Given the lack of surprise on doormen’s faces when they let in mojito-stained lodgers at 3am, Rimini (REE-mee-nee; pop. 136,000) is clearly a city that’s used to playing fast and loose. Inland, the centro storico preserves its Roman heritage with piazze overshadowed by immense monuments. But the town shows its true colors on buses crammed with rowdy drunk teens and during colorful midnight explosions of impromptu fireworks. Beaches, pastel-colored hotels, and wide boardwalks filled with clothing vendors and fortune-tellers all contribute to an atmosphere in which it’s perfectly acceptable—and even admirable—to collapse into bed and wish the rising sun “good night.”
Flights: Miramare Civil Airport (☎ 0541 71 57 11; www.riminiairport.com), V. Flaminia 409. Mostly charter flights. Serves many European cities. Bus #9, across from the train station, goes to the ...more
To reach the beach from the train station in Piazzale Cesare Battisti, turn right from the station, take another right into the tunnel at the yellow arrow indicating “al mare,” and follow Viale ...more
With 1146 hotels and 62,000 beds, Rimini overwhelms visitors with its array of cookie-cutter accommodations. The smaller streets off Vle. Vespucci and Vle. Regina Elena between bus #11 stops 12 and ...more
Rimini’s covered market between V. Castelfidardo and the Tempio sells fresh produce, fish, meat, bread, and cheese. (Open M-Sa 7:30am-7:30pm.) If you don’t see what you’re looking for ...more
Tempio Malatestiano. Rimini’s cultural life once relied largely on Sigismondo Malatesta, a 15th-century lord who refurbished the tempio with funereal chapels for himself and his fourth wife ...more
Rimini is notorious for the nonstop partying at clubs near the lungomare in Rimini Sud. A bustling nightlife scene lights up the centro storico by the old fish market. From P. Cavour, follow Via Pescheria ...more
San Leo is accessible from Rimini by buses operated by Ferrovie Emilia-Romagna. Only 1 bus (#165; noon; €2.60) goes directly from Rimini to San Leo; bus 160 stops every 30-60 min. at Pietracuta ...more
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