San Marino

High on a hill on near the Adriatic Sea, sits a strange little city/country called San Marino. It is just over an hour south of Rimini, and you can't really miss it, even if you wanted to, it jumps from the map to the road in front of you! San Marino is it's own nominally sovereign state, as those who follow its football team's efforts may know, but practically it has a similar status to the Vatican City, in Rome. It produces its own banknotes and stamps, but uses lire and everything seems to cost just a little bit more (except petrol, which is cheaper). I didn't really understand this, as San Marino is one of those interesting little ...  Read the complete review

i have visited san marino twice in the past four years and although it is very picturesque,i found it to be very commercial.if you stop to glance at a shop window you wil be accosted by the sop assistant to drag you in to make a purchase of their goods.many of the shops stocked the same sort of products and although appearing very cheap in some cases,i was in no doupt that a lot of the mechandise on sale were not the original articles. ...  Read the complete review

Camel trains and indigenous people will not be found on the road to San Marino. Most holidaymakers make the trip up from Rimini to send their postcards. The impressive walls of the fortress on the hill is looked at from the Adriatic coast like an off-colour crown in a clear-glass case. No hill tribes populate the 61 sq. km. territory between the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Marche-Montfelto. The language of the court is of course Italian, and you will not need a passport to travel there from Italy. San Marino is perhaps one of the few countries who will never get to play in the elite World Cup tournament, but the small republic gets ...  Read the complete review