No visa needed

Do citizens of San Marino need a visa for the Vatican City?

Citizens of San Marino don’t need a visa for the Vatican City and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of San Marino: the passport opens 103 countries visa-free.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to the Vatican City without a visa on a San Marino passport?

Yes, citizens of San Marino don’t need a visa for the Vatican City for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Vatican City visa rules at a glance

With a San Marino passport you can visit 103 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 24 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the San Marino passport ranks 49th of 199.
San Marino passport: visa-free access to 103 countries; Vatican City passport: 92.
Citizens of San Marino and the Vatican City can travel together visa-free to 88 countries, for example: Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Austria, Montenegro, Slovakia, Serbia, Hungary, Albania, Czech Republic, and Kosovo.
A language both countries share: Italian.
Both countries use the same currency — Euro — so there is no need to exchange money.
Citizens of the Vatican City, in turn, don’t need a visa for San Marino. San Marino visa for citizens of the Vatican City

Travelling to the Vatican City: good to know

San Marino — Vatican City: about 230 km in a straight line.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Italian and Latin.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Vatican City is the 1st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of San Marino.