San Marino
Posted by Martin Orr on Friday, 04 August 2006 at 18:36
Today I went on a day trip to San Marino, the third smallest country in Europe and, according to its leaflet, oldest extant republic in the world. The main city is perched on top of a very steep 750m hill, but it actually rules a decent amount of territory around that - 61 sq. km. The town is packed with souvenir shops, restaurants and assorted little museums (curiosities, waxworks, ancient and modern weapons, instruments of torture) designed to extract tourists' money.
Rimini, from where you get the bus to San Marino, is the biggest seaside resort in Italy. That's about all I have to say about it - I didn't go to the beach but I gather it's packed.
Now in: Ravenna
-- Martin