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Rimini reads in three parts: the walled Roman-and-Renaissance historic centre, the old fishing and trading villages, the borghi, that ring it, and the long seafront of beach districts facing the Adriatic. Romans, fishermen, and holidaymakers each left a quarter behind.

The historic centre

Centro Storico

most expensive

The walled old heart of Rimini, and a surprise to anyone who only knows the beach: Roman monuments, Renaissance churches, and handsome piazzas full of year-round Italian life. It's cultured, walkable, and the most desirable place to live in the city proper. The trade is cost: it's the priciest inland area, though still far below the famous seafront in summer.

Best for: those who want the real, historic, year-round city rather than the beach

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Learn more about the historic heart

Long before the beaches, Rimini was Ariminum, a Roman town founded in 268 BC where two great roads met. Two of its Roman monuments still stand and still work: the Arch of Augustus, built in 27 BC and the oldest surviving Roman triumphal arch anywhere, and the Bridge of Tiberius, which has carried traffic over the river since 21 AD, two thousand years, unbroken. In the fifteenth century the ruling Malatesta family added a Renaissance masterpiece, the Tempio Malatestiano, its marble front designed by Leon Battista Alberti in homage to those same Roman arches.

And Rimini is Fellini’s city. The film director was born here in 1920, and he turned the town, its seafront, its fog, its characters, into some of the most beloved images in cinema, above all in Amarcord. His memory is everywhere in the old fishermen’s village of Borgo San Giuliano, where murals of his films cover the walls. Roman, Renaissance, and cinematic all at once, the historic centre is the Rimini most beachgoers never notice, and the one worth living in.

The old borghi

Borgo San Giuliano

premium, characterful

The standout village, just across the ancient Tiberius Bridge from the centre: once a humble fishermen's quarter, now an artistic, bohemian enclave of low pastel houses, wine bars, and murals celebrating Fellini's films. It's the most sought-after of the borghi, so it carries a premium, but few places have this much character.

Best for: those who want charm, art, and village life a step from the centre

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Borgo San Giovanni & the inner borghi

mid, residential

The lively old trading quarters around the Arch of Augustus and the inland gates: welcoming, everyday neighbourhoods packed with bars, shops, and real local life, at gentler prices than San Giuliano or the seafront. Practical, characterful, and close to the centre. This is where a lot of year-round Rimini lives.

Best for: those wanting authentic, everyday city life near the centre at a fair price

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The seafront

Marina Centro & the beach districts

premium in season

The famous Adriatic seafront: Marina Centro and the long ribbon of beach districts stretching along the coast, all sand, promenades, hotels, and summer nightlife, now being reshaped by the Parco del Mare seafront project. It's the priciest and busiest area in season, then quieter and cheaper through the winter. Beach life at the door, with the city just behind. The trade is the seasonal swing and the summer crowds.

Best for: those who want the beach and the buzz, and don't mind the summer-versus-winter rhythm

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