St. Peter's Basilica · photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0

Self-guided walking tour of Vatican City

266 sights · Vatican City · capital

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Vatican City, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

• Architecture (134)
• History (71)
• Art & sculpture (40)
• Museums (25)
• Squares & streets (13)
• Parks & green (5)

3-hour walk past the highlights of Vatican City

8 stops · 5.6 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

1. Photo: user:Lalupa, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 5 min walkVatican Museums
2. Photo: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 6 min walkApostolic Palace
3. Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 14 min walkCastel Sant'Angelo
4. Photo: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 13 min walkPiazza Navona
5. Photo: Architas, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 2 min walkPasquino
6. Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 12 min walkPonte Sant'Angelo
7. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 13 min walkSaint Peter's Square
8. Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 5 min walkSt. Peter's Basilica

More well-known sights in Vatican City

1. Pietà (Michelangelo)
2. Ara Pacis
3. Mausoleum of Augustus
4. Palazzo Farnese
5. Apollo Belvedere
6. Campo de' Fiori
7. Four Rivers Fountain
8. San Luigi dei Francesi
9. Vatican Hill
10. Theatre of Pompey
11. Janiculum
12. Augustus of Prima Porta
13. Chair of Saint Peter