What makes an Insider’s Italy City Hotel ?

Perhaps it is easiest to explain by introducing you to one that has all of the criteria.

It is smaller rather than larger.

It is owner managed.

Though it is modern — we do not have many modern hotels in our collection  — it is beautifully built.  Much care went into the choice of materials.  Walls are thick, doors solid, wood floors and carpets well cared for.

It has an unbeatable location — in this case a few minutes walk from the station, and a few minutes on foot into the pedestrian center.

It has warm, personable, professional staff who are exceptionally well trained and also simply lovely people.

The manger is involved, works the desk, and offers a personal welcome.

Rooms are perfectly kept, warm in cool weather and appropriately cooled in hot weather.

Bathrooms are not only perfect, but full of thoughtful details including lovely artisanal soaps and perfect towels.

Rooms are quiet.

Beds are a dream.  Pillows very comfortable.  Linens are Italian – and lovely.

And breakfasts not only delicious but with a strong focus on local products, Italian seasonal fruits, with organic offerings.  And perfect coffee.

The price is right.

And there you have it.  The Hotel Card in Rimini is an Insider’s Italy favorite.

Via Dante Alighieri, 50.
Tel. +39 0541 26412
www.hotelcard.it

That Rimini is a charming, not-touristed jewel of a small city — quite unconnected with the sprawling beaches most people associate with Rimini  — is also in its favor.  It is a walking and biking town with interesting Roman and Renaissance roots and art works.   And it has one special osteria, owner-managed by fishermen who serve only their own seafood (and close when there is no catch), easy to walk to from the Hotel Card :

Il Pescato del Canevone.  Open Tuesday through Sunday lunch and dinner daily except Saturday, when dinner only.  Closes when fishing impossible because of bad weather.

Via Luigi Tonini, 34.

Tel. +39 366 35 41 510

www.ilpescatodelcanevone.it