Golden Palm Trees, San Marino, CA

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Travel to San Marino

Flying to San Marino

The Italian national airline is Alitalia (AZ) (website: www.alitalia.it).

Flight times:

From London to Bologna/Rimini is 2 hours 30 minutes.

Departure tax:

None.

Travel by rail

The nearest station is at Rimini. A funicular serves the capital and Borgo Maggiore. There are no internal railways.

Trenitalia (tel: 892 021; website: www.trenitalia.com) runs regular services covering national and international routes in Italy.

Driving to San Marino

From the UK, the quickest way to travel by car is via Eurotunnel to France (see France). Trenitalia runs regular daily services called auto al seguito (trains carrying cars), especially during the summer holiday season, covering national and international routes.

These services operate from special railway stations and are generally bookable at the departure station.

Owners must travel on the same train.