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🇸🇲 San Marino

San Marino is outside the Schengen area but can only be reached through Italy, so the Schengen entry rules apply. Below: visa rules for every passport, cash limits at customs and the tourist traps official travel advice warns about.

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Explore San Marino: things to do, shopping, food and getting around

A short guide based on UNESCO's World Heritage listings.

Places to visit

Summarised in our own words from the linked pages, official tourism boards and transport authorities first; items marked "Not official" come from other guides. Prices and opening times change, so check the source before you go. Last checked 24 Oct 2026.

Common tourist traps and how to avoid them

Scams and risky spots named in official travel advice for San Marino, in our own words.

  1. Drink spiking

    How it works: Street crime is very rare, but drinks can be spiked.

    How to avoid it: Don't accept drinks from strangers or leave yours unattended.

Official advice: FCDO: no areas advised against.

Emergency numbers in San Marino

  • Ambulance 118
  • Fire 115
  • Police 112 or 113

Paraphrased from official travel advice: FCDO travel advice – Safety and security · FCDO travel advice – Warnings and insurance · FCDO travel advice – Getting help (emergency numbers) · FCDO page updated 10 Dec 2025 · Last checked 2 Nov 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Cash you can bring in and take out

Customs rules for banknotes and other cash when you enter or leave San Marino.

San Marino cross-border cash control (Decreto Delegato 5 Oct 2022 n.141)

Bringing cash in
Declare cash of EUR 10,000 or more when entering San Marino – on paper or online at www.ttc.sm before crossing the border (keep the registration number).
Taking cash out
Same when leaving San Marino: declare EUR 10,000 or more.
Local currency (EUR) in
No limit (declaration only).
Local currency (EUR) out
No limit (declaration only).
Foreign currency
No limit (declaration only).
  • Not declaring is fined up to 40% of the amount above EUR 10,000 (minimum EUR 400); false or incomplete declarations up to 30% (minimum EUR 300).
  • San Marino is reached through Italy: arriving in Italy from outside the EU, the EU rule applies (declare EUR 10,000 or more).

Official source: gov.sm · taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu · Last checked 2 Nov 2026

San Marino visa rules by passport

The general rule for each passport, from official sources. Open a passport to see conditions and options that depend on where you live.

Visa-free93 passports
Embassy visa105 passports

Verified rules for San Marino: 197 of 198 passports; awaiting verification: 1; not yet covered: 0. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet.

⚠ Unofficial sources: 2 rules for San Marino are not from an official San Marino government source (based on other governments' travel advice or secondary research). They are labelled on each page, are not counted as verified above, and should be confirmed with the embassy before travel.

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Verify with the embassy before you book. Visa rules change without notice. We link every rule to its official source and last checked it on 2 Nov 2026, but the embassy, official e-visa portal and your airline have the final say. MyVisaPort is not a visa agent and is not affiliated with any government.