Italia in Miniatura
Italia in Miniatura is the Italian historical, architectural and cultural heritage theme park, which has blended fun and learning since 1970.
Only here can you experience the excitement of “travelling” and learning while walking around the 272 perfect scale reproductions of architectural marvels of the “Bel Paese” (the beautiful country).
Italia in Miniatura means discovering Physics by playing in the Science Fun Fair, feeling your heart leap on attractions like the Canoe or the Sling Shot, admiring the park from above on the Arcobaleno Monorail train for a romantic trip!
But that is not all: meet Casanova, sailing through a reproduction of Venice, which is actually one fifth the size of the original, take part in refreshing water battles to the last drop at Cannonacqua, and test your expertise at the steering wheel of special cars on the Interactive Driving School and get a special driving licence!
FREE ENTRANCE THE SECOND DAY: every paying entrance ticket entitles to a free admission on the following day!
On 4 July 1970, Italia in Miniatura, the first park of its kind in Italy, opened its doors to the public. The display area measured a total of 20,000 square metres, with 50 miniatures.
Since then the park has never stopped growing, and today, the tourist is presented with a truly extraordinary spectacle. Over an area of 85,000 square metres, upon which the profile of the Italian peninsula is carved – obviously scaled down – stand more than 270 perfect miniatures, all in scale (mostly ranging from 1:25 to 1:50), surrounded by flowers, grass and bonsai trees, and equipped with moving miniature trains, motorways, cable cars, ships, ports and airports. In addition, “across the border” lies a miniature Europe, with games and exclusive attractions; many designed and executed by the park’s engineers and technicians.
All the miniatures displayed in the park are made by General Display, the lab where fifteen experts, among them expert craftsmen, work a special type of resin and transform it in beautiful and ready-made miniature monuments.
Today, with almost 500,000 visitors per year, Italia in Miniatura is one of the most important tourist attractions in Italy. Thanks to its originality and the perfection of the miniatures displayed, it often captures attention of the Italian and international cinema and television. The opening or closing sequences of important broadcasts and scenes for all kinds of films have been filmed there. But Italia in Miniatura doesn’t end here. It is a “factory for ideas” in continual ferment: come back and you’ll believe it.
How to get there
By car: motorway A14, Rimini Nord exit, s.s. 16 'Adriatica' at km 197.
By bus: nr. 8 from Rimini and Viserba railway stations.