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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
News just in that the proposed strikes by lifeguards on the 8th and 16th of August have been called off after an intervention by the governmental commission with responsibility for overseeing strike action. A press release from the Commissione di Garanzia dell ’attuazione della legge sullo sciopero announced with little detail that the strike action […]
Swine Flu, or the A/H1N1 virus to be more correct, hasn’t hit Italy in a significant way yet, presumably because the hot summer months aren’t conducive to the spread of the virus. There’s an interesting phenomenon though occuring in the pharmacies of Rimini, where according to the president of the local order of pharmacists, Giulio […]
As if you needed proof that eating spinach is good for you, Popeye – the world-famous cartoon character who’s better known in Italian as braccio di ferro (literally iron arm) – celebrates his 80th birthday this year, and as part of the festivities there’ll be a special show dedicated to the character today at Rimini’s […]
Every year in Rimini there’s a huge and interesting conference, run by the Catholic organisation Comunion & Liberation, which attracts international coverage and thousands of visitors. This year’s theme is ‘Knowledge is always an event’, and has attracted a number of high profile speakers including several members of the Italian government (including Minister for foreign […]
Did you ever have any doubts?? Rimini comes in at #2 in The Times of London’s list of Europe’s top 10 Beach Parties. In particular, the English newspaper mentions the fancy Turquoise Beach Club as one of the coolest places in Europe to party on the beach. Rimini comes in just behind Turkey’s Turkbuku, but […]
One of the disadvantages of Rimini’s popularity is that on weekends in the summer all roads in Emilia-Romagna, as it were, lead to Rimini – and so there are frequent traffic jams on the famous A14 autostrada heading from Bologna to the Riviera. Normal journey times of an hour or so can be lengthened considerably, […]
For the eigth year running Rimini has been awarded the blue flag. The blue flag is a mark awarded by the Foundation for Environmental Education, to recognise various elements including cleanliness of beaches, quality of bathing water etc. The award was initially a French initiative, born in 1985, to single out beaches and bathing spots […]
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