How to get from Rimini to San Marino by bus

Taking the bus from Rimini to San Marino for a day trip to my 113th UN-Listed Member State.

There is no train service between Rimini and San Marino. If you are relying on public transport, you can take a train to Rimini and then catch the Rimini – San Marino bus, operated by Gruppo BonelliBus and Benedettini.

I actually arrived in Rimini on a Flixbus from Siena and stayed three nights at one of the backpacker hostels.

Travelling from Italy to the Republic of San Marino.

The Republic of San Marino is enclaved within central Italy. It occupies 61 square kilometres and is the third smallest state in Europe after the Holy See and the Principality of Monaco and it is the fifth smallest country in the world, one of six European Microstates and one of only three countries landlocked by a single country, the other two being Lesotho, which is surrounded by South Africa and Vatican City, which is also surrounded by Italy.

They joined the United Nations as a full member state in 1992. And for me, my 113th UN-Listed Member State and my 127th country and territory that I have visited.

It is not a member of the European Union, although it uses the Euro as its currency (despite not legally being part of the Eurozone). Before the introduction of the Euro, the country’s currency was the Sammarinese lira.

​I have always liked to do something memorable for my birthday. And what better way (other than to be with my wife back home in Mexico) than to backpack the world’s fifth-smallest independent nation?

I purposely concentrated on San Marino City, la cittá di San Marino, the capital of the Republic of San Marino. Less is, after all, more.

I would have loved to have stayed the night, but budget restraints meant it just wasn’t viable, and the only hostel in San Marino had reviews mentioning bed bugs.

So, like my trip to Monte-Carlo in Monaco, I day-packed San Marino.
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The bus stop is not far from the Railway Station in Rimini (I had checked it out the evening before):

Buying Tickets for the Rimini to San Marino Bus

You can get tickets online or buy them from the Tabaccheria, which is just up the street, cash only, and you can only buy them on the day:

Ticket and timetable for the Rimini San Marino Shuttle Bus:

I took the 9.25 am bus:

Single tickets since January 1, 2025, cost €7 (according to their website, the price is still valid as of 2026).

Travelling from Rimini to San Marino:

Arrival in San Marino is at Parcheggio 2 which is more of a parking lot than a bus station. The journey took just over 1 hour.

Buying a fridge magnet and sew-on flag for the Repubblica di San Marino:

Getting back to Rimini.
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Buy your ticket from the authorised dealer ‘Tabaccheria e Profumeria Marisa e Gianni’:

Here are a few photos from San Marino:

San Marino lies at an altitude of 749 m. Above, looking towards the Adriatic Coast.

The military fortress of San Marino. The Second Tower stands on the highest peak, Mount Titano (756 m), and you can easily walk to it from the main part of the city.