Rimini

I have been on holiday to Cattolica for the past 9 years, it is a place where once you have been you will want to go again. The hotel I stop in is Hotel Beaurivage, it is an excellent hotel, right on the beach and main street. The management and staff are always polite and helpfull and approachable. It is not as commercialised as Rimini, it has two main streets via Carducci and via Dante which is full of shops. The restaurants are good, the Trocadero bar is excellent and even if you go in just for a drink you can stay as long as you want just watching the world. A short walk in one direction you come to the fountains which are illuminated ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I have to point out that my review is not about Rimini, instead, about the smaller resort of Cattolica and the town of Gabbice about 5k south of Rimini, and easily accessable. Cattolica is a wonderful place! Rimini may be dangerous and the beaches dirty, but Cattolica as the complete opposite. Cattolica is a smallish fishing town on the Adriatic Riviera, very popular with Italian and German families. It is not as overcrowdeed as Rimini, and there are a lot of nice hotels. The hotel we stayed in was the 4* hotel Madison, the room was clean, airconditioned, and pleasent and the food was excellent. The staff were polite, but we did have a few communication ...  Read the complete review

Rimini is one of the most well-know touristic place in Italy. It's very famous beacuse it's full of discos where young people from everywhere spend their nights. The sea is not very clean and in August the beach is full of people. You can chose to go to a swimming poole. It depends what you are looking for: if you wanna have a realxing holiday that's not the right place. But if you prefer an execiting holiday with "sex, drug and rock 'nd roll" you'll enjoy it very much. In Rimini you can find lots of very cheap hotels, not too far from the sea. It's better if you don't go alone if you are a girl or a ...  Read the complete review