Two Days in Rimini: A Journey Among Dreams, Art, and History
Rimini is a city that surprises, a place where the charm of ancient Rome meets the elegance of the Renaissance, and where the dreams of Federico Fellini still seem to take shape among squares, alleys, and picturesque views. In two days, it is possible to experience an itinerary that intertwines cinema, culture, and history, allowing yourself to be captivated by the city’s authentic soul.

First Day – In the Footsteps of Fellini and Authentic Rimini

Start your day in the evocative Piazza dei Sogni and the poetic Tonino Guerra Garden, symbolic places dedicated to the Fellinian imagination. Continue with a visit to the Fellini Museum, an immersive journey recounting the life, work, and extraordinary fantasy of the great Rimini-born director.
Cross the historic center to reach the Cinema Fulgor, where a young Fellini discovered the magic of the big screen, and then take a walk to the millenary Tiberius Bridge, one of the best-preserved Roman bridges in Italy. At its feet opens the scenic Piazza sull’Acqua, a space that invites you to pause and admire the landscape.
Continue your route through the picturesque Borgo San Giuliano, the ancient fishermen’s district, today famous for its colorful alleys and murals dedicated to Fellini, which tell the stories and characters of his cinematography.
Conclude the day with an aperitif at the historic Grand Hotel di Rimini. Its elegant Liberty-style salons await you with a selection of cocktails accompanied by delicious amuse-bouches.
Take the opportunity to visit the 9 stations of the hotel of dreams and retrace the history of this magical place.
Second Day – A Journey Through Masterpieces and Two Thousand Years of History

The second day is dedicated to great art and Rimini’s historical heritage.

Start with a guided tour of the temporary exhibition “The Code of Passion: Bellini and Mantegna in the Mirror”, a fascinating journey comparing two of the greatest protagonists of the Italian Renaissance. The exhibition, inaugurated on July 18, will be running until January 10.
The theme of passion highlights the divergence between tragic humanism, embodied in the dramatic and almost ecstatic layout of Mantegna’s St. Sebastian, dominated by an almost architectural, sculptural vocabulary, and the profound mystical silence of Bellini, child of two different Hellenisms, classical Greek and Byzantine, where the sacrifice of the Son transcends the drama of angelic lamentation into pure contemplation of the Eucharistic mystery.
Continue with the City Museum, which houses important archaeological and artistic testimonies, and with the extraordinary Surgeon’s Domus, one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of recent decades. Here you can admire the remains of an elegant Roman dwelling and the richest collection of Roman surgical instruments ever found.
The itinerary continues in the monumental heart of the city, crossing Piazza Cavour, an elegant city lounge dominated by the Palazzo dell’Arengo, the Palazzo del Podestà, and the historic Pinecone Fountain.
Continue your walk to reach the magnificent Malatesta Temple, a Renaissance masterpiece designed by Leon Battista Alberti, symbol of the Malatesta lordship and custodian of precious works of art.
To conclude the itinerary, arrive at Piazza Tre Martiri, the ancient Roman forum and the heart of city life since antiquity, to end up in front of the imposing Arch of Augustus, the oldest surviving Roman arch in northern Italy, which for over two thousand years has welcomed visitors entering the city and represents one of the most fascinating symbols of Rimini’s history.