
San Marino claims to be the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world

a cute historic village on a mountaintop

with a view of the sea and Rimini coastline

tonnes of history

in detail

we arrived last night after our visit down at Otranto and planned to continue north today, but we liked what little we saw last night we decided to stay another day to explore more

and are we glad we did

so high up, at level with the clouds

one must spare a thought for Jacqui's poor knees, getting pulled uphill by India and Belle

Everywhere you see, such magnificent views

and then there are the castles

with their towers looking out to sea

love me some history

especially castles

the view straight down

and across to the other tower outpost and a rain squall in the hills behind

sheer drop

looking inland

and down again

so high

impressed

cameras ready :-)

courtyard fun

off to the next tower

the girls will sit the next one out

so just me and Evan

looking back at the first tower

and on the lower side, another tower

San Marino

would love to know what the stones on the roff tiles is for, strong winds ?

this high there would be some storms coming through

strenght

ok, time to head bck

just in time for sunset

going

going

gone