Yeah it's quite a nice city! By Italian standards it's not spectacular but that's only because Italian standards are spectacular. Lift Rimini off the Adriatic coast and fly it to, say, Denmark, and suddenly it's the nicest place of the country.

I thought the beach area was utterly uninteresting but the old town is very nice indeed. And lots to do, random wine festivals, amazing views, beautiful old architecture (incl a beautiful Roman bridge), etc.

Admittedly I went for the Italo Disco and found none (zero! zilch! in the birthplace of italo disco! wth guys!), so that was a disappointment.

I once passed through Andorra, it's main city looked like a giant tax-free shopping area. It was terrible, only slightly better than sitting in an airport.

Did you read the article? San Marino doesn’t do much of this.

Shush... they are cute little innocent countries. Lots of culture, many heritage, very architecture.... and a little bit of inbreeding.

...did you read the article? San Marino is a bunch of random villages in the Italian countryside, indistinguishable from the Italian side except in the one pretty spot that gets all the tourists, and the one larger town near Rimini that has all the tax free shops etc. No gates, no Florida.

If you want to suggest a new travel destination for Matt Lakeman, you'll have to use the comment functionality on his site instead of here.