# eSIM for San Marino Viasimo's San Marino eSIM starts at $1.59 for 1 GB over 7 days, running on Iliad, TIM, TIM maritime, and other local networks with 5G where available. Plans last 1 to 180 days, arrive by email in minutes and install from your phone's settings, with no app. Canonical page: https://viasimo.com/destinations/san-marino/ ## San Marino eSIM prices | Plan | Data | Days | Price | Price per GB | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 GB, 1 day | 2 GB | 1 | $2.59 | $1.30 | | 5 GB, 1 day | 5 GB | 1 | $4.00 | $0.80 | | Unlimited, 3 days | Unlimited | 3 | $6.99 | - | | Unlimited, 5 days | Unlimited | 5 | $10.99 | - | | 1 GB, 7 days | 1 GB | 7 | $1.59 | $1.59 | | Unlimited, 7 days | Unlimited | 7 | $13.99 | - | | Unlimited, 10 days | Unlimited | 10 | $18.99 | - | | 3 GB, 15 days | 3 GB | 15 | $3.00 | $1.00 | | Unlimited, 15 days | Unlimited | 15 | $27.99 | - | | 3 GB, 30 days | 3 GB | 30 | $3.29 | $1.10 | | 5 GB, 30 days | 5 GB | 30 | $4.59 | $0.92 | | 10 GB, 30 days | 10 GB | 30 | $8.00 | $0.80 | | 20 GB, 30 days | 20 GB | 30 | $16.00 | $0.80 | | Unlimited, 30 days | Unlimited | 30 | $50.00 | - | | Unlimited, 60 days | Unlimited | 60 | $97.99 | - | | Unlimited, 90 days | Unlimited | 90 | $149.99 | - | | Unlimited, 180 days | Unlimited | 180 | $299.99 | - | ## Which networks does the San Marino eSIM use? - **Iliad**: 5G - **TIM**: 5G - **TIM maritime**: 3G - **Wind**: 5G Your eSIM picks one automatically; you do not choose or switch between them. The operator list comes from the network partner that carries this eSIM. Verified October 30, 2026. ## eSIM Details - **Data**: 1 GB – 20 GB or unlimited - **Validity**: 1–180 days - **Speed**: 4G LTE / 5G - **Hotspot / tethering**: Supported on most devices - **Activation**: Starts when you first connect in your destination - **Speed management**: Roughly 2-3 GB per day at full speed, sometimes less depending on the local carrier, then reduced - **Top-ups**: Add more data from your account, before the plan expires - **Text messages (SMS)**: Data only: use an app for verification codes - **Unused validity**: 180 days before it must be installed ## San Marino: what to know before you land Source: https://viasimo.com/destinations/san-marino/#destination-guide · Researched October 2026 by Viasimo San Marino has its own telecoms companies and its own +378 dialling code, and in 2018 it became the first country to claim full 5G coverage. This eSIM connects through TIM, Wind and Iliad, the networks covering the republic and the surrounding Italian hills. There's no airport or border post: you arrive by road from Rimini, under Schengen rules. ### San Marino: quick facts | Fact | San Marino | | --- | --- | | Emergency number | 112 or 113 police, 118 ambulance, 115 fire | | Main airports | Federico Fellini International Airport, Rimini (Italy) (RMI); Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (Italy) (BLQ) | | Plug types | Type C, F, L (230V) | | Currency | Euro (EUR) | | Apps worth having | WhatsApp, Google Maps, Moovit, Trenitalia | ### Telecom Italia San Marino, Intelcom and the +378 code (San Marino · https://viasimo.com/destinations/san-marino/#guide-telecom-italia-san-marino-intelcom-and-the-378-code) For a republic of about 34,000 people, San Marino has a surprisingly separate phone system. **Intelcom**, founded in 1992, was the former monopoly operator; it still provides mobile and fixed-line services and manages the .sm internet domain. **Telefonia Mobile Sammarinese**, created in 1999 and 51% controlled by **Telecom Italia San Marino**, provides mobile service over Telecom Italia San Marino's infrastructure. In 2018 San Marino became the first country to achieve full 5G coverage. This eSIM connects through **TIM**, **Wind** and **Iliad**, and you may also see a maritime TIM network listed. Your phone will choose among them automatically as you move around Monte Titano and the roads below it, where the border with Italy is only a few kilometres away in any direction. San Marino's international code is **+378**, though many numbers can also be reached as **+39 0549** through the Italian network. If a restaurant, hotel or tour gives you a +378 number, calling it from your home SIM counts as an international call to San Marino, not Italy. Because this eSIM is data only, the cheapest way to reach most businesses is WhatsApp or the contact form on their website. ### Bonelli buses from Rimini and the Funivia cable car (San Marino · https://viasimo.com/destinations/san-marino/#guide-bonelli-buses-from-rimini-and-the-funivia-cable-car) San Marino has no airport; its only aviation facility is the small Torraccia airfield used for general aviation. Most visitors fly into **Federico Fellini Airport in Rimini** (RMI) or **Bologna Guglielmo Marconi** (BLQ), and Forlì and Ancona are other options. From Rimini, coaches run by **Bonelli** and **Benedettini** make several trips a day up to San Marino, taking about 50 minutes. Check the day's timetable on your phone before you go, and look up the last coach back down, as it leaves earlier than many day-trippers expect. Once you're in the republic, the **Funivia di San Marino** cable car links Borgo Maggiore, at the foot of the mountain, with the historic City of San Marino at the top. The ride takes about two minutes and cars run roughly every 15 minutes. It is the easiest way up if you have parked in Borgo Maggiore. A few practical tips: - Save your car park number or take a photo of it; the parking areas around the historic centre look very alike. - Download an offline map of the republic before you leave the coast. - The town is built in stone on a steep ridge, so expect signal to dip inside thick-walled buildings and passages. ### No border post, but Schengen rules still apply (San Marino · https://viasimo.com/destinations/san-marino/#guide-no-border-post-but-schengen-rules-still-apply) There are no formalities at the border with Italy, so you drive or ride straight in. San Marino isn't an EU member, but it **follows Schengen rules**, and the UK Foreign Office makes two points visitors should know: - You won't pass through a border control on the way in, but your passport must carry a **valid entry stamp from a Schengen country**, which in practice is your stamp or EES record from arriving in Italy. - Visa-free visitors can stay up to **90 days in any 180-day period**, with time in other Schengen countries counted. If you stay for more than 30 days or plan to work, you must register with the Gendarmerie for a permit of stay. Your passport must have been issued less than 10 years before you arrive and be valid for at least three months after you leave the Schengen area. San Marino uses the **euro** under an agreement with the EU, with its own designs on the national side of the coins, which collectors look out for. Emergency numbers follow the Italian pattern: **118** for an ambulance, **115** for fire, and **112** or **113** for police. Keep your home SIM switched on for these calls, as this eSIM can't make voice calls. ### Sources for the San Marino guide - [Telecommunications in San Marino (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_San_Marino) - [San Marino (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino) - [San Marino travel advice: entry requirements (GOV.UK)](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/san-marino/entry-requirements) - [San Marino travel advice: getting help (GOV.UK)](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/san-marino/getting-help) ## Two days in San Marino: Mount Titano, the Three Towers and Borgo Maggiore Short-stay itinerary · 2 days · Source: https://viasimo.com/destinations/san-marino/#itinerary A short stay for travellers based on the Adriatic coast at Rimini who want more than a half-day stop: the walled old town on Mount Titano, its three towers and museums on day one, then Borgo Maggiore and the cliff paths before heading back down. **When to go:** April to June and September to October are best, with clear views to the Adriatic and fewer day-trippers than in July and August; Mount Titano can be foggy and cold in winter, though the Christmas market is popular. ### Day 1 in San Marino: Città di San Marino and the Three Towers - **Base:** Città di San Marino - **Getting there:** The Bonelli bus from Rimini railway station takes about 50 minutes; there is no border check, but Schengen entry rules still apply. - **Plan:** Take the Bonelli bus up from Rimini to the old town on Mount Titano, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. Start at Piazza della Libertà and the Palazzo Pubblico, where you can watch the changing of the guard in summer, then the neoclassical Basilica di San Marino. Walk the ridge path to the first tower, the Guaita, and on to the Cesta, which houses a museum of ancient arms, and view the third tower, the Montale, from outside. - **Mobile signal:** This eSIM uses Italian networks TIM, Wind and Iliad here; coverage is generally good across Mount Titano and the old town. ### Day 2 in San Marino: Museums, the Funivia and Borgo Maggiore - **Base:** Città di San Marino - **Getting there:** The Funivia from the old town to Borgo Maggiore takes about 2 minutes; buses to Rimini leave from the old town's bus terminal. - **Plan:** Visit the Museo di Stato, the State Museum, for archaeology and the republic's history, then the Palazzo Pubblico's council chamber if open. Walk part of the Sentiero della Rupe below the walls, with views over Emilia-Romagna and Le Marche. Ride the Funivia cable car down to Borgo Maggiore for its market square, then take the bus back to Rimini. - **Mobile signal:** Reliable coverage throughout the old town and Borgo Maggiore; signal can briefly weaken on the cliffside paths below the towers. ### Staying connected on this San Marino route - Check the Bonelli bus timetable for the last bus back to Rimini before you head out on day 2; it's earlier out of season. - This eSIM is set up for TIM, Wind and Iliad; if your data stops, check network selection and pick one of those manually. - Download an offline map of the walking paths around Mount Titano before you leave Rimini. ### Sources for the San Marino itinerary - [San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano – UNESCO World Heritage Centre](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1245) - [San Marino entry requirements – GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/san-marino/entry-requirements) - [Telecommunications in San Marino – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_San_Marino) ## About this eSIM San Marino is a republic you can cross in under half an hour, wrapped entirely by Italy and stacked up the flanks of a single limestone mountain. That geography decides everything about connectivity here. The territory is tiny and densely built, so mobile data is easy to come by; the mountain itself is steep and full of walls, tunnels and stone, so the drops you hit are local and vertical rather than regional. The other consequence matters more for your booking: this is a separate country from Italy, and plans do not always treat it as one. ### Getting online when you land You will not land in San Marino at all. There is no airport, so almost everyone arrives by road, usually from Rimini on the Adriatic coast, sometimes from Bologna or Ancona, occasionally on the bus that climbs up from Rimini station. Which means your connection question starts before the border, not after it. Install the eSIM profile at home over wifi and leave it ready. If you are staying in Italy and coming up for a day, the cleanest approach is a plan that covers both countries, so nothing changes as you cross. If San Marino is a destination in its own right, activate the profile as you approach and let the handset register once it is inside the republic. Turn on data roaming for the travel line, and if the phone attaches to a network but will not pass data, that switch is where to look first. On a dual line phone, check which line is set to carry data as well. ### The networks you'll be on Signal on Monte Titano comes from a small number of local masts plus the considerable Italian network density immediately around the border, and your handset will attach to whichever it can hold. That is worth understanding, because it produces the one behaviour that genuinely catches people out here: near the frontier a phone can hop between a San Marino network and an Italian one without telling you, and a plan that only covers one of the two will stop working on the wrong side of that hop. Practically, this means two things. Check the country list on your plan rather than assuming that a European plan includes San Marino; the republic is not an EU member state and is frequently listed separately. And if you find yourself with a network name you did not expect, use manual network selection to pin the phone to an operator your plan actually covers. Expect the connection to be adequate for everything a visitor does. This is not a place where you will be pushed onto a marginal rural network for hours. ### Where coverage holds, and where it thins Across the built up parts of the republic, coverage is straightforward. Serravalle down on the flat, Borgo Maggiore on the slope, and the historic centre on the summit are all served, and the roads linking them keep a signal the whole way up. The thin spots are structural. The old town is a warren of thick stone walls, vaulted passages and covered stairways, and reception inside them can be poor even though the street outside is fine. The underground car parks cut into the rock, and the tunnels on the approach roads, will drop you entirely. On the far side of the towers, where the cliff falls away toward the Marche countryside, signal depends on which mast has line of sight to you, and the sheer face of Monte Titano blocks plenty of it. The cable car between Borgo Maggiore and the centre is a short enough ride that it barely matters. ### What you'll actually use data for here Navigation on the way in, above all. The climb from the coast is a series of switchbacks with several junctions and a parking system organised by numbered lots outside the pedestrian centre, and having live maps for that is worth the plan on its own. Once you are up there: ticket information and opening hours for the three towers and the state museums, which vary by season; translation, since signage and menus are Italian; card and phone payments, which work as they do across Italy; photo uploads from the wall walk between Guaita and Cesta, where the view over Romagna to the Adriatic is the reason most people came; and looking up return bus times, because the last service down to Rimini is earlier than visitors tend to expect. ### Before you fly Confirm your phone is unlocked and takes an eSIM, install the profile at home, and label it so the travel line is obvious at a glance. Read the covered country list closely before you buy. This is the single piece of advice specific to San Marino, and it is the one that prevents a wasted purchase. If your trip is really an Italian trip with an afternoon on the mountain, buy for the whole journey rather than for the smallest part of it. Download an offline map of the republic and the road up from Rimini, save your parking lot number and accommodation address locally, and keep your home number active for bank verification messages with its own data switched off. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does an eSIM work in San Marino? Yes. Your San Marino eSIM connects automatically the moment you arrive, with no roaming fees and nothing to set up at the airport. The host networks it can use are Iliad, TIM, TIM maritime, Wind. Coverage runs on 4G LTE and 5G where the network has rolled it out, and falls back to 4G elsewhere. ### Do I get 5G in San Marino? Yes, where it has been deployed. 5G runs on Iliad, TIM, TIM maritime, Wind in San Marino, and your eSIM uses it automatically on a 5G-capable phone, dropping back to 4G LTE outside covered areas. No country is covered everywhere, so 5G availability varies by location. ### What is the dialling code for San Marino? San Marino's international code is +378, though many numbers can also be reached as +39 0549 through Italy. Calls to a +378 number from your home SIM are international calls to San Marino, not Italy. This eSIM is data only, so WhatsApp is often the simplest way to contact local businesses. ### Was San Marino the first country with 5G? San Marino became the first country to achieve full 5G coverage, in 2018. Its own mobile service is run by Telefonia Mobile Sammarinese over Telecom Italia San Marino's infrastructure, alongside Intelcom. This eSIM connects through TIM, Wind and Iliad, choosing whichever network gives the best signal. ### How do I get to San Marino from Rimini? Coaches run by Bonelli and Benedettini run several times a day from Rimini to San Marino, taking about 50 minutes. Once there, the Funivia cable car links Borgo Maggiore with the historic centre in about two minutes, running roughly every 15 minutes. Check the last coach back to Rimini before you go. ### Do I need my passport to visit San Marino? There are no border checks with Italy, but San Marino follows Schengen rules, and the UK Foreign Office says your passport must carry a valid entry stamp from a Schengen country. Visa-free visitors can stay 90 days in any 180, and stays over 30 days need a permit from the Gendarmerie. ### What are the emergency numbers in San Marino? Call 118 for an ambulance, 115 for the fire brigade and 112 or 113 for the police. These are voice calls, so keep your home SIM switched on alongside this data-only eSIM. In the steep, stone-built historic centre, step outside if signal is weak inside buildings. ### How much data do I need for 7 days in San Marino? For 7 days in San Marino, Viasimo sells 1 GB for $1.59 and unlimited data for $13.99. Our sizing recommendation, not a measurement: maps, messaging and the occasional lookup, about 1 GB a week; maps, social, photos and some browsing, about 3 to 7 GB a week. The data calculator on this site works it out from how you actually use your phone. ## Information and verification - **Prices and plans**: Every price and allowance on this page is read from the live catalog, not typed in. Verified October 30, 2026. - **Host networks**: The operator list comes from the network partner that carries this eSIM. Verified October 30, 2026.