Parco del Mare

Rimini turned its seafront into a park: sixteen kilometers of car-free promenade, dune grass, sport, and the sculptural lights along the walk

Car-Free Seafront • Sixteen Kilometers • Sport, Sand and Shade

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🌊 The Parco del Mare at a Glance

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Where

Along the Rimini seafront, behind the beach

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What it is

A car-free promenade and park by the sea

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How far

Sixteen kilometers of waterfront, and growing

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Made for

Walking, cycling, sport and the beach

🧭 Why Visit

Rimini did something bold with its seafront: it took the road that ran along the water and gave it back to people. The Parco del Mare is a car-free promenade unspooling for kilometers behind the beach, planted with Mediterranean dune grass and pines, threaded with cycle paths and boardwalks, and lined with the sculptural lampposts that curl overhead along the walk. You come for the beach and end up walking the park.

🏛️ A Little History

The project is remaking sixteen kilometers of waterfront, trading asphalt and parked cars for gardens, squares and sand. It was reimagined by the studio EMBT of the architect Benedetta Tagliabue, and stretches of it are already open while others are still taking shape. In 2024 it was named a finalist for the European Prize for Urban Public Space.

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Scattered along the promenade are open-air fitness islands, with pull-up bars, parallel bars and jumping boxes, alongside beach-volleyball and beach-tennis courts and glass-walled padel courts. The whole strip is built for moving: a run at dawn, a game at noon, a slow walk under the lights at dusk.

The Road Given Back to People

The Promenade & the R Lights

The car-free boardwalk behind the beach, its dune grass, its cycle lanes, and the sculptural lampposts along the walk.

Boardwalk and a sculptural curved lamppost on Rimini's Parco del Mare promenade
The walk and its lightsThe boardwalk runs behind the beach under the park's sculptural lampposts.
Two curved sculptural lampposts against blue sky on the Parco del Mare Rimini
Curled overheadThe lampposts curl at the top like a signature along the walk.
Timber boardwalk and dune grass on the Rimini Parco del Mare seafront
Behind the beachTimber boardwalk and dune grass where the seafront road used to run.
A curved sculptural lamppost against the sky on Rimini's seafront promenade
Against the skyOne of the promenade's lampposts, clear against a summer sky.
Curving pedestrian and cycle lanes along the Parco del Mare in Rimini
Room to moveSeparate lanes for walking and cycling curve along the coast.
Dune-grass planting and pines along the Rimini Parco del Mare
A park by the seaNative grass and young pines soften the whole strip.
Built for Moving

The Beach & the Life on It

Open-air gyms, sand courts, padel by the water, and the beach a few steps past the park.

Rusted arch sculptures and exercise rings on a lawn at the Parco del Mare Rimini
Sculpture on the lawnRusted arches and rings mark the open-air spaces along the park.
Glass-walled padel courts on the Rimini seafront at the Parco del Mare
Padel by the waterGlass-walled padel courts sit right on the seafront.
Beach tennis and volleyball courts on the sand at Rimini's Parco del Mare
Beach tennisThe sand courts stay busy from morning to floodlit night.
Open-air fitness area with calisthenics rigs on Rimini's seafront promenade
The open-air gymFitness islands with bars and rigs line the promenade.
Beach club with rainbow flags on the Rimini seafront, una spiaggia per tutti
A beach for everyoneThe bathing clubs fly the colors of a spiaggia per tutti.
The Adriatic shoreline and beach at Rimini seen from the Parco del Mare
And then the seaA few steps past the park, the Adriatic does the rest.

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Visiting the Parco del Mare

  • It runs the length of the seafront, so join it anywhere and walk as far as you like; the Marina Centro stretch by the Grand Hotel is the showpiece.
  • Come at either end of the day. Morning is for the runners and the calm, evening for the passeggiata under the lampposts.
  • Bring or rent a bike. The cycle path runs unbroken along the coast, and it is the easiest way to see the whole park.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Parco del Mare?
Rimini's seafront redevelopment, which is turning sixteen kilometers of waterfront into a car-free promenade and park of dune grass, cycle paths, squares, sport areas and boardwalks, all running just behind the beach.
What is there to do there?
Walk or cycle the promenade, use the open-air gyms, play beach volleyball, beach tennis or padel, let the children loose in the playgrounds, or simply cross the park to the sand. It is designed for moving and for lingering.
Where is the best stretch?
The Marina Centro section in front of the Grand Hotel is the most finished and the most photogenic, with the boardwalk, the dune planting and the sculptural lampposts. From there you can walk for kilometers in either direction.

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