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Arrival, information and getting around
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The train station is situated in the centre of Rimini, on Piazzale Cesare Battisti, ten minutes' walk from both the sea and the old centre; the town's main bus station is just south of here on Via Clementini; and bus #9 runs from the airport (information tel 0541.715.711), to the train station (7km) every thirty minutes. Tickets cost L1700/a?¬0.88, and can be bought at the airport bar. There's a
tourist office
right outside the train station on Via Dante Alighieri (April-Sept Mon-Sat 8am-7pm, Sun 9.30am-12.30pm; Oct-March Mon-Sat 9.30am-12.30pm & 3.30-6.30pm; tel 0541.51.331). They have a list of hotels and will help find a room, or pass you onto the Promozione Alberghiera
- except in the peak of the season (first two weeks in August), when normally you don't stand a chance if you haven't booked ahead. The main tourist office, at Piazza Federico Fellini 3 on the seafront (April-Sept Mon-Sat 8.30am-7pm, Sun 9.30am-12.30pm; Oct-March Mon-Sat 9.30am-12.30pm & 3.30-6.30pm; tel 0541.56.902,
www.riminiturismo.it
), offers the same service and a board outside showing vacancies when everything else is closed. For accommodation, you can bypass the tourist office altogether and go straight to the Promozione Alberghiera for somewhere to stay (June-Sept daily 8am-8pm; tel 0541.52.269); they have offices in the station and opposite the beachfront tourist office. The Centro di Informazione Comunale, in the Municipio on Piazza Cavour (Mon-Fri 8.30am-1pm & 2-7pm, Sat 9am-1pm; tel 0541.704.112), gives information on cultural events, often in English.
Getting around
is best done on foot, at least within the town centre. But if you need to use the buses, buy an orange ticket from a tobacconist or newsstand; it gives 24 hours' unlimited travel in Rimini and the surrounding area (including SantarcA?ngelo, Riccione and Bellaria) for L5000/a?¬2.58; an eight-day ticket costs L20,000/a?¬10.33. There are also a couple of nightbus services
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