Rimini

Bridge of Tiberius and the piazza sull'acqua

Monument · free entry · 44.06364, 12.56380

corso d'Augusto, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the Roman bridge at the end of the Corso d'Augusto, which leads from the centre to the Borgo San Giuliano and is the start of the via Emilia: just beyond it, at the Celle, the via Emilia carried on towards Piacenza and the via Popilia set off towards Ravenna and Aquileia. Augustus began it in 14 AD and Tiberius finished it in 21, as the inscriptions carved on the slabs along the edges of the road say, repeated on both sides. It is in Istrian stone, with five arches that widen towards the middle, where the largest has a span of 10.70 metres, and the piers have cutwaters set at a slant to the road, to cut the current; underneath, a system of wooden piles holds them up. In 552 the Goths tried to cut some of its arches to stop the Byzantine army of Narses, but the bridge held, through floods, earthquakes and wars. On the upstream parapet there are two hollows that look like goat's hooves, and legend has turned it into a devil's bridge, with the devil tricked by San Giuliano. Today it is for pedestrians only. The Marecchia has not flowed under it since 1930, when it was diverted further north: under the bridge there remains a basin of water, with the piazza sull'acqua, the square on the water, the walkway at water level and the footbridge that links the two banks, and next to it the archaeological park "Le pietre raccontano", "the stones tell", with a terrace towards the Marecchia park. In the evening it is one of the most beautiful spots in the city

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Arch of Augustus

Monument · free entry · 44.05691, 12.57116

corso d'Augusto, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the gate of the Roman city, where the via Flaminia arrived from Rome and entered the decumanus, today's Corso d'Augusto. The Senate and the Roman people dedicated it to Augustus in 27 BC, as the inscription on the attic says, for the restoration of the Flaminia and of the other great roads of Italy. The opening is 8.84 metres wide and 10.40 high, too wide to be closed with a gate: in time of peace, the peace of Augustus, a gate was not needed. Between the curve of the arch and the Corinthian capitals there are four medallions with gods: facing Rome, Jupiter with the thunderbolt and Apollo with the lyre and the raven, facing the city, Neptune with the trident and the dolphin and Rome with the sword; above the arch, on both faces, the head of an ox, a sign that Rimini was a Roman colony. The battlements on top are not Roman: they were added in the Middle Ages, when the collapsed attic was rebuilt. The houses that hemmed it in were demolished in the 1930s and since then the arch has stood on its own, surrounded by greenery. At the sides, low down, you can still see the remains of the Roman walls

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Tempio Malatestiano

Church · free entry · 44.05969, 12.57023

via IV Novembre 35, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the cathedral of Rimini, which the people of Rimini call the Duomo, and one of the key buildings of the Italian fifteenth century. It was the Gothic church of San Francesco, where the Malatesta had themselves buried; from 1447 Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta had it transformed into a monument to himself and his family, entrusting the exterior to Leon Battista Alberti, who clad it like a Roman temple: in the lower part of the façade he repeated three times the pattern of the Arch of Augustus, and along the sides he set a row of arches for the sarcophagi of the court dignitaries. It was meant to end with a great rotunda and a dome like that of the Pantheon, which was never built: after Sigismondo's excommunication, in 1460, the works stopped, and the upper part of the façade was left unfinished. Inside, the chapels are by Matteo de' Pasti and Agostino di Duccio, with the reliefs of the zodiac, the liberal arts and children's games, the marble elephants that support the pillars, and everywhere the intertwined letters S and I, the rose and the Malatesta coats of arms; there are the tombs of Sigismondo and of Isotta degli Atti. There are also two masterpieces: the Crucifix by Giotto, painted around 1300 during his stay in Rimini, on the high altar, and the detached fresco by Piero della Francesca, from 1451, with Sigismondo kneeling before San Sigismondo, in the last chapel on the right. The bombs of the war destroyed the apse and the roof, and the façade was taken apart and put back together stone by stone. The Diocese's interactive guide opens for free on your phone, without installing anything

Opening hours according to the Diocese, which does not give the year, Monday to Friday 8:30-12:00 and 15:30-18:30, Saturday 8:30-12:30 and 15:30-19:00, Sunday 9:00-12:30 and 15:30-18:30. Visits are suspended from half an hour before mass until it ends: on weekdays and the days before holidays the 17:30 mass, on Sundays and holidays those at 11:00 and 17:30 · 0541 51130 · tempiomalatestiano.it

Castel Sismondo

Castle · paid entry · 44.05960, 12.56362

piazza Malatesta, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the fortress that Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini from 1432 to 1468, began building in 1437, at the hour set for him by the court astrologers, palace and fortress at once; in 1438 Filippo Brunelleschi came to give advice, spending a couple of months in Rimini looking at the Malatesta fortresses. To make room around it the baptistery, a convent and the bishop's palace were demolished. Today the central core remains, with the massive square towers and the sloping walls that once rose from the moat, now a lawn; over the entrance is the coat of arms with the elephant's head and Sigismondo's name in Gothic letters. Sigismondo died here in October 1468. Since 2021 the sixteen rooms of the castle have been the main seat of the Fellini Museum: in the courtyard Alberto Sordi sits on the swing, as in The White Sheik, and inside are the reconstructed sets, the drawings, the costumes, the photographs and the films. Since November 2025 there have also been panels by the University of Bologna along the route telling the history of the castle. On the first Sunday of the month at 11:00 there is the guided tour, 45 minutes, at 8 euros

Opening hours according to the Fellini Museum, in 2026 Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00, closed on Mondays that are not public holidays; on 30 and 31 December 2026 the castle is closed, on 1 January 2027 it opens from 16:00 to 19:00 · it is one of the seats of the Fellini Museum, and the ticket is the museum's · 0541 793781 · fellinimuseum.it

Fellini Museum, the Palazzo del Fulgor and the piazza dei Sogni

Museum · paid entry · 44.06132, 12.56550

piazzetta San Martino, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the museum that Rimini has dedicated to Federico Fellini, opened in August 2021, spread over three places a stone's throw from each other. The first is Castel Sismondo (the point above). The second is the Palazzo del Fulgor, the Palazzo Valloni on the Corso d'Augusto, with the façade by Giuseppe Valadier, where since 1920 there has been the Fulgor cinema, the cinema in which Fellini as a child saw his first film, Maciste all'inferno, and which he later put into Roma and Amarcord: it reopened in 2018 with sets by Dante Ferretti, and still shows films. On the upper floors the museum continues, with the Cinemino, the little cinema, and you enter the museum from the piazzetta San Martino, where, on the floor of blue and green glass, the sea of Rimini from the drawings of the Book of Dreams, stands the rhinoceros from And the Ship Sails On. The third is piazza Malatesta, the piazza dei Sogni, the square of dreams, between the castle and the Teatro Galli, which is open air and free: the veil of water with the jets of mist that recall the passing of the Rex in Amarcord, the Circo della vita, the circus of life, with the big round bench in the middle, and Tonino Guerra's bosco dei nomi, the wood of names, the stone flowers bearing the names of his friends from the cinema. At the far end, going down along the green moat, is the open-air arena Francesca da Rimini. The guided tours in the calendar, only at Castel Sismondo and only in Italian, cost 8 euros and are booked on the website

Opening hours according to the museum, in 2026 the Palazzo del Fulgor Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-19:00, Castel Sismondo Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00; closed on Mondays that are not public holidays. On 30 and 31 December 2026 only the Fulgor is open, on 1 January 2027 both seats from 16:00 to 19:00. The Fulgor is free on Tuesdays from 16:00, with screenings of Fellini's films in the Cinemino · the museum's price list for 2026: 10 euros, on Wednesdays 8 euros for everyone; the Palazzo del Fulgor only 2 euros; reduced 5 euros with the agreements, among them the Associazione Produttori Caravan e Camper, the Italian caravan and motorhome manufacturers' association. Free up to and including the age of 30 and for residents of the province of Rimini, and for everyone on their birthday. The Art Card, with the Museo della Città and the Domus del Chirurgo, 14 euros, reduced 10 · 0541 793781 · fellinimuseum.it · museofellini@comune.rimini.it

Piazza Cavour

Square · free entry · 44.06075, 12.56600

the civic heart of the city, which was the second forum of Roman Rimini. On one side the shops and cafés, on the other the government buildings: Palazzo Garampi, the seat of the Comune, the Palazzo dell'Arengo, from Rimini's Middle Ages, and the Palazzo del Podestà. In the middle of the square the fontana della Pigna, the pine cone fountain, and the statue of Pope Paul V, at the far end the Teatro Galli. On the left side, coming from the Corso, you go into the Vecchia Pescheria, the old fish market, the loggia that Giovan Francesco Buonamici built in 1747, with the long benches of Istrian stone where fish was sold and the four dolphins at the corners that spouted water to wash it: today the Pescheria and the nearby piazzetta delle poveracce are the place for bars and for young people in the evening. Behind the Palazzo del Podestà the bell tower of the old cathedral of Santa Colomba is still standing

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Piazza Tre Martiri

Square · free entry · 44.05937, 12.56840

the forum of Roman Rimini, at the crossing of the decumanus, today's Corso d'Augusto, and the cardo, the main north-south street, today via Garibaldi and via IV Novembre; a Renaissance sun in the paving marks the point where they cross, the navel of the city. For centuries it was the square of the vegetable market, and the porticoes recall it. Today's name comes from three young partisans, Mario Cappelli, Luigi Nicolò and Adelio Pagliarani, executed here on 16 August 1944: a marble slab marks the spot. On the square are the Torre dell'Orologio, the clock tower, from 1547, which since 1750 has also had the dial with the calendar, the zodiac and the phases of the moon, the cippus, the stone pillar, recalling Julius Caesar's speech to the legions after crossing the Rubicon, with the bronze statue of Caesar, a copy of a Roman original, and the little temple of Sant'Antonio. It is the square for the evening stroll, for bars and pastry shops

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Domus del Chirurgo

Museum · paid entry · 44.06228, 12.56767

piazza Luigi Ferrari, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the Roman house of a doctor, who came from the East and lived in the third century, discovered by chance in the spring of 1989, when uprooting a tree in the gardens of piazza Ferrari brought to light pieces of fresco and mosaic among the roots. Since December 2007 it has been visited by walking on transparent walkways suspended above the excavations. The heart of the house is the surgery, the taberna medica, with a consulting room and a room for short stays: a fire buried it with everything that was inside, mosaics, plaster, furniture and the surgical kit, forceps, scalpels, chisels, probes and scales, one of the most complete sets of Roman instruments known, now on display in the Museo della Città, a stone's throw away. Above the domus you see the later periods: a palace of the fifth or sixth century with coloured mosaics, a Byzantine house, the medieval tombs. It works with children: history is seen under your feet

Opening hours according to the municipal museums, in 2026 Tuesday to Sunday and on public holidays 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00, closed on Mondays that are not public holidays; from the last week of June and in July and August also on Wednesday evenings 21:00-23:00. Last entry half an hour before closing · the municipal museums' price list for 2026: 7 euros, reduced 5 euros from 65 years and for everyone on Wednesdays that are not public holidays; free up to the age of 30 and for residents of the province. The ticket is also valid for the Museo della Città, and the Art Card with the Fellini Museum costs 14 euros, reduced 10 · 0541 793856 · museicomunalirimini.it · musei@comune.rimini.it

Museo della Città "Luigi Tonini"

Museum · paid entry · 44.06249, 12.56703

via Luigi Tonini 1, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the town museum, in the eighteenth-century Jesuit College, next to the Domus del Chirurgo, which tells the story of Rimini from prehistory to today: from the flint chipped on the beach by early humans to Roman archaeology, with the surgeon's instrument kit and the rare little painted glass picture, the pinax, that adorned his house, and the mosaics of the ancient city. The picture gallery has the painters of the fourteenth-century Rimini school, who worked on Giotto's lesson, and works from the time of the Malatesta, by Giovanni Bellini, Ghirlandaio, Agostino di Duccio; then the seventeenth century of Guido Cagnacci and Guercino. In 2026, with the upper floors closed for works, only the ground floor and the archaeological section are open. Until 31 December 2026 there is the exhibition Il codice della Passione, the code of the Passion, with a panel by Giovanni Bellini next to the San Sebastiano by Andrea Mantegna

Opening hours according to the municipal museums, in 2026 Tuesday to Sunday and on public holidays 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00, closed on Mondays that are not public holidays; from the last week of June and in July and August also on Wednesday evenings 21:00-23:00. Last entry half an hour before closing · the municipal museums' price list for 2026: 7 euros, reduced 5, free up to the age of 30 and for residents of the province; the ticket is also valid for the Domus del Chirurgo. In 2026 the first and second floors are closed for fire safety works, and while they last you pay 5 euros · 0541 793851 · museicomunalirimini.it · musei@comune.rimini.it

Borgo San Giuliano

Village · free entry · 44.06500, 12.56388

the fishermen's quarter beyond the Bridge of Tiberius, which grew up around the year 1000 outside the walls, on the bank of the Marecchia. The houses are low and colourful, humble buildings with a medieval feel, today all restored and sought after, in narrow alleys that open into little squares with their old names: San Giuliano, del Pozzetto, degli Ortaggi, Gabena, Padella, Pirinela. It is the quarter associated with Fellini, and on the walls of the houses there are murals painted by artists from Rimini with scenes from his films and his characters: they are recent works, and you discover them as you wander through the alleys. In the evening the borgo fills up: the osterie with Romagna cooking and tables outside, the piazza sull'acqua under the bridge, the footbridge over the basin. In even years the Società de' Borg holds the Festa de' Borg, when the little squares become stages, with street theatre, music and old-style cooking

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Roman Amphitheatre

Monument · 44.06022, 12.57545

via Roma angolo via Vezia, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the third of Rimini's Roman monuments, east of the centre, towards the sea, built in the second century AD for gladiator fights: a coin of Hadrian found in the mortar dates it to the middle of the century. It was an ellipse of 117.7 by 88 metres, with an arena of 76.40 by 47.40, almost as big as that of the Colosseum, and held from ten to twelve thousand spectators. In the late Empire it was enclosed within the walls and became a fortress, then a stone quarry and a lazaretto, a quarantine hospital; the bombing of the war did the rest, and on part of the area the Centro Educativo Italo Svizzero, an Italian-Swiss school, was built. Today you can see the walls of the arena, one of the main entrances and a few of the accesses to the tiers, which you look at from the cycle path in via Roma, among the greenery, coming from the Arch of Augustus along the walls. Guided tours inside the area are organised by the municipal museums, and start from the Museo della Città, where a step with seat numbers and the coin of Hadrian are on display

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Teatro Amintore Galli

Monument · 44.06017, 12.56486

piazza Cavour, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the municipal theatre, at the far end of piazza Cavour, designed by Luigi Poletti as a temple of music and opened in 1857 with the premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Aroldo. The bombs of 1943 destroyed the auditorium and the stage and left standing only the front block with the foyer; the city rebuilt it as it was, from 2014 to October 2018, with modern stage machinery. In the foyer, which reopened in 2015, the piano Verdi played at the opening is back; during the works the remains of an early Christian basilica came to light, and today they are in the archaeological area under the theatre. Since 1947 it has been named after the composer Amintore Galli

Grand Hotel and the Parco Fellini

Monument · 44.07273, 12.57661

parco Federico Fellini, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the white hotel in the Liberty style, the Italian Art Nouveau, on the seafront of Marina Centro, opened on 1 July 1908 to a design by the Swiss architect Paolito Somazzi: the two domes that crowned it burned in a fire in the summer of 1920 and were never rebuilt. It is the symbol of the Rimini of the beach establishments, and Fellini, who was fascinated by it from childhood, put it into Amarcord. In front of it is the Parco Federico Fellini, with its paths and, in the middle, the fontana dei Quattro Cavalli, the fountain of the four horses, four sea horses that spout water from their nostrils, sculpted by Filogenio Fabbri and inaugurated on 29 June 1928: dismantled in 1954, it went back to its place in 1983. The hotel is private and is seen from outside. Fellini was born not far away, in the family house in viale Dardanelli. Next to it, at piazzale Fellini 3, is the tourist information office of Marina Centro, telephone 0541 53399

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The beach of Marina Centro

Beach · 44.07767, 12.57637

Rimini's beach, which runs from the harbour south as far as Miramare and north as far as Torre Pedrera: according to Wikipedia it is 15 kilometres long and up to 200 metres wide, of fine sand, and the sea floor slopes very gently, which is just what you need with small children. Seaside tourism in Rimini was born here, with the Stabilimento dei Bagni of 1843 and the Kursaal of 1872, and the beach is almost all divided between the beach establishments, the numbered bagni with the umbrella, the sunbeds, the games and the lifeguard. There are stretches of free beach in Marina Centro too, like the one next to the harbour pier, in piazzale Boscovich. Behind it runs the seafront of the Parco del Mare, and parallel to it viale Vespucci, with bars, shops and night spots

Parco del Mare and the Belvedere of piazzale Kennedy

Walk · free entry · 44.06707, 12.58239

piazzale Kennedy, 47921 Rimini (RN)

Rimini's new seafront, the project with which the Comune is remaking, one stretch at a time, the 16 kilometres of the sea front: less asphalt and more greenery, with dunes and coastal plants, cycle and footpaths, play areas for children and spaces for sport. North of the harbour, from Torre Pedrera to Rivabella, there are already more than 6 kilometres for pedestrians, with the "piazzette di comunità", the community squares, open-air sitting rooms with a view of the sea, and free wifi. To the south there are the isole fitness, the open-air gyms free for everyone, and in piazzale Kennedy the Belvedere, a new square on the sea that rises to six or eight metres and hides beneath it the great tank of the system that protects the sea water from the drains; next to it the Wellness Tree, the seven metre tree with exercise equipment, and the Rimini Beach Court, the colourful court for beach games. By bicycle, early in the morning or in the evening, it is the nicest way to get from one beach establishment to another

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The canal harbour and the lighthouse

Walk · free entry · 44.07408, 12.57395

via Destra del Porto, 47921 Rimini (RN)

the city's harbour, made in the last stretch of the mouth of the Marecchia, which separates Marina Centro from San Giuliano Mare. On the right bank, in piazzale Boscovich, stands the white lighthouse, built in 1754 and more than 27 metres tall, which opens to the public only on special days such as the Giornata del Mare, the Day of the Sea, on 11 April. The pier, the palata, is the favourite walk of the people of Rimini: you go right to the end, with the view along the coast from Gabicce to Cervia, and it is here that Fellini imagined the night-time passing of the liner Rex in Amarcord. From the quays the boats go out to fish for poveracce, the clams, and come back at sunset with the gulls behind them; at the tip of the eastern pier is the Sposa del marinaio, the sailor's bride, by Umberto Corsucci, which remembers the women who waited for the fishermen and those who did not come back. On the other bank are the boatyards and the Marina di Rimini tourist harbour

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Italia in Miniatura

Park · paid entry · 44.09136, 12.51622

via Popilia 239, 47922 Viserba di Rimini (RN)

the park of miniatures at Viserba, five kilometres north of the centre on the statale Adriatica, founded in 1970 by Ivo Rambaldi and since 2020 owned by Costa Edutainment, the same company as Aquafan and Oltremare. On 85,000 square metres there are more than 270 monuments, churches, palaces and squares of Italy to scale, from the tower of Pisa to Milan Cathedral, in a landscape with five thousand real trees in miniature, and a section with Europe. Around them are the attractions for children included in the ticket, Venice with its gondolas, the old sawmill, the driving school, Pinocchio, the panoramic tower, the science experiments; the AreAvventura and the 7D cinema are paid separately. In 2026 the digital audio guide is included. From Rimini station, or from Viserba station, there is bus 8, with the 2 euro ticket

Opening hours according to the park, in the 2026 season from 10:00 to 17:00, 17:30 or 18:30 depending on the day, and until 23:00 on the August evenings of "Divertente di giorno, magica di notte", fun by day, magical by night; the ticket offices close an hour and a half before the park. The day-by-day calendar is on the website · the park's price list for 2026: at the ticket office 26 euros, children between 100 and 140 centimetres and people over 65 21 euros; online from 22 and 20 euros. Children up to one metre go in free. The evening ticket from 18:00, 20 euros for everyone, was valid on 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 and 29 August 2026. With 5 euros more you can come back for a second day in the same season · 0541 736736 · italiainminiatura.com · info@italiainminiatura.com

Aquafan and Oltremare, at Riccione

Park · paid entry · 43.98857, 12.64526

viale Ascoli Piceno 6, 47838 Riccione (RN)

the two parks side by side at Riccione, next to the motorway toll gate, about ten kilometres as the crow flies from the centre of Rimini. Aquafan, opened in 1987, is the water park, with slides, the wave pool and the lazy river, and in summer music and entertainment; it answers on 0541 603050 and is at aquafan.it. Oltremare, opened in June 2004 on 110,000 square metres, is the park of the sea and of animals, with aquariums, demonstrations and nature trails; the canoes, the ponies and the adventure park are paid separately. From Rimini without the motorhome you take trolleybus 11 from Marina Centro or from the station to Riccione, piazzale Curiel, and from there bus 58, which stops in front of the parks

Opening hours according to the park, Aquafan in summer opens from 10:00 to 18:30, with some evenings until 23:00 (The Long Sunset); the opening days of the two parks are in the calendars on their websites · the parks' price lists for 2026. Aquafan: at the ticket office 33 euros, children between 100 and 140 centimetres 25 euros, people over 65 25 euros, the afternoon ticket from 14:30 21 euros; online 28.50, 23 and 24 euros; The Long Sunset evenings from 18:00 15 euros; an umbrella and two sunbeds 9 euros in July and August, 6 in June and September. Oltremare: at the ticket office 27 euros, children between 100 and 140 centimetres and people over 65 22 euros; online 23 and 21. In both parks children up to one metre go in free. With 5 euros more at Oltremare and 10 at Aquafan you can come back for a second day in the same season · 0541 4271 · oltremare.org