Venice to San Marino

We are spending a couple of pre cruise days in Venice and we would like to visit San Marino. We have been to Venice several times but we are geocachers and we want a cache in a new country.

Any suggestions for a good way to get to San Marino for a day trip besides renting a car. TIA.

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Looks like the only public transit suggested by local tourism site is bus from Rimini, 50 min, 5€. Venice to Rimini is by train 3-3.5 hrs with train change in Bologna. Links to bus schedule and how to page http://www.visitsanmarino.com/contents/instance32/files/document/31083012rimini_sanmarino.pdf

http://www.visitsanmarino.com/on-line/en/home/discover/how-to-reach-san-marino.html

Thank you. If we were to hire a driver or a cab for the day, does anyone have an idea of the cost?

We do have a car tentatively booked for about 100 euros, but we would prefer not to do the driving ourselves.

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If you are flexible swap 1 Venice night for Bologna and do your day trip from there. Bologna is a worthy place to visit and has excellent restaurants. IMO from popularity perspective its a totally overlooked destination.

Is there better train service from Bologna to San Marino? We have been to Bologna but we are open to any reasonable option.

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Its faster than from Venice which is really long day trip. Venice to SM will be 4.5 hrs o/w. From Bologna on public transit still need to take train to Rimini (around 1 hr) and bus from there (50 min). Also car rentals in Bologna should be cheaper, in $50 ballpark as per Expedia. Car trip is around 1.5 hrs o/w

Is there any way we could hire a driver from Venice for the day and if so, how much would you estimate it would cost?

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Can try sending quote requests to http://www.trevisocarservice.com/en/ or http://www.rentcarwithdriver.com/venice.html

Thanks. I did contact a couple of places online but no answers yet. I will email your 2 suggestions today!

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You might find this breakdown of cost and timing (by Via Michelin) useful http://goo.gl/xJkr3a If this is accurate this will be very long day trip if short stops on the way added.