Fellini’s Rimini

From Bologna, Rimini is an easy 1 h 20 down the A14 (115 km), wedged between the Adriatic and the first Malatesta hills rising 250–300 m around Verucchio. On the flat by the sea, the city strings together Roman axes and fishing lanes: you move from the Tiberius Bridge (begun in AD 14 under Augustus) to the Arch of Augustus (27 BC), then to Federico Fellini’s lingering haunts in Borgo San Giuliano. A buried mosaic recalls Ariminum; a faded poster whispers Amarcord. Cinema maps onto geography here: sea breeze, fine sand, and an old harbor that still keeps fishermen’s hours.

Your driver collects you at the hotel in a Mercedes and stays on standby, adapting to the pace: you walk and look, they stitch the route together. In Rimini, your private chauffeur handles drop-off in the historic core, waits during the Fellini Museum visit at Castel Sismondo, then swings over to Borgo San Giuliano to save time. Snack on a stuffed piadina in Piazza Cavour, admire while they drive you to the old harbor and pier, and end along Marina Centro’s promenade as the light slips into Eight and a Half’s palette.