Friday, August 14th, 2009
On Friday morning Rimini’s mayor, Alberto Ravaioli, kicked off the celebrations for Italy’s biggest summer holiday weekend, Ferragosto, by publishing an official welcome note to the thousands of holidaymakers who have arrived in the Adriatic Riviera’s capital. “Dear friends, happy Ferragosto and welcome to Rimini. There’s no more beautiful or enjoyable place in the world to […]
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
Anyone who’s been into Rimini’s tourist office lately can’t help but have been impressed picking up the handy and beautifully designed pocket-sized information booklets. In particular the snazzy logo on the back, which morphs the town’s name into an elegant looking sun-lounger. Now the news coming from the assesore al turismo, the local comune officer […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
The holiday sector, like all others, is in a downturn at the moment. Italy, one of the world’s most visited countries thanks to its food, culture and climate, has itself suffered a drop of somewhere between 6-7% in visitors this year, leading to fears about job losses in the tourism sector. Rimini, though, bucks the […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Ferragosto, the 15th of August, is one of Italy’s most important and most cherished holidays. It has its origins in antiquity, and has changed and evolved over the centuries, but as Gianni Di Gregorio’s wonderful film Pranzo di Ferragosto illustrated so powerfully, the Italian who finds him/herself working or away from family on this summer […]
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
So, it’s been on-off all week, as the lifeguards on the Adriatic riviera threatened strike action for this Saturday (and next saturday, part of the Ferragosto weekend). On thursday a note was issued by the governmental commission which oversees strike action, suggesting that the strike would be called off. A solution had been found. Yesterday, […]
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
If things continue as they are, the beaches of Rimini will remain closed due to a lifeguard strike this Saturday, the 8th of August. Regional official for Tourism, Guido Pasi told the press yesterday that the situation was very worrying, as talks between Rimini Lifeguards and Beach Operators had broken down, making this Saturday’s threatened […]
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Rimini is one of the safest beach resorts in Italy precisely because every 150 metres is patrolled by the Riviera’s version of Baywatch, the lifeguards. There are nervous negotiations going on, though, in the lead up to the biggest holiday of the summer – Ferragosto weekend (Ferragosto is the 15th, and the strike is planned […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
For a city that has a population of roughly 140,000 Rimini has a surprising amount of high-profile international events. We’ve put together a list of five of the biggest (though, as anyone who has browsed through the site will realise, there are plenty more). Pio Manzu International Conference Every October a major international conference, under […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
It was 25 years ago, this year, that – according to Claudio Fantini – volleyball came out of the indoor sports centres and onto the beach in Italy, via the glamorous beaches of California. Fantini, in fact, is the man who claims to have introduced beach volleyball to Italy – and there are few that […]
Tags: beach sports, beach volleyball, cervia
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