There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Vatican City by plane, car ferry, car, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Dublin Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane DUB - FCO
6h 25m€62–221Fly Shannon Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA)plane SNN - CIA
7h 35m€59–317Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Vatican Citycar
38h 15m€821–1,972Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N77
2d 11h€616–1,039Fly Cork Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane ORK - FCO
15h 15m€82–258Fly Cork Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA)plane ORK - CIA
8h 39m€93–328Fly Dublin Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA)plane DUB - CIA
8h 54m€83–351Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane BFS - FCO
7h 58m€76–231Fly Dublin Airport to Naples Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane DUB - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
7h 34m€98–292Train, car ferry, bus via Rho
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Milanbus
- Take the train from Milano Rogoredo to Roma Terminitrain
2d 1h€614–1,059
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Vatican City is to fly which costs €60 - €230 and takes 6h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Vatican City is to fly which takes 6h 25m and costs €60 - €230.
The distance between Ireland and Vatican City is 1934 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Vatican City without a car is to train and car ferry and bus which takes 2 days 11h and costs €600 - €1100.
It takes approximately 6h 25m to get from Ireland to Vatican City, including transfers.
Vatican City is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 4:12 AM in Ireland and 5:12 AM in Vatican City.
There are 21182+ hotels available in Vatican City.
What companies run services between Ireland and Vatican City?
Aer Lingus and Ryanair fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Cork Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Shannon Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Shannon Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Shannon Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Shannon Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Cork Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Cork Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Dublin Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via East Midlands
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Dublin Airport to Naples Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Alghero
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Napoli Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Napoli Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Napoli Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Napoli Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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