*POST UPDATED OCTOBER 2026.
Friends, hello! Happy Sunday! I hope this post finds you enjoying the loveliest of mornings, coffee in hand, comfy socks on, and perhaps in the mood for a light spot of armchair travelling. I’m here to, hopefully, add to the aforementioned loveliness by sharing my latest travel offering: A Quick Guide to Rimini, Italy. Believe it or not, some iteration of this post has actually been sitting half formed in my drafts since 2022, which is when we’d first hoped to visit the city! WELL, it might’ve taken us four years longer than initially planned, but we finally made it to Rimini back at the end of February!
If you haven’t heard of it before, allow me: Rimini is a small city dotted along the Adriatic Coast in our favourite Italian region, Emilia-Romagna. Mostly known for a thriving nightlife scene and ample beachside attractions — neither of which Husband or I would be very interested in —, I wasn’t exactly sure Rimini would be the place for us. Truthfully, our visit to Rimini only transpired because it’s the easiest city to get to San Marino from, but we ended up being very surprised by what the city had to offer; we really enjoyed our time there!
Everything we know and love about Rimini is listed below, divided into the following categories: getting there, where we stayed, where we had coffee & pastries, where we ate, where we drank, where we tourist-ed, and where we shopped. It ended up being a tad longer than expected, but I just couldn’t bear to leave anything out.
PS: in case you missed it, this is my third post about this trip! You can read the two previous posts here: One Week in Italy & San Marino | Our Itinerary for Baby’s First Trip and The Bologna Diaries, Vol. 05.
Enjoy!
getting there
Getting from Bologna to Rimini was surprisingly straightforward. Here’s how we made the journey:
we took a direct ‘Intercity’ train from Bologna Centrale to Rimini Centrale, with a journey time of around 1-hour and 15-minutes. Because the two cities are so close, there are a bunch of different train options to chose from; the ‘Intercity’ one we opted for was neither the fastest nor the slowest, but we felt it was a good medium length without costing too much.
we purchased our tickets online in advance of our journey, and because we booked a certain amount of time out, we were able to avail of TrenItalia’s ‘Me&You’ offer: a discounted fare of up to 50% off for couples travelling together. More money for pastries 😉
our tickets included assigned seating, which meant we didn’t have to worry about finding seats together, and because they were booked for a certain day and time, we also didn’t have to worry about validating our ticket. The less things I have to worry about as a new parent travelling for the first time, the better! For more info about train fares and routes, visit the TrenItalia website here.
from Rimini Centrale, we strolled a very flat and straightforward 11-minutes to our apartment, below.