If you think the Italians are a proud bunch, you haven’t met the Sammarinese. “We’ve not been to a war since the 15th century,” said Maria Sara Forcellini, my tour guide, who goes by the name Sara. “We are peaceful, politically neutral and really welcoming; it’s part of our DNA.”
The Republic of San Marino is a small, landlocked teardrop by the Adriatic coastline of central Italy, flanked on one side by Rimini’s beach resort towns, and on the other by historic villages nestled in the foothills of the Apennines.
