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Rimini, Italy

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Rimini

Italy

Rimini is a resort town in Emilia-Romagna, on Italy's east coast. Rimini is a thriving, bustling resort on the Italian Riviera that boasts "over a thousand hotels".

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  • Rimini's beach is mostly private clubs charging for loungers, but free public access strips exist between them at San Giuliano Mare and near Miramare.

  • Cross the 2,000-year-old Ponte di Tiberio to Borgo San Giuliano, the old fishermen's quarter of pastel houses covered in murals of Fellini film scenes.

  • Rimini is Fellini's hometown, and the Fellini Museum across Castel Sismondo and Palazzo Valloni is an immersive walk through his films rather than a dusty archive.

  • Avoid Ferragosto (mid-August) when Italian holidaymakers pack the beaches and prices spike; June and September give you the same sea with far fewer people.

  • Eat piadina from a kiosk—Romagna's flatbread with squacquerone and rocket is a cheap local staple, whereas seafront sit-down restaurants charge a massive premium for the same snack.

  • The Roman core is genuinely worth an hour — Arch of Augustus, Piazza Cavour and the Domus del Chirurgo mosaics — before you write Rimini off as a party beach.

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Best time to go

Best window: March–August and October–November

Kind weather all year — there is no month to avoid.

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Rated from ten years of daily temperature and rainfall recorded at this destination, via Open-Meteo's ERA5 reanalysis. Hover a month for its real numbers.

Getting around

By bus

The city has a modern urban network of minibuses, coaches, and eco-vehicles. Timetables are available at https://www.startromagna.it/en/. The main bus stop is Palacongressi, served by lines 3, 7, 8, 9, 17, 27, and 170. Ticket machines are available 24/7.

By Metromare

METROMARE is a zero-emissions electric bus rapid transit (BRT) line connecting Rimini and Riccione railway stations. It operates daily every 25 minutes with 15 intermediate stations.

By car or taxi

Car rental services with or without drivers are available for city and area exploration. Taxi sharing is another option for hotel-to-Palacongressi transportation.

By bike

Rimini is a bike-friendly city with expanding greenways and cycle paths. Many hotels provide bicycles for guests, and the Municipality offers a bike sharing service. Rimini station's new Bike Park provides bicycle rental, parking, and repair services.

By e-scooter

Electric scooters are a popular, low-impact transportation option in Rimini. Two providers serve the city: BIT Mobility: Electric scooter sharing service available throughout the city center and beachfront.

Transport notes from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What to see

Places are listed from Wikivoyage and our own sourced research. Worth it means a second, independent source names the place too; “3 sources agree” means three or more do — and each card names them, so you can check.

Tempio Malatestiano

Worth it

Also recommended by Easy Travel Dude

35 Via IV Novembre

Bizarre burial chapel for Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, the lord of the city, together with his mistress Isotta degli Atti and the Malatesta family.

Tiberius Bridge

Worth it

Also recommended by Easy Travel Dude

The Roman bridge that marks the beginning of the Aemilian Way.

Augustus Arch

A Roman arch built to celebrate the Roman emperor who lent it his name.

Federico Fellini Museum

Via Clementini 2· Free

Fellini's Museum is in Rimini's historic centre and is popular with both Italian public and foreign visitors alike. This museum covers everything related to the great film director's life and career, from the earliest days of Federico…

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Domus of the Surgeon

An impressive archeological area documenting 20 centuries of Rimini history.

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What to eat

Casina del Bosco

Worth it

Also recommended by Gambero Rosso

Among the best piadina anywhere — classic, vegan, or the Sgudebla with gratinated sardines.

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Dalla Lella

Worth it

Also recommended by Gambero Rosso

Nearly forty years of Rimini piadina, generously spread with lard, plus cassoni stuffed with cured meats.

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Life club

Viale Regina Margherita 11

Lively nightclub boasting two floors. Open all summer long with a variety of music styles on both floors. Outdoor smoking area fitted with seats. Free bus to and from the club and free giveaways and drink promotions.

Carnaby Club

Open every night from March to October. The Club is a 3-story building, each level having a different atmosphere, music style, bars and DJs. Free shuttle service on whole Rimini Area.

Opéra Marano

seafront bathing area 134

Open from May to half September. Dance club on the beach with a tropical setting and live music (Italian music, commercial/dance and revival on Fridays, commercial/dance and house on Saturdays).

Where to stay

Hotel Morfeo

200 m from the beach

For young people only. Part of the Young People Hotels group devoted to party going people between 16 and 35 years. 24-hr reception, breakfast until 12:30 for daysleepers, bed & breakfast or half board, with all you can eat buffet, all…

Logis Hotel Vienna Ostenda

viale Regina Elena, 11· Expensive

Budget place near railway station, small rooms and old fittings but comfy enough.

Hotel Baia

Viale Porto Palos 33· Expensive

Located directly on the beach. Fully modernized and restored, the hotel offers to the guests wide and well-lighted rooms, air conditioned dining room, car park, well equipped rooms with modern and functional furnishing and comforts as air…

Hotel Elba

in front of Carnaby Club

A 3-star hotel for youths only, situated right in front of the Carnaby Club. Within walking distance from the beach. Part of the Young People Hotels group.

Hotel Europa Rimini

Viale A. Vespucci, 83

Affordable, clean and modern 3-star hotel with private beach, located on the seafront. Easy access to main services, amenities and nightlife.

Albergo Viking

Family Antonioli

Near the beach, pool, hydro jacuzzi in the garden, car parking, garden with games for children.

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