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Voykit pocket guide · Italy
Rimini
Base in Rimini 2–3 nights for the Roman centre and 15 km of beach; add Riccione or San Marino as a day trip, not a second hotel.
Rimini is a beach resort with a Roman core: the Arch of Augustus, the Tiberius Bridge and the Malatesta temple sit within a 15-minute walk of the station, and the sand runs 15 km north–south from there. Two nights covers the old town and one beach day; three lets you add San Marino or Riccione. It is a working Italian seaside town, not a museum city, and the food is priced for Italian families rather than tour buses.
- Country
- Italy
- Best months
- May–Jun, Sep
- Avoid
- Jul–Aug (crowds and heat), Nov–Mar (beach closed, sea cold)
- Stay
- 2–3 nights
Checked 2026-09. Prices, hours and rules change; anything marked (check) is not confirmed.
Essentials
- Currency
- EUR
- Money
- Currency is the euro (EUR, €). Cards and contactless are widely accepted in cities; small cafés, markets and rural places may prefer cash.
- Daily spend
- Budget €45–70 excl. bed · Mid €70–120 excl. bed · High €120+ excl. bed (estimate; check)
- SIM and data
- TIM, Vodafone, WindTre and Iliad sell prepaid SIMs in shops and at airports; a passport and an Italian tax code (codice fiscale, issued in-store) are needed.
- Emergency
- All emergencies (EU-wide) 112 · Police 113 · Fire 115 · Ambulance 118 · Coast guard 1530
- Plugs
- Types C, F, L · 230 V · 50 Hz · Italian type L plugs have three pins in a row; most sockets also take two-pin Europlugs (C), and bivalent sockets take Schuko (F).
- Tipping
- Bar: Leave €0.10–0.20 of change on the counter if you like.; Restaurant: Coperto or service may already be on the bill; leave €1–2 a person or round up for good service.; Taxi: Round up to the next euro.; Hotel porter or housekeeping: €1–2 per bag or per night.; Tour guide: €5–10 per person for a half day.
- Water
- Tap water is safe unless signed otherwise; Rome's nasoni fountains run all day. Restaurants serve bottled water (naturale or frizzante) unless you ask for tap (acqua del rubinetto).
- Toilets
- Few public toilets; use bars (buy a coffee), museums and stations, where some charge €1.
What things cost
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Coffee at the bar | €1.20–2 |
| Piadina (flatbread) from a kiosk | €4–7 |
| Plate of fish pasta in a trattoria | €12–18 |
| Beach restaurant set dinner (multi-plate, for 2–3) | €18 |
| Draught beer in a bar | €4–6 |
| 60-minute city bus ticket | €2 |
| eSIM or data SIM, about a week | €8–15 |
Desk estimates, checked 2026-09; check locally.
Get in
By air
- RMI · Federico Fellini International
- 7 km (4.3 mi) southeast of the centre; Start Romagna bus 9 to the railway station, about 30 min, every 20 min4.3 mi (7 km) southeast of the centre; Start Romagna bus 9 to the railway station, about 30 min, every 20 min
- BLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi
- About 1.5–2 h by train via Bologna; the usual fallback for year-round flights
- AOI · Marche Airport (Ancona)
- Alternative; onward by train down the coast
Typical fares
- Bus 9, RMI airport → railway station
- about €2, about 30 min (check)
- METROMARE, Rimini → Riccione
- about €2, about 25 min (check)
- Train Rimini → Bologna
- about €10–20 regional, 1 h 15 min–1 h 45 min (check)
Show 7 more sections and the pocket cardHideGet around, See and do, Sleep, Phrase card, Etiquette, safety and scams, One and two days, Sources, Pocket card
Get around
The old town and Marina Centro are walkable. Buses run from the railway station and cost €2 for a 60-minute ticket bought on board. METROMARE is a zero-emission bus rapid transit line linking Rimini and Riccione stations, daily, roughly every 25 minutes. Bikes are the local default: many hotels lend them and the station has a bike park with rental and repair. E-scooters from BIT Mobility and LIME work on a pay-per-minute app.
See and do
Known for
- 15 km of Adriatic beach (La Marina)
- Arch of Augustus and Tiberius Bridge
- Tempio Malatestiano
- Federico Fellini Museum
- Piadina and fish restaurants
Day trips
| Where | How | Time |
|---|---|---|
| San Marino | Bus from Rimini station towards San Marino, about 1 h | About 1 h 15 min |
| Riccione | METROMARE from Rimini station, about 25 min | About 30 min |
| Novafeltria | Bus inland towards the Marecchia valley, about 1 h | About 1 h 15 min |
| Pennabilli | Bus or car into the Marecchia valley, about 1 h 30 min | About 1 h 45 min |
| Ravenna | Hourly train via Cervia and Cesenatico, about 1 h | About 1 h 15 min |
Sleep
- Centro storico (old town)
- Roman sights, restaurants and the station on foot; least beach, best for a short stay or a rainy day.
- Marina Centro
- Between the station and the beach; hotels, promenade and the widest choice of mid-range rooms.
- Rivazzurra / Marebello
- South end of the strip; cheaper rooms, hostel and youth-hotel cluster, bus or Metromare to the centre.
- Viserbella / Torre Pedrera
- North of the port; quieter, family hotels on the sand, 20–30 min by bus to the centre.
Phrase card
| English | Say or show |
|---|---|
| Excuse me / Sorry | ScusiSKOO-zee |
| Thank you | GrazieGRAH-tsee-eh |
| How much is it? | Quanto costa?KWAN-toh KOS-tah |
| Can I pay by card? | Posso pagare con la carta?POS-soh pah-GAH-reh kon lah KAR-tah |
| Where is the beach? | Dov'è la spiaggia?doh-VEH lah SPYAH-jah |
| The bill, please | Il conto, per favoreeel KON-toh per fah-VOH-reh |
Etiquette, safety and scams
Etiquette
- Greeting: Say buongiorno (until mid-afternoon) or buonasera on entering shops and bars; avoid: Walking in and pointing without a greeting
- Cheek kisses: Two kisses, right cheek first, among friends; follow their lead; avoid: Kissing strangers or in business settings
- Dress: Smart-casual in cities; covered shoulders and knees in churches; avoid: Beachwear, bare chests and flip-flops away from the beach
- Queues: At delis and pharmacies take a number (numerino); avoid: Assuming the crowd at a bar counter is chaos — pay at the till first where asked
- Restaurants: Wait to be seated and ask for the bill; avoid: Splitting a bill item by item with a large group
- Conversation: Food, football and family are safe openers; avoid: Mafia jokes and north–south stereotypes
- Dinner at a home: Bring pastries, wine or flowers (not chrysanthemums, which are for funerals); avoid: Refusing seconds too firmly
Scams and watch-outs
- Almost all beach is staked out by rented sunbeds; look for the free sections marked spiaggia libera, e.g. around plot 97 near Parco Murri.
- In winter the beach strip is shut and the Adriatic is cold; the town works, the resort does not.
- Rimini has bars with dance floors rather than full clubs; real clubbing means Riccione, about 15 minutes away.
- Check the Fellini Museum and Tempio Malatestiano hours before you go: they are limited and change.
Rimini is a normal, busy Italian resort and violent crime is rare. The real risks are pickpockets on the beach and in the station area, drink spiking in summer bars, and rip-off beach or bar bills: ask the total before you sit.
One and two days
No timed day plan for Rimini yet. Suggested stay: 2–3 nights. Build a day from the list below, mornings for the big sight.
- 15 km of Adriatic beach (La Marina)
- Arch of Augustus and Tiberius Bridge
- Tempio Malatestiano
- Federico Fellini Museum
- Piadina and fish restaurants
Sources
Written by Voykit; facts cross-checked against these sources, last desk check 2026-09. Prices, hours and rules change: check on the day.
- Rimini Turismo (official tourism site): riminiturismo.it/en
- Comune di Rimini: www.comune.rimini.it/
- Federico Fellini International Airport: www.riminiairport.com
- Start Romagna (local bus operator): www.startromagna.it/en/
- Wikivoyage: Rimini, revision 5280911 (CC BY-SA 4.0): en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?oldid=5280911
Pocket card
Cut along the border and keep it in your wallet. Show the local-script lines to a driver.
Rimini
A questo indirizzo, per favore
To this address, please
My hotel (write the name and address in the local script)
Most countries: embassies in Rome. The US has a consulate-general in Florence; the UK has a consulate in Milan. Check before you travel.
Rimini is a seasonal resort: many hotels, beach bars and clubs close from October to April.
Voykit · checked 2026-09
Printed from Voykit (/rimini). Written by Voykit; checked 2026-09. Estimates only: confirm prices, hours and entry rules on the day.