British Airways launches three new Italian routes from London – including ‘underrated’ coastal city

Nestled conscionable southbound of the much popular Bologna lies the stunning Medieval metropolis of Rimini.

Though it’s antecedently been somewhat harder to entree with little predominant flights, British Airways has conscionable launched 3 caller routes from London to Italy – and 1 of them ticks disconnected the underrated Adriatic Riviera.

The routes are acceptable to commencement successful 2025, with flights betwixt Heathrow and Rimini opening connected May 15 and operating until September 27 successful enactment with the highest summer season.

Meanwhile, Salerno successful the Italian portion of Campania volition besides motorboat connected May 22, with flights successful spot until October 25 – erstwhile temperatures stay successful the portion of 23C.

And, though it’s not needfully a caller route, Olbia is seeing other flights added from London City done BA.

These routes volition run betwixt May 25, but volition initially lone beryllium disposable connected Sundays until a Wednesday formation launches connected July 16. Again, these volition beryllium successful spot during the busiest season, until September 28.

And 2024 is intelligibly the twelvemonth Rimini is getting its flowers, arsenic the bluish Italian metropolis was named 1 of the astir ‘underrated’ European cities to sojourn – successful 3rd place, down Vigo successful Spain and Leipzig successful Germany.

To find the trending cities, Skyscanner commissioned a survey of 2,000 UK participants and analysed information connected millions of searches for some flights and hotels.

Here’s everything you request to cognize to program your sojourn to Rimini, from things to bash to erstwhile to visit.

Things to bash successful Rimini

Found on the Adriatic seashore successful the foodie portion of Emilia-Romagna, Rimini is possibly astir celebrated for its Medieval history.

But the communicative of the metropolis goes adjacent further back, arsenic it was besides settled by some the Etruscans and the Romans. However, overmuch of the city’s bequest tin beryllium attributed to the Malatesta family, who ruled the metropolis for 200 years betwixt the 13^th and 15^th centuries.

During their reign, the metropolis became a important economical and taste hub, which was reflected successful the operation of the Castel Sismondo successful Piazza Malatesta arsenic good arsenic the Malatesta Temple, some of which stay unfastened to the nationalist today.

The Malatesta Temple was ne'er finished, but it remains inundated with countless spiritual artefacts, alongside a celebrated crucifix designed by Giotto.

Elsewhere, anyone acquainted with Emilia-Romagna volition cognize it to beryllium the eventual foodie destination, boasting cities including Bologna (famously the location of mortadella, oregon arsenic the Americans telephone their intimately inspired version, baloney).

Since Emilia-Romagna is bordered by the Tuscan hills, acres of increasing fields, and the Adriatic coast, visitors tin expect to bask a hearty scope of meats, vegetables and food during their stay.

As such, there’s an abundance of top-notch restaurants successful Rimini, including Vicolo, Osteria io e Simone, and La Esse Romagnola.

And if you’re visiting during the precocious season, Rimini besides boasts a stunning array of beaches – though these aren’t truthful overmuch utilized by locals, who thin to flock successful favour of neighbouring Emilia-Romagna coastal spots similar Cesenatico and Lido di Classe, which, arsenic 1 Reddit user antecedently enactment it, person ‘crystal [clear] water.’

When to sojourn Rimini

Naturally, the clip of twelvemonth you sojourn Rimini hugely depends connected what benignant of upwind you’re after.

In July and August, temperatures successful the Emilia-Romagna portion typically scope a balmy 24C to 25C – truthful if you’re aft a tan, the summertime volition beryllium your champion bet.

However, it’s arsenic beauteous during the winter, and if you’re a instrumentality of snow, the mercury usually dips down to astir 6C successful January.

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