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Rimini Rimini is a 1987 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It consists of five segments, all set in Rimini. The film has a sequel, Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo, directed by Bruno Corbucci and released in 1988.
Rimini (/ ˈ r ɪ m ɪ n i / RIM-in-ee, Italian: ⓘ; Romagnol: Rémin or Rémne; Latin: Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley.
The biggest beach resort on the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is a favored Italian seaside holiday destination for Italians themselves. The city offers an impressive nine miles of beaches, though many of these have private access for the scores of hotels facing the shore.
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Famous for its 10-mile stretch of sand, this is a city that’s home to Roman and Renaissance history as well as colourful streets that inspired legendary director Federico Fellini, whose cinematic legacy is celebrated with a striking new museum.
This article was adapted from National Geographic Traveller (UK).
To those who flock to its 10-mile stretch of biscuit-coloured sand, this is the ultimate seaside holiday spot. But a tale of two cities plays out in Rimini, not least because it’s sliced in half by a railway line. Here, the booming post-war beach resort sits side by side with Roman and Renaissance remains.
To get a handle on it all, start, as everyone does, with the beach, This is your classic Italian resort, with the sand divided into strips of private beaches. At Bagno Tiki 26, you’ll have to pay for a sun lounger but you’ll get access to hot tubs, volleyball, yoga classes and a gym on the sand — plus an excellent seafood restaurant and a tapas bar, where there’s a DJ in the evening.
Head into town, and you’ll see a different Rimini: a compact Renaissance city where clothes shops sit in 16th-century palazzi, a castle looms over a small square and a cobbled fishing village sits on the other side of a gleaming white Roman bridge.
Spliced by that railway track, the two Riminis are connected by a long, thin swish of tree-shaded park, starting at Piazzale Kennedy. Halfway along is a ruined Roman amphitheatre; at the end of the park is the Arch of Augustus, a monumental gateway into the ancient city of Ariminum, and the end point of the Via Flaminia (the original road from Rome), built of blazing-white Istrian stone. The ancient forum, meanwhile, is now the Piazza Tre Martiri, which sports elegant colonnades, a clocktower and a little chapel marking the spot of a 13th-century ‘miracle’. Yet the streets of today are layered on top of the Roman ones. In the middle of Piazza Ferrari, protected by modern glass walls, stands the Domus del Chirurgo (The Surgeon’s House) — a sprawling former Roman home, carpeted with sumptuous mosaics, in which a huge collection of ancient surgical equipment was found. Today, the scalpels, forceps and bone saws are on display next door at the Museo della Città.
1. Otranto, Puglia
English writer Horace Walpole hadn’t been to Italy’s easternmost town when he wrote the world’s first gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, in 1764. There is indeed a castle in Otranto — a grand, 15th-century one built by the Aragonese — but it’s not even the town’s biggest draw. Vying for that position would be the Otranto Cathedral, with its 12th century mosaicked floor (one of the finest in Italy), its labyrinth of whitewashed alleyways, pretty little port, and the Baia dei Turchi, one of Puglia’s best beaches, four miles to the north.
2. Trapani, Sicily
Many people arrive in Trapani only to leave it soon afterwards, as this is the jumping-off point for the Egadi Islands, as well as for the island of Pantelleria. But this is no gritty port town; Trapani has been central to Sicily’s history ever since the Aragonese landed here in 1282, and its port has made it a key trading point for centuries. All that history means wealth, and you’ll see evidence of it in the grand palazzi of the old town, the florid churches, the stately, palm-lined gardens of the Villa Margherita park and the sheer mix of architecture, from gothic and Catalan to Renaissance and baroque. Don’t miss the cable-car that whisks you up to Erice (a town founded by the Greeks), 2,460ft above Trapani, for spectacular views of the coast.
3. Pesaro, Marche
Located on the Adriatic Coast, Pesaro is better known for its beaches than its history, but that looks set to change in 2024, when it’ll be designated Italy’s Capital of Culture. Founded by the Romans (you can visit one of their villas here, the Domus di via dell’Abbondanza). It’s an elegant Renaissance town and was the birthplace of composer Rossini (hence the Rossini Opera Festival that’s held here every August). Many visitors are too smitten with the sea to venture into the hills, but if you do, you’ll find knockout views from the Monte San Bartolo Natural Park. Head to the town’s Renaissance-era summer residences, too, like the forest-wrapped Villa Imperiale, or the Villa Caprile, whose magnificent terraced gardens are open for visits.
Discover the new Rimini City Guide. Rich in graphics and thematic itineraries, the new pocketbook brings together more than 100 places to discover on foot or by bicycle amid two thousand years of history and the new Sea Park.
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