turismo states that the mobile tourist information office (IAT) in Lido di Spina is open from April to mid-September. The resort received the Bandiera Blu (Blue Flag) in 2006, in 2008 and from 2011 to 2024. In 2026 Lido Spina also appears among the Bandiera Blu localities of the municipality of Comacchio, in the FEE list.
Seabed and sea
The beach faces east, onto the Adriatic Sea. With the northeasterly grecale, the easterly levante and the southeasterly scirocco, the wind blows in from the sea, so the beach is exposed to waves and rough water. With the libeccio, ponente and maestrale the wind blows from the land, and close to shore the sea tends to be calmer. The tramontana and the ostro, on the other hand, blow across the beach. These are indications based on the orientation of the coast, not weather forecasts.
In the 2025 season the European Environment Agency (EEA) rated the bathing water quality of this stretch as excellent. Before swimming, it is worth checking the flags on display and the sea conditions.
Facilities and free beach
Emilia Romagna Turismo describes it as marked by a wide beach and very numerous venues and street bars, with accommodation for every need, by the sea or in the centre, in green areas or in the most fashionable districts. According to Wikivoyage, there are many places to eat in the Lidi di Comacchio, especially during the bathing season. The guide also lists two branch pharmacies in Lido di Spina, at viale delle Acacie 27 and viale Leonardo 130.
Rules and protected areas
At the southern end of the resort's territory begins the Vene di Bellocchio nature reserve. The reserve is a site of high environmental diversity, with a system of sand dunes next to the mouth of the river Reno, freshwater and brackish wetlands, pine woods, scrub and a wood of tamarisks and olive trees. The Vene di Bellocchio lie 2.7 km south of the beach as the crow flies. The Parco del Delta del Po, with its alternation of woods and lagoons, lies a few kilometres away. In natural areas it is best to keep to the paths and take your rubbish away with you.
Nearby
In 1971 the painter Remo Brindisi had his home built in Lido di Spina to a design by the architect-designer Nanda Vigo. The building was completed between 1971 and 1973 and its designer drew on the Bauhaus movement. The cylindrical house opened as a museum in the summer months between 1972 and 1996 and, after the painter's death, was donated to the municipality of Comacchio. The collection includes works by Modigliani, Picasso, Fontana, Dalì, De Chirico, De Pisis, Morandi, Chagall, Boccioni and Guttuso. It also includes works by Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Andy Warhol, as well as kinetic sculptures by Carmelo Cappello. The museum has been awarded Museo di Qualità status by the Istituto per i Beni Culturali dell'Emilia-Romagna. The Casa Museo Remo Brindisi is at via Nicolò Pisano 45.
Heading north along the coast, the Lido degli Estensi beach is 2 km to the north as the crow flies and Porto Garibaldi 3.3 km to the north. Wikivoyage describes Porto Garibaldi as an important fishing port and marina as well as a seaside resort. To the south, the Ancona di Bellocchio beach is 2.8 km to the southeast as the crow flies. Comacchio is 7.6 km to the northwest as the crow flies. Emilia Romagna Turismo calls it the capital of the Parco del Delta, with its dense network of bridges and canals. Just outside Lido di Spina stretch the Valli di Comacchio, which can be visited by bike or by motorboat.