Rimini in 2 days, on foot

This 2-day self-guided walking plan for Rimini covers 20 narrated sights in an easy day-by-day order. Each day is split into a morning and an afternoon loop, and every stop has a two to three minute audio story in the Gingerguide app.

You set the pace: this is a suggested order, not a schedule. Walk it in 2 days, or stretch it out. Reorder freely; Rimini rewards a detour.

Day 1

Morning

1. Tempio Malatestiano: A Gothic Franciscan church transformed into Italy's first Renaissance monument by Leon Battista Alberti in 1450, commissioned by Rimini's brilliant and ruthless lord Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta.
2. Arch of Augustus: Built in 27 BC, the Arch of Augustus is the oldest surviving Roman arch in Italy, erected to honour Emperor Augustus and marking the northern terminus of the Via Flaminia.
3. Tiberius Bridge: A five-arched Roman bridge over the Marecchia river, begun under Augustus and completed under Tiberius in 21 AD, still carrying daily traffic after two thousand years.
4. Piazza Tre Martiri: The former Roman forum of ancient Ariminum, where Julius Caesar famously addressed his troops in 49 BC after crossing the Rubicon, today a lively central square with a medieval clock tower.
5. Piazza Cavour: Rimini's medieval civic heart, dominated by the 13th-century Palazzo dell'Arengo and the 14th-century Palazzo del Podestà, and graced by the 1543 bronze Fontana della Pigna.

Afternoon

1. Federico Fellini Museum: An immersive multi-building museum opened in 2021, celebrating Rimini-born director Federico Fellini, creator of La Dolce Vita, 8½, and Amarcord, spread across Castel Sismondo and the historic Palazzo del Fulgor.
2. Grand Hotel Rimini: A magnificent Belle Époque palace built in 1908, the most famous hotel on the Adriatic Riviera and Fellini's lifelong emblem of glamour and unattainable dreams, immortalised in the film Amarcord.
3. Castel Sismondo: Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta's fifteenth-century fortress at the edge of the old city, built between 1437 and 1446, now housing part of the Federico Fellini Museum.
4. Rimini Beaches & Adriatic Riviera: Fifteen kilometres of golden Adriatic sand, lined with over a thousand beach clubs, the stabilimenti balneari, making Rimini Italy's most famous seaside destination since the Victorian era.
5. Domus del Chirurgo: An excavated Roman doctor's house from the 2nd–3rd century AD, displayed under a modern glass pavilion in the city centre, containing the largest collection of ancient surgical instruments ever found in one location.

Day 2

Morning

1. Republic of San Marino: The world's oldest republic, founded in 301 AD by Saint Marinus on the summit of Monte Titano, just 25 kilometres from Rimini, a UNESCO World Heritage microstate surrounded entirely by Italy.
2. Gradara Castle: A perfectly preserved 13th-century medieval fortress 20 kilometres north of Rimini, forever associated with the tragic lovers Paolo and Francesca, immortalised by Dante in the Inferno.
3. Piadina Romagnola: The emblematic flatbread of Romagna, made from flour and lard on a terracotta disc, filled with squacquerone cheese or prosciutto, one of Italy's most beloved street foods and an EU-protected regional speciality.
4. Rubicon River: The small river north of Rimini that Julius Caesar crossed with his army in 49 BC, triggering the Roman Civil War, giving the phrase 'crossing the Rubicon' to every language in the world.
5. Riviera Romagnola Nightlife: The Italian Riviera between Rimini and Riccione is Europe's legendary summer dance coast, home to some of Italy's oldest and most celebrated clubs, drawing millions of visitors each summer.

Afternoon

1. Museo della Città: Rimini's main civic museum, housed in a seventeenth-century former Jesuit monastery, containing outstanding Roman collections, medieval art, and paintings by Ghirlandaio and Giovanni Bellini.
2. Via Flaminia: Ancient Roman Road: The great Roman consular road built in 220 BC connecting Rome to Rimini (Ariminum), 320 kilometres of engineered road that served as the spine of Roman Italy for over a thousand years.
3. Aquafan Water Park, Riccione: Italy's largest and most celebrated water park, located in Riccione 5 kilometres south of Rimini, featuring wave pools, slides, and Adriatico park for a complete summer day experience.
4. Romagna Food & Wine Culture: The rich culinary tradition of Romagna, home of piadina, strozzapreti pasta, ragù alla romagnola, passatelli in brodo, and Sangiovese wine, one of Italy's most distinctive and satisfying regional food cultures.
5. Ariminum: Roman City Walk: Rimini (ancient Ariminum) was one of the most important cities of Roman Italy, a concentrated walk through the Arch, the Bridge, the Forum, and the excavated remains brings two thousand years of continuous history to life.

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