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RomeVatican City
Distance: 21 km·Drive time: 40 min

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Driving from Rome to Vatican City takes about via SR6. The distance is 21 km. The straight-line distance is 16 km. Driving directions

Driving directions

56 · 21 km

From Rome, it's only a short hop to Vatican City, about 20km.

  1. 1 Depart right onto Via Cracovia 108 m
  2. 2 Continue right onto Via Salamanca 132 m
  3. 3 Enter roundabout straight onto Viale Pietro Gismondi 120 m
  4. 4 Exit roundabout straight onto Viale Pietro Gismondi 286 m
  5. 5 Enter roundabout straight onto Viale Heidelberg 72 m
  6. 6 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Viale Heidelberg 335 m
  7. 7 Enter roundabout right onto Viale della Sorbona 189 m
  8. 8 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Viale della Sorbona 42 m
  9. 9 Turn slightly right onto Via di Tor Vergata 680 m
  10. 10 Turn slightly right 10 m
  11. 11 Turn left onto Via Casilina 2 km
  12. 12 Enter roundabout right onto Via Casilina 59 m
  13. 13 Exit roundabout right onto Via Casilina 8 km
  1. 14 Continue left onto Via Casilina 119 m
  2. 15 Turn straight onto Via Gallarate 63 m
  3. 16 Keep slightly right onto Piazza Lodi 46 m
  4. 17 Enter roundabout straight onto Via La Spezia 6 m
  5. 18 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Via La Spezia 817 m
  6. 19 Continue straight onto Largo Brindisi 141 m
  7. 20 Turn right onto Piazzale Appio 71 m
  8. 21 Continue straight onto Piazza di Porta San Giovanni 384 m
  9. 22 Continue slightly left onto Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano 171 m
  10. 23 Continue straight onto Via dell'Amba Aradam 709 m
  11. 24 Continue straight onto Via Druso 253 m
  12. 25 Turn right onto Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 568 m
  13. 26 Continue straight onto Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 78 m
  14. 27 Continue slightly right onto Piazza di Porta Capena 151 m
  15. 28 Continue straight onto Via dei Cerchi 635 m
  16. 29 Turn left onto Via dell'Ara Massima di Ercole 139 m
  17. 30 Turn right onto Via della Greca 35 m
  18. 31 Keep slightly right onto Via della Greca 187 m
  19. 32 Turn straight onto Lungotevere Aventino 99 m
  20. 33 Continue straight onto Lungotevere dei Pierleoni 249 m
  21. 34 Continue straight onto Lungotevere De' Cenci 338 m
  22. 35 Continue straight onto Lungotevere dei Vallati 314 m
  23. 36 Continue straight onto Lungotevere dei Tebaldi 572 m
  24. 37 Continue straight onto Lungotevere dei Sangallo 423 m
  25. 38 Continue straight onto Lungotevere dei Fiorentini 122 m
  26. 39 Turn left onto Ponte Vittorio Emanuele Secondo 132 m
  27. 40 Turn left onto Lungotevere in Sassia 212 m
  28. 41 Turn right onto Piazza della Rovere 139 m
  29. 42 Continue straight onto Sottopasso Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta 111 m
  30. 43 Continue straight onto Galleria Principe Amedeo Savoia - Aosta 587 m
  31. 44 Continue straight onto Via di Porta Cavalleggeri 176 m
  32. 45 Turn right onto Via Sergio Primo 63 m
  33. 46 Turn right onto Via Leone Nono 101 m
  34. 47 Turn right onto Via Aurelia 228 m
  35. 48 Turn left onto Via di Porta Cavalleggeri 100 m
  36. 49 Turn left onto Via della Stazione Vaticana 28 m
  37. 50 At end of road, turn left onto Via della Stazione Vaticana 108 m
  38. 51 Turn right 182 m
  39. 52 Keep slightly right 46 m
  40. 53 Continue straight onto Via delle Fondamenta 223 m
  41. 54 Turn left onto Stradone dei Giardini 22 m
  42. 55 Turn left onto Rampa dell'Archeologia 114 m
  43. 56 Arrive right onto Rampa dell'Archeologia

The return trip from Vatican City to Rome covers roughly the same distance, 21 km.

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Questions and answers

Vatican City lies roughly to the west of Rome.

How far is it from Rome to Vatican City?

The distance between Rome and Vatican City is 21 km by road.

How long does it take to drive from Rome to Vatican City?

The drive from Rome to Vatican City takes approximately 40 min by car.

What is the best route from Rome to Vatican City?

The fastest route from Rome to Vatican City covers 21 km with a driving time of approximately 40 min.

What is the shortest route from Rome to Vatican City?

The shortest driving route from Rome to Vatican City is about 21 km by road.

Sources

Distance and drive time are computed from OpenStreetMap road data with the OSRM routing engine. Updated .