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Nightlife
Rimini’s nightlife happens along the seafront. Above all Rimini is a place to go clubbing : the town has become the Italian Ibiza and is a favourite destination for those who want to club the summer away. The evening’s cruising starts at 10pm or 11pm, along the seafront, shortly after which people then move on to the first club, either in their cool convertibles and jeeps or by a nightbus called the Blue Line, which operates through the night (10.30pm-sunrise) and serves two routes: the first along the length of the coast, from Bellariva to Cattólica; the second from Rimini to Covignano for club Paradiso . Pick up either route at Piazzale Kennedy; nightly bus passes cost L4000/¬2.07, tickets acquirable on board. For up-to-date information on the Rimini club scene, check the listings in the weekly Chiamami Città or the widely acquirable Guida d’Estate . Paradiso , at Via Covignano 260 (tel 0541.751.132), is perhaps the most consistently favourite club, with great diversion music as well as various happenings, such as fashion shows, performances and other, often art-based events, featuring guest spots by DJs, designers and artists from other European countries.
Other places with style and good diversion music are scattered among the small resorts that fringe Rimini, again all served by the Blue Line bus. Riccione has a lively club scene centred around garage and techno with Pascià at Via Sardegna 30 (tel 0541.604.207), Prince at Via Tre Baci 49 (tel 0541.691.209) and, probably the most famous club in Italy, Cocoricò , at Via Chieti 44 (tel 0541.605.183), where thousands congregate every weekend under an enormous glass pyramid to rave to the latest in Italian techno. To the south of Riccione are Byblos - revival/commercial sounds - at Piazza Castello 24 (tel 0541.690.252), in Misano Monte ; and Echoes Trade Mark - trance and techno - at Via Del Carro 40 (tel 0541.610.350), in Misano Adriatico .
For quieter evenings , Arena Astra , at Viale Vespucci 131, Misano Adriatico, to the south, shows alternative and rerun movies in the open air in July and August. More sedately still, there’s a classical music festival, the Sagra Musicale Malatestiana, throughout the summer in the Tempio Malatesta. It’s also worth checking at the tourist office or in the listings to see if and when the independent film festivals in Bellaria (to the north) and the Rimini-Cinema in Rimini itself are running - both appropriate events for Fellini’s home town.
