🇸🇲 San Marino

Hej! I share an extract of my experience of visiting dreamlike San Marino. I was there in the spring of 2024. Below are some notes on what I tasted, saw and listened to.
Important: I only share my own experience and recommend the things I personally tried and liked. Therefore, everything written below is extremely subjective, and also does not cover all the wonderful local attributes and places ☺️.

🗺 Places: San Marino City.

🏛 Top sights visited:

1. San Marino City
   • The Liberty Square (Piazza della Libertà)
   • Crossbowmen Quarry (Cava dei Balestrieri)
   • The Basilica of Saint Marinus (Basilica di San Marino)
   • The Cesta Tower (Torre della Fratta)

🎧 Local musicians:

• 🇸🇲 Little Tony (singer). Genre: retro
• 🇺🇳 Valentina Monetta (singer). Genre: pop

🥘 Local food & drinks:

• Piadina (Piada)
  • Piadina with Bresaola (Piada con Bresaola e Rucola)
  • Piadina with Prosciutto (Piada con Prosciutto e Rucola)
• Three Mountain Cake (Torta Tre Monti)
• Sammarinese Red Wine (Brand: “Castelli Sammarinesi”)

🎬 Local movies:

• San Marino Archive Footage (Filmati d’archivio di San Marino). Year: 1950/1977. Genre: archive footage

🪔 Authentic artifacts:

• Three Towers of San Marino (Tre Torri di San Marino)
• The Legend of Saint Marinus (Leggenda di San Marino)

💐 National flower: Purple Cyclamen (Ciclamino Viola)

🦉 Local wisdom: “An egg today is better than a chicken tomorrow” / “Meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani” — Sammarinese proverb

👨‍🎓 The oldest university: The University of the Republic of San Marino (Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino), City of San Marino, est. 1985.