DAY 4 - CESENATICO to RIMINI - 24 April 2026

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Tiberius Bridge,  Rimini 
There were two types of cake for the hotel breakfast, a home-made ricotta one and a chocolate one...we must be in Italy!

Today was mostly esplanade walking, watching everyone including the beach clubs getting ready for the start of the holiday season in May. There was painting, paving, sand shovelling and raking, building,  unwrapping of play equipment - and a little bit of soaking in the sun.  

We saw large groups of children playing beach volley ball, the remains of a German bunker and a statue commemorating Caesar crossing the Rubicon.

We had coffee and piadina breaks before getting into Rimini in time to collect our credentials for the Way of St Francis, which we start on Sunday. We viewed murals, had a visit to the Roman house of the surgeon and a wander over the bridge of Tiberius (AD21) before enjoying another seafood dinner, this time with dessert.
2 cakes for breakfast
Pantani Memorial,  Cesenatico
Most of today's walk was along a seaside esplanade
Every now and then there is a free beach among all the private ones
We passed this bust of Julius Caesar at the Rubicon River. Alea Iacta Est.
Remains of a WWII German bunker
Morning tea by the beach
Boats, with a Ferris wheel, Bellaria Agea Marina
Bellaria Agea Marina
The 5 Schools Beach Volley competition started in Rimini today
Walking along an esplanade towards Rimini
Lunch.  Piadina again. 
View of San Marino on Monte Titano. 
Some attractive murals on the way in to Rimini
Statue of Julius Caesar, Rimini
Impressive remains of Surgeon's House, Rimini
Street scene, Rimini
Mural, Rimini
Dinner. Seafood pasta.
Also dinner. Tiramisu and pannacotta.
Sunset over the Adriatic, Rimini
Some of today's birds
More birds
Day 4  - Map
Day:                                4
Distance:                       22.34 km
Walking time:               4 hrs  25 mins
Elevation gain:             33  metres (still flat)
Cumulative distance:  79.28 km

Comments

  1. Anonymous25 April 2026 at 00:52

    I hadn’t realised that the Rubicon was in that part of Italy. (I’d imagined it was near Gaul). I guess all of Europe is a big history lesson.

    Today’s birds were a bit more difficult. Eurasian collared dove, hooded crow (these are common in Ireland but more or less absent in other parts of Western Europe), Mediterranean gull (I think… different ages - the adults have black heads and red legs), little egret, common sandpiper, mallard, Egyptian goose goslings (I think, native in Africa but feral in many parts of Europe according to my book)

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