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Ristorante Pier & Gilberto Europe
Whatever you're paying here, rest assured that it's going on the food not the location. Once you've come in off the noisy road, you're in a world of silver candlesticks, cascading bouquets and seriously good food. Seafood is a speciality so play safe with spaghetti ai frusta di mare (spaghetti with seafood) followed by a fish grill.
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Museo della Città
Rimini’s Museo della Città displays paintings upstairs, including a haunting Pietà by Giovanni Bellini and an altarpiece by Domenico Ghirlandaio. However, the museum’s centrepiece is the archaeological section on the ground floor. Spread over several rooms, with excellent bilingual (Italian-English) signage, are finds from two nearby Roman villas, including splendid mosaics, a rare and exquisite representation of fish rendered in coloured glass, and the world’s largest collection of Roman surgical instruments. You can walk through a life-size reconstruction of the surgeon’s offices, then visit the original excavation site across the street at the recently opened Domus…
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Tempio Malatestiano
Rimini’s grandest monument is its cathedral, the Tempio Malatestiano. Dedicated to St Francis, it was transformed in the 15th century to house the tomb of Isotta degli Atti, the beloved mistress of Sigismondo Malatesta. Sigismondo, a member of the ruling Malatesta clan, was something of a rogue: Pope Pius II, himself no angel, burned Sigismondo’s effigy in Rome and condemned him to hell for an impressive litany of sins that included rape, murder, incest, adultery and severe oppression of the people.
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Casina del Bosco
For fast food, nothing beats a piadina, a toasted half-moon of unleavened bread with a savoury filling – Romagna’s retort to the wrap. This immensely popular eatery has built its clientele over 30 years by keeping things simple: piadine, salads, beer, wine and ice-cold desserts. Bask on the patio with a draught hefeweizen (wheat beer) while you wait for the guys at the grill to do their thing.
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Osteria i Teatini
Described by its owner as a ‘free people’s place’, this artsy, atmospheric joint is part restaurant, part bar and part alternative nightspot, with eclectic jazz-classical DJ sets on Friday nights and live music on Saturdays. Drink in the wonderful vaulted stone cellar or eat on the outdoor deck in the leafy square outside.
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Osteria Dë Börg
A homely osteria in the old fishing quarter, this place is what eating in Italy is all about: simple, honest food made with local ingredients and served in unpretentious surroundings. Second courses revolve around meat, from stuffed rabbit to steaks grilled on an open fire and seasoned with rosemary and sea salt.
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Brodo di Giuggiole
Tucked down an alley off Piazza Tre Martiri, this intimate spot is great for an elegant night out, with its wood-panelled dining room, lanternlit plank terrace and an ever-changing menu featuring some of the freshest, best-prepared fish in town. Reservations are recommended, especially on live-jazz Tuesdays.
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Picnic
In business for nearly half a century, Picnic has a wide-ranging menu of traditional favourites like salsiccia fagioli con polenta (sausage with beans and polenta), supplemented with whatever’s freshest from the market – grilled fish of the day, for example, or local strawberries with whipped cream.
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Osteria Dë Börg
A homely osteria in the old fishing quarter, this place is what eating in Italy is all about. Simple, honest food made with local ingredients and served in unpretentious surroundings. Particularly good is the meat, grilled on an open fire and, on Fridays, the fish, bought at the local market.
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Osteria Tiresia
It's not hard to work out why the Tiresia is often full - excellent food, fair prices and a convivial faux-rustic setting. The emphasis is on meat here with steak, featuring in dishes such as the wonderful-sounding filetto ubriaco di sangiovese (fillet drunk on sangiovese red wine).
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Palazzo del Municipio
The city's finest palazzi hug the attractive Piazza Cavour. On its northern flank, Palazzo del Municipio, built in 1562 and reconstructed after being razed during WWII, abuts the imposing 14th-century Gothic Palazzo del Podestà; neither are open to the public.
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Osteria della Piazzetta
One of several eateries in a trendy pocket just off Piazza Cavour. An informal, wood-lined place whose food is more upmarket pub grub than haute cuisine, it's good for everything from simple piadine to grilled sausages, fried fish and hearty pasta.
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Teatro Amintore Galli
The Teatro Amintore Galli was a 19th-century addition to Via Pescheria, appearing in 1857 in the feverish years leading to unification.
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Disco Bar Coconuts
Flaunting its prime waterfront location, Rimini’s most centrally located disco exudes a summer-beach-party atmosphere, with palm trees sprouting from the wooden deck and a ‘flower power’ VW convertible parked out the front.
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Caffè Cavour
This swish cafe on Rimini’s main square attracts a well-to-do aperitivo set who lounge inside on leather chairs in winter, then decamp outdoors on balmy summer evenings to enjoy the fine Piazza Cavour views.
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Velvet Club
The Velvet, located 8km southwest of the centre of Rimini, features DJs, big-name rock acts and dancing till dawn. The adjacent Velvet Factory is a live-work space for international visual and performing artists.
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Castel Sismondo
A short walk to the west from the cathedral Tempio Malatestiano, the 15th-century Castel Sismondo, also known as the Rocca Malatestiana, is named after the notorious Sigismondo.
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Arco di Augusto
At the southeastern end of Corso d'Augusto, the Arco di Augusto was erected in 27 BC, while at the Corso's other end, the Ponte di Tiberio (Tiberius' Bridge) dates to the 1st century AD.
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L'Altromondo Studios
The futuristic décor gives no hint of Altromondo's heritage - Ray Charles and James Brown have both partied here. Nowadays, the sounds are commercial and the crowd's young.
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Taverna della Vecchia Pescheria
In the historic fish market, this rustic pub with little wooden tables and chairs is elbow-to-elbow with locals enjoying draught beer and free snacks at aperitivo time.
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Roman Amphitheatre
To visit the insubstantial remains of Rimini’s Roman amphitheatre, once one of the largest in the region, contact the Musei Comunali.
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Gotha
An intimate lounge bar for 1000, on the waterfront halfway between Rimini and Riccione, Gotha swings to a Latin beat in winter and a commercial soundtrack in summer.
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Gelateria Pellicano
This Rimini-based, five-store chain makes some seriously good ice cream. Try the pinoli (pine nut), with toasted whole nuts on top.
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Caffè Turismo
Not the tourist trap its name might imply but a cool bar with video projections on the mellow green walls and a young, good-looking staff.
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Barge
A magnet for modish 20-somethings, this seafront pub offers an irresistible combo: draught Guinness, regular DJs and frequent live music.
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