San Marino

By Joyce Ira

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First Tower of San Marino

Vasco da Gama Bridge

San Marino is famous home to 30,000 people and one of the European microstates, together with Vatican, Monaco and Andorra. San Marino is known as the oldest sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world. The climate in San Marino is Mediterranean, meaning warm summers and cool winters.

San Marino is a small city with limited areas to see. However, these areas are all worth the effort to see. Sights include the

1. Gothic Palazzo Publico

2. Piazza della Liberta

3. 14th-century church of San Francesco, which has paintings by Raphael Guercino and Bellini

4. Palazzo dei Valloni - museum art gallery and San Marino’s national library

5. The Neoclassical Basilica di San Marino preserves the remains of the town’s stonecutter saint. A path runs from the basilica to the fortresses on Mt. Titano which include the 13th-century Montale which is the smallest

6. 10th-century Rocca Guaita - a prison until the 1960s

7. 13th-century Cesta located on the highest of the three peaks, which houses a museum of arms dating from the Middle Ages. The path offers a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside and Adriatic Sea too. Excursions can be made to the villages of Serraville (castle) and Valdragone (convent and church).


There is no airport and train in San Marino. The most convenient way to get there bus taking Bus 72 from Rimini or take your car with you. Once you're inside the walled city, it's small enough to simply walk around. There are only a few streets on which cars are able to drive (and only if they are small cars).




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