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our story
Hotel Due Mari: who we are and our story!
Rimini is a tourist destination known throughout Italy and beyond. Over the years, many things have changed and evolved and Hotel Due Mari has done the same, renewing itself time after time, in order to always offer the best services on the Romagna Riviera. If you want to discover our story and the one of Rimini you are in the right place. Enjoy your reading.
the 60s
and the 70s
The pioneers of Romagna tourism
A pivotal decade in the history of hospitality: it was during these years that the foundations of the modern tourism economy were laid. And the Riviera Romagnola is the first tourist destination able to meet an unprecedented demand for mass tourism.
In 1960, in an atmosphere of great optimism and celebration, Hotel Due Mari was opened to offer a holiday with the "Dolce Vita Riminese" to elite guests who loved tennis. In fact, the special feature of the hotel is a tennis court available to its guests, an uncommon commodity at that time.
This decade was also marked, above all, by tourism from Northern Europe. Given its proximity to Miramare airport, Hotel Due Mari was able to accommodate many English and Scandinavian tourists.
In 1960, in an atmosphere of great optimism and celebration, Hotel Due Mari was opened to offer a holiday with the "Dolce Vita Riminese" to elite guests who loved tennis. In fact, the special feature of the hotel is a tennis court available to its guests, an uncommon commodity at that time.
This decade was also marked, above all, by tourism from Northern Europe. Given its proximity to Miramare airport, Hotel Due Mari was able to accommodate many English and Scandinavian tourists.
Offshore curiosities
Another interesting fact from those years was the creation of an independent state 11 km off the coast of Rimini. In fact, engineer Giorgio Rosa built a 400 m² artificial platform that he declared an independent state on the May 1st, 1968, under the official name of Repubblica Esperantista dell'Isola delle Rose. Although it gave itself an official language, a government and a currency, it was never formally recognized by any state in the world as an independent nation and in June 1968 it was occupied by police forces and demolished in February 1969.
This episode was soon forgotten and viewed only as an attempt to "urbanise the sea". Only in the early years of the new millennium did it become the subject of research and studies, revealing its utopian and pioneering nature for those years.
This episode was soon forgotten and viewed only as an attempt to "urbanise the sea". Only in the early years of the new millennium did it become the subject of research and studies, revealing its utopian and pioneering nature for those years.
from 2000
to 2019
A new millennium, a new identity
The beginning of the new millennium marks a new transformation of the hotel. Particularly popular, until then, with lovers of thermal baths, the hotel went into overdrive.
The tennis court makes way for a beautiful outdoor swimming pool, turning the hotel into a family destination. This change is very important because with its renovation, Hotel Due Mari makes a leap in terms of quality, becoming a 4-star hotel.
In January 2006, Hotel Due Mari had the honour of hosting the Olympic Flame as it passed through the city of the Romagna before continuing its journey to Turin, where the Winter Olympics were being held.
The tennis court makes way for a beautiful outdoor swimming pool, turning the hotel into a family destination. This change is very important because with its renovation, Hotel Due Mari makes a leap in terms of quality, becoming a 4-star hotel.
In January 2006, Hotel Due Mari had the honour of hosting the Olympic Flame as it passed through the city of the Romagna before continuing its journey to Turin, where the Winter Olympics were being held.
from 2020
to the present
a new mission
After several changes of management, in 2020 the hotel changed ownership.
It becomes part of the Motta Group, whose sole mission is to ensure that the stay of its guests is unique and special.
For this reason, right from the first year of the new management course, the hotel was immediately renovated, paying close attention to the suggestions of its guests and long-standing clients.
Here are photos of the new Due Mari.
It becomes part of the Motta Group, whose sole mission is to ensure that the stay of its guests is unique and special.
For this reason, right from the first year of the new management course, the hotel was immediately renovated, paying close attention to the suggestions of its guests and long-standing clients.
Here are photos of the new Due Mari.
the 80s
and the 90s
The 1980s, a time of change
Italian capital of fun
The 1980s and 1990s saw the inauguration of large water parks and beautiful amusement parks for family entertainment. In Rimini and Riccione, dozens of discos and dance halls were created for the enjoyment of young and old alike. The Riviera Romagnola was anointed the "Italian capital of fun", in fact nowhere else in Italy boasts so many attractions for young people and families alike.
In 1998, a new owner acquired Hotel Due Mari.