San Marino Travel Guide: Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights

Publisher Marketing: Surrounded entirely by Italy, the tiny mountainous enclave of San Marino has endured as a fiercely independent country for over 1700 years. San Marino is located 10km south of the Italian city, Rimini and is completely surrounded by the Italian territory of the Emilia-Romagna and Le Marche regions near the north Adriatic Sea. San Marino - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Monte Titano - Guaita - Cesta Tower - Museum of Ancient Weapons - Palazzo Pubblico - Cava dei Balestrieri (Crossbowmen's Quarry) - Churches - Saint Francis Museum - Basilica del Santo Marino - Church of St Peter - Church of the Cappuccini - Museums - Museo di Stato - Palazzo Vallonni - San Marino Car Museum - Museum of Curious Objects (Museo della Curiosita) - Museum of Torture (Museo della Tortura) - Vampire Museum - Open-Air Museum - Museum of Rural Life & Traditions "House of Fabrica" - Borgo Maggiore - Coin & Stamp Museum - Museum of Natural History - Recommendations for the Budget Traveller - Places to Stay - Hotel Joli - Hotel Cesare - Garden Village San Marino - Hotel Quercia Antica - Hostel San Marino - Places to Eat - Il Beccafico Restaurant - Restaurant Smaller - Il Loco - Hostaria da Lino Restaurant - America Graffiti Diner - Places to Shop - Atlante Shopping Center - Baldacci's Musical Instruments - San Marino Factory Outlet - Borgo Maggiore Market - Azienda Filatelica-Numismatica Contributor Bio:  Taylor, Christina Susan Alexander BA (Hons), MCogSci, MLS Born in a storm in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Susan's life was never going to be plain sailing. She's been married, de-factoed and single again a number of times and along the way she has raised a few children, not all her own. Currently residing in Sydney, Australia, she maintains a number of full and interesting lives - as a consultant, an academic, a personal counselor, and a serious and sometimes not so serious writer. Christina Taylor BA (Hons), BA Psych, MASS (Counselling) Born, educated and first married in England, Christina divorced, re-married and divorced again in Australia, where she now lives. Along the way she learned a lot about parenting, step-parenting, and relationships - often the hard way. Christina worked in the corporate world as an executive search consultant. Now, as a qualified sex therapist, she has moved from the boardroom to the bedroom.