This city on the Adriatic coast is almost unknown to travelers, but you can spend a great summer vacation in it.
Rimini is a long-time favorite coastal resort of Italians, which is becoming more accessible to foreign travelers.
According to the Independent, along the path that borders the Adriatic Sea, you can see families with children, elderly couples walking hand in hand. The city has a pedestrian “marine park” – a suitable place for morning walks, which with the arrival of dusk turns into a lively night place.
“What was once a road and parking lot is now a 15-kilometer path curved like the waves of the sea,” the publication noted.
About 150 beach clubs line the trail, as well as restaurants, parks, gyms, and more.
However, if you turn off the embankment and ride the velisipede deeper, you can see bright, quaint buildings with shutters on the windows, which seem to come out of a fairy tale. This is the fishing village of Borgo San Giuliano, a popular spot for restaurants with tables overlooking the river.
It is the hospitality of Rimini that makes vacationers come back here, unlike the more famous Italian destinations. The fact is that tourists feel here not as guests, but as part of the authentic life of the city.
In Nud e Crud, you can try piadins-soft fresh tortillas with fillings to choose from: tomatoes, mozzarella and basil (9.90 euros), and dessert, for example, tiramisu (6 euros).
In the surrounding streets, there are several murals depicting director Federico Fellini and characters from his films. Two museums are dedicated to the director, who was born in this city. In one of them, you can sit on a swing, watching the images play, or relax on the sofa, which is actually a giant sculpture of Anita Ekberg’s character Sylvia from La Dolce Vita.
Another striking building in Rimini associated with Fellini is the Grand Hotel Rimini, built in 1908, where the famous director stayed.
The hotel has a restaurant that serves fish and shellfish salad, sea bass with artichokes and squid, lemon-chocolate mousse with passion fruit (main dishes cost about 26 euros).
The city is home to eight UNESCO monuments, the grave of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, and the Byron Museum, a new museum located in the Palazzo Guiccioli, where Lord Byron lived with his beloved Teresa Gamba and her husband Count Alessandro Guiccioli from 1819 to 1821.
Within walking distance of the museum is the octagonal Basilica of San Vitale, which dates back to the 6th century. It is home to striking and wonderfully preserved glass mosaics.
