Italia in Miniatura Tickets: Prices, Combos & Smart Booking Tips

Inside Italia in Miniatura: what you’re paying for

Italia in Miniatura sits on the SS16 coast road at Viserba, about 5 km north of Rimini’s centre, and is run by Costa Edutainment, the group behind Oltremare, Aquafan and the Genoa aquarium. It is the park people mean when they search for the “mini Italy theme park”: a landscaped garden where you walk the length of Italy past more than 300 scale models, then cross into a European section.

The miniatures are the core of your ticket. Look out for:

• St Peter’s Basilica, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Florence’s Duomo, Milan Cathedral, the Arena di Verona and Turin’s Mole Antonelliana — the park’s own “not to be missed” list.
• A Europe in miniature area with landmarks from countries including France, Germany, Spain, the UK and Greece.
• Venice, the park’s recreation of the lagoon city, completely renovated in recent seasons.

The 2026 ticket also includes a free digital audio guide that tells the story region by region.

The rides are gentle and aimed at families:

• Vecchia Segheria (Old Sawmill) — a log flume with four-seat boats. Expect a splash; riders must be at least 90 cm.
• Panoramic Tower — a ride up for a bird’s-eye view of the miniature peninsula.
• Interactive Driving School — children aged 6–12 (at least 110 cm) drive small cars and can buy a “licence”.
• Castel Sismondo — a water-play castle where children get properly wet. Bring a change of clothes and old trainers.
• Pinocchio, Pappamondo, Play Mart, the Esperimenta science pavilion and the Piazza Italia show arena round out the day.
• AreAvventura (rope course, from age 6 and 120 cm) and Cinemagia 7D cost extra. The monorail is not running.

Height and age rules worth knowing before you promise anything:

• Pinocchio: from 75 cm, with an adult under 110 cm.
• Panoramic Tower: from 90 cm, with an adult under 140 cm.
• Play Mart: split into a 0–5 section and a 6–12 section.
• Cinemagia 7D: from age 5, with an adult under 10.

Who suits it? Families with children aged 3–11, grandparents with grandchildren, and anyone curious to see the whole of Italy in a single afternoon. Teens after thrills belong at Mirabilandia, 40 minutes up the coast.

Timing is everything

• Season: open on 21–22 March, then daily from 28 March to 13 September (closed on several Mondays in April and May), 10:00–18:30. Some September weekends follow. From October the park opens on weekends, Halloween, Sundays in November, early December and the Christmas holidays until 6 January, usually 10:00–17:00.
• Evening openings: on selected August nights the park stays open until 23:00 under the “Fun by day, magical by night” banner. An evening ticket from 18:00 costs €20 for everyone.
• Busiest: August, Easter and Italian bank-holiday weekends, when beach crowds come over on cloudy days.
• Best plan: arrive at 10:00 and do the rides first — they open at 10:30 and close at 17:45 on main-season days. Walk the miniatures after lunch, when ride queues peak.

Insider tip: Ticket offices close 90 minutes before the park, and last ride access is earlier still. If you arrive mid-afternoon on a short winter day (offices close at 15:30), you’ll have barely an hour of rides.

How to save on tickets

• Buy online. On the official site an adult ticket is €22 online against €26 at the gate. Children 100–140 cm and seniors over 65 pay €20 online. Tiqets offers skip-the-line entry from €26, which is the easiest choice if you’re already booking other Riviera tickets there.
• Under 1 metre is free, with no ticket needed. Visitors with certified 100% disability also enter free, and a companion pays the reduced rate.
• Add a second day for €5. Buy it at the Information Office before 17:30 on your first visit. The ticket is personalised with your photo.
• Combine with sister parks. Combo tickets with Oltremare (€43), Aquafan (€46) or the Acquario di Cattolica (€41) are valid all season and can be used on different days.
• Go in winter. From 8 November to 6 January adult tickets drop to €17 online. Fewer rides run, but the miniatures are all there.

Practical details before you go

• No same-day re-entry. Once you leave, your ticket is done for the day, so plan lunch inside. Osteria Italia and the San Marco self-service are the main options, and both offer gluten-free dishes. Gluten-free ice cream is sold at every bar.
• Bring spare clothes and old trainers for Castel Sismondo. The floor is wet, shoes are compulsory, and you can’t ride other attractions in wet clothes or swimwear.
• Lockers: there are 16 paid lockers at €2 each — enough for a bag, not for a whole family’s beach kit.
• Accessibility: the miniature areas are easy to cover in a wheelchair, with accessible toilets at the entrance and in Venice. Disabled parking spaces in the car park are free with a European blue badge, but numbers are limited.
• Dogs come in free on a lead. They’re not allowed on rides or in Pappamondo, and staff can lend you a muzzle if needed.
• Ride photos from Venice, the Old Sawmill and Pappamondo are sold as prints, with a digital copy for €2.50 extra.

Getting there without the hassle

The address is Via Popilia 239, 47922 Viserba di Rimini:

• By car: leave the A14 at Rimini Nord and follow signs towards Rimini. The park is on the left on the SS16 Adriatica at km 197. Parking next to the entrance costs €5 per car.
• By bus and train: trains on the Adriatic line stop at Rimini and Viserba. From either station, the circular line 8 bus runs to the park (€2). At Rimini it leaves from Piazzale Cesare Battisti, in front of the station.
• By air: Rimini’s Federico Fellini airport is close by in summer. Bologna is the main year-round gateway, roughly 1–1.5 hours away by train or car.

Make it a trip

Rimini is the centre of Italy’s busiest theme-park coast, and Italia in Miniatura pairs naturally with its neighbours:

• Oltremare in Riccione, 20–25 minutes south, is the nature and dolphin park run by the same group. It’s the classic second day with the €43 combo.
• Aquafan, next door to Oltremare, is the summer water-park day.
• Mirabilandia near Ravenna covers big coasters for older children.

The Adriatic Riviera theme parks guide compares all of them, and the Italy destination hub covers the rest of the country.