How to get from Rimini airport to the city center and train station? We choose the best way.
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How to get from Rimini airport by bus
You can get from Rimini airport to the center and railway station by bus number 9 (Start Romagna company) - this is the most convenient and popular way among tourists (and also the cheapest). The stop is on the left when exiting the terminal. Travel time is approximately 15 minutes, buses run every 20 minutes. On weekdays, transport from the airport starts at 5:27 and ends at 00:49 (last bus). On weekends and holidays - from 6:33 to 00:49, Sunday - closed. .
Cost - 1.3 euros. It is better to buy a ticket at a special terminal or at the ticket office, since when buying from the driver the price increases to 2 euros. The ticket must be validated at the validator.
During the high season, tourists are also transported by buses from other companies, but their fares are more expensive.
How to get from Rimini airport by train
Compared to the bus, this is not the most convenient way to get to Rimini from the airport - rather, it is suitable for those who want to get to other resorts or go to. Near the airport (about 1.2 km) there is Rimini Miramare station, from where you can take a train to the city center for 1.3 euros. You can reach it on foot if you don't. See the website for schedule and tickets.
Taxi at Rimini airport
Finding a taxi at Rimini Airport is not difficult - they are based at the exit from the airport. For travel during the day you will have to pay 17 euros, at night (from 22:00) - 22 euros. You can also order a taxi online in advance at the service - there are both regular cars and executive class cars and roomy minibuses.
Car rental at Rimini Airport
One of the most convenient ways is to rent a car at Rimini Airport. True, it is suitable only for those who are going not only to lie on the beach, but also to actively explore the surroundings of the resort. You can book your car in advance via Skyscanner Car Hire. Rental cost - from 57 euros per day.
To reach Rimini from Federico Fellini Airport by car, take the SS16 highway for approximately 8 km - just follow the signs for the city center.
It is more convenient and profitable to carry out with an experienced shopping tour instructor. We, the authors of the site, recommend that you contact Irina Mikhaleva - she is a professional in her field, a pleasant and responsive person. Irina perfectly organized our holiday in Rimini several years ago.
- Consultations on Italian fashion trends.
- Transfer from the airport to the hotel and back. Trips to the most famous warehouses and factories. No buses or waiting! Individual trips (maximum 4 people).
- Help in choosing a place where you can have a delicious dinner, and in organizing excursions to Rome, Venice, Florence, San Marino.
Irina's contacts.
“Oh, Italy! Whose hand will tear me out of here? - this is how Gogol once wrote about this amazing country. It’s impossible to argue with the greats, and there’s no point, because everyone who visited this fairy tale remembers how much they didn’t want to leave it.
But you have everything ahead, and you can only be envied. Well, your journey will begin, of course, with a flight.
If your tour does not include a transfer, it can be
All roads lead... to Rimini
Yes, that’s right, because during the “high” season on weekends, Federico Fellini Airport operates on a very busy schedule: about 20 charter flights arrive from Russia. The geography is as follows:
- Moscow (Transaero and Ural fly from Domodedovo, UTair from Vnukovo);
- St. Petersburg (Aeroflot, Yamal, Italian low-cost airline Livingston);
- Krasnodar, Rostov (“Ural”, “Yakutia”);
- Volgograd, Mineralnye Vody, Samara (“Ural”).
For some reason, it is customary on the Internet to scold Livingston for the fact that the crew does not speak Russian and there is no free “feeding”. But you can withstand 3.5 hours without “refueling”, and if you can’t bear it, then take a sandwich and water with you, which you can buy after the inspection.
In addition to charters, 13 more airlines from 26 European cities fly here. The estimated capacity of the airport is 1 million passengers per year, in reality - according to some sources it is 600 thousand, according to others - 800 thousand.
A little history
Rimini International Airport opened in 1938. No special milestones were noted in its development, except that in 1977 a new building was erected. And in 1993, after the death of the great film director Federico Fellini (a native of this city), the air harbor was named after him. Since then it has been called Aeroporto internazionale Federico Fellini.
In 2012, Italian officials in charge of civil aviation issues recognized Rimini airport as unprofitable and even wanted to close it, shifting the entire burden to Bologna. However, then they gave 3 years to “correct” things (without any funding from the state). Although experts believe that this was just an “act of intimidation”, because the geographical location of Rimini and its importance as a resort are difficult to overestimate.
A modest gateway to luxurious Italy
This airport can be called that because it was built without any special architectural flourishes and consists of one terminal. And only the absence of the Russian language on signs and signs will confirm that you have arrived in Italy, and not in a typical regional center of central Russia (no offense to our regions). An unprepossessing building housing the arrivals and departures halls, as well as a small VIP area - that's all. At passport control you will be greeted by slightly careless border guards who, without even looking, will slap a stamp on your passport, and you are in Italy.
The airport layout is ridiculously simple, and it is almost impossible to get lost there. Not far from the passport control area there are tour operator counters, where friendly Russian-speaking workers give package travelers envelopes with a description of the tour, guidebooks, and explain which bus to go to.
During the high season, when there are several flights of tourists arriving and departing, the building becomes somewhat crowded. However, the information support is in perfect order: the airport’s online display works reliably and uninterruptedly. If you urgently need cash, you can withdraw it from ATMs (the rate, however, is simply extortionate); if you want to grab a bite to eat, go to a bar or self-service restaurant.
Everything is at hand...
The airport is located in Miramare, a district (sometimes called a suburb) of Rimini.
It is only 8 km from the resort center. Getting to the city is easy.
Public transport
You can get there by bus line 9, which departs every 15-30 minutes (the interval depends on the time of day), the price is 1.3 euros. It starts from the square near the airport, you can ask any “local” and he will show you where the stop is. Travel time is about half an hour.
Taxi
However, this bus does not operate at night, so you will have to use a taxi. If there are several of you or you have heavy suitcases, a taxi will also be more convenient. Its parking lot is almost at the very exit of the airport terminal building. The tariff to the city center is about 25 euros. A little more expensive at night.
A good option is to order a transfer in advance, from home. You will be greeted with a sign in the arrivals hall and taken directly to the hotel door. The price is the same as a regular taxi. One of the famous services
Most taxi drivers do not understand Russian, and to explain where to go, you can learn the phrase: “Per favore, mi porti alla stazione ferroviaria Rimini Centrale”(if you go to the train station, for example).
Generally speaking, Italians are generally very friendly, positive and sociable people. They try to help lost tourists and explain how to get where. But the words “per favore” (“please”) and “grazie” (“thank you”) have a simply magical effect on them, and the willingness to help increases significantly.
... and San Marino too
“Package travelers” (as tourists who arrived in an organized manner, on vouchers are sometimes called) do not have to worry about how to get there: the transfer is provided by the host party. Moreover, most excursion tours necessarily include a trip to San Marino either on the way from the airport (if arrival in the morning) or on the day of return flight (if it is in the evening).
How to get from the airport to San Marino for those traveling on their own? Here again the choice is between public transport or taxi. The scheme is like this:
- bus line 9;
- transfer at stop No. 4 (train station) to a bus to San Marino;
- travel time - 1 hour, ticket price - 4.5 euros.
A taxi to the Most Serene Republic will cost at 50 euros. However, there is little point in rushing to San Marino immediately after the flight. There are few hotels there (about 30), it is better to stay in the resort of Rimini and, in between beach holidays, go once or twice to admire the medieval beauties of the dwarf state. And if you want to “shop,” then San Marino is also suitable for these purposes, because it is a duty-free trade zone, a kind of duty free on the scale of the whole country (albeit a very small one).
Don't forget about tax free!
If you shop in Italy, try to follow a few simple rules:
This is how you can end your stay in beautiful Italy with such a pleasant event. And Rimini Airport will no longer seem pathetic and provincial, because it is a part of a country that has made you fall in love for the rest of your life.
This is precisely the main leitmotif of tourist reviews.
Svetlana from Krasnoyarsk writes:
“Oh, how I didn’t want to fly away! A stunning holiday in Rimini, trips to Venice, Rome, Florence - everything is in the past. If I have the opportunity to repeat it, I will definitely do it!”
Andrey from Vorkuta is a little ironic:
“Fellini Airport sounds proud, of course. But it doesn’t correspond...However, subsequent impressions corrected everything.”
Svetlana from Samara:
“We went to duty, the assortment was not very rich, people mainly bought grappa, coffee, chocolate. But it doesn’t matter, because I wanted to take all of Italy with me.”
Lyudmila Ivashutina
Rimini in the province of Emilia-Romagna is a point of attraction for Russian tourists who want to soak up the sunny Adriatic coast. In addition, there is a large expo center in Rimi, where exhibitions and conferences are held every month, including with the participation of Russian businessmen. That's why we decided to dig into where Rimini airport is and how to get to the city from there.
Rimini, with a population of 140 thousand people, is the largest Italian resort on the country's east coast, and several major air traffic hubs are located near this city.
- The main airport, whose name is Federico Fellini International Airport (Rimini Miramare Airport, RMI). The distance from Rimini to the airport is only 7 km. It is located within the city, in the Miramare district south of the center;
- Airport in Bologna (BLQ) 120 km from Rimini;
- A small low-cost airport in the city of Falconara Marittima (Aeroporto delle Marche, AOI) 95 km from Rimini.
Don’t let Google maps confuse you about which airport in Rimini is the main one - when searching for a map, several distracting points are shown (military airfields and flying clubs), and you don’t have to pay attention to them.
For clarity, we have placed all three mentioned airports on the map:
Federico Fellini International Airport
This Rimini airport is used exclusively for connections with cities in other countries - there are no flights to other Italian cities from here.
In addition, Rimini has gained such popularity among Russians in recent years that in the eyes of tourists it will soon become a full-fledged replacement for Turkey - in December, for example, planes fly to Rimini exclusively from Moscow and Tirana (Albania), and during the swimming season flights from Russia even more.
There are flights to other cities in Russia (previously there were flights from Yekaterinburg and Krasnodar), but the situation changes from season to season.
This Rimini airport itself is tiny (only one runway) and unprepossessing, and the airport layout is elementary - just one small terminal. You don’t even immediately realize that you are at an Italian resort.
Duty free in Rimini
For some unknown reason, Russians are often surprised and even indignant that Rimini Airport has a very small duty-free zone, and after passing through passport control, passengers have nowhere to shop before departure - they can only wait patiently for their flight.
But since Rimini Airport, despite its impressive name, is so small that there are not even flights from here to other Italian cities, there is nothing to be surprised about. This is not Berlin Schonefeld or Amsterdam Schiphol. Imagine an airport in some small Russian administrative center - this is exactly the scale you should expect.
So if you want to buy something memorable about your trip, it’s better to do it in the city before leaving for the airport.
Tax Free at Rimini Airport
There are still Tax Free Global Blue counters here. The procedure for obtaining a VAT refund is standard: we go to customs with a passport and a Tax Free Check, which was given to you in the store upon purchase, and then at the Tax Free Cash Refund counter we return the money in cash minus 3 € from each check or to a card without deductions (money will not be credited to the card immediately, within a couple of days depending on the bank).
Please note that the opening hours of the counters are strictly coordinated with the flight schedule. Global Blue counters have a day off on Sunday.
If you want to return the money to your card without deducting a fee, you will need to place a stamped envelope in the Global Blue box. Did not have time? You can still return the VAT upon arrival in Moscow at one of the 3 Banca Intesa offices.
How to get from Rimini main airport to the city
Getting from Rimini airport to the city is easy.
Let's start with the fact that it is generally possible to get from the airport to the hotel on foot– from the airport to the sandy shore it’s only a little more than a kilometer, it’s a 15-minute walk. So if your hotel is in Miramar or Riccon, you can take a walk.
The next option is bus. Bus number 9 () stops right at the airport exit, which can take you to almost anywhere in Rimini. There is a wide-format map of the bus network. The airport is located in the lower left corner of the map, the brown line is the same bus 9. Ticket price - from 1.30 €, more details.
From the airport you can also walk to Rimini Miramare station in 15 minutes, and from there you can get by train to Rimini Central Station, ticket price – 1.50 €.
If you have booked accommodation far from transport hubs, or are planning to stay in another nearby town - Cesenatico or Cattolica - then you can book transfer to the hotel via Kiwitaxi. Check the cost of transfer from the airport to Rimini in the form below:
You can also use the services of a local Taxi Radio Taxi Rimini. Landing at the airport – 7.50 €, surcharge for 1 km of travel – 1.40 €, luggage – 0.60 €.
How to get from Bologna airport to Rimini
If you fly into Bologna airport, there are two ways to get to Rimini (not counting a rented car).
Firstly, you can get to Rimini by direct shuttle. The seasonal schedule is below, check the official website for updates.
The cost of a ticket when purchased online is 20 € (8 € for children 4-10 years old), on the seat on the bus - 25 € (10 € for children 4-10 years old). The bus stop is located right outside the arrivals terminal:
The second option is to get there on on the bus from the airport to Bologna central station for 3€, from there - by train to Rimini Central Station for 9.85€. The journey will take the same amount of time as the shuttle, but will be a little cheaper.
Rimini International Airport (Aeroporto internazionale Federico Fellini) is named after the famous Federico Fellini. The airport is located in Miramare, about 8 km from Rimini.
When you arrive, the first thing that catches your eye at the airport are posters and stills from films of the great director. It immediately becomes clear: you have arrived in Fellini’s homeland.
Every year, the airport serves about 1 million passengers and approximately 13 airlines flying here from more than 25 cities in Europe, as well as from Russia, Ukraine, Israel and Albania.
There are also many flights to various destinations within Italy - Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice, etc.
Direct flights from Moscow to Rimini are operated by Ural Airlines and Pobeda, and from St. Petersburg by Aeroflot. You can find out the latest information about flights, as well as buy a ticket at a favorable price on the website aviasales.ru.
Rimini Airport has one terminal, which serves passengers departing on domestic and international flights.
The official website of Federico Fellini Airport is riminiairport.com.
You can get to the city by bus, train, taxi, or pre-order an individual transfer. Most travelers prefer a bus or transfer since the train station is not close.
All information is presented as of 2019. Check the schedule and prices for a specific date when booking tickets.
By bus
The Start Romagna Linea 9 bus runs from the airport to Rimini. The stop is located to the left of the exit from the terminal. Travel time is about 15 minutes.
The bus departs approximately every 20 minutes from 5.26 am to 11.45 pm on weekdays. On weekends from 6:30 am to 11:48 pm.
