There are 8 ways to get from Austin to Palenque by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound), car, shuttle, or bus (Flixbus)
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Fly Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport (VSA)AUS - VSA
- Take the bus from Villahermosa Airport to Palenque
12h 13m$2,422–10,495Fly Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Palenque International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Palenque International Airport (PQM)AUS - PQM
20h 50m$2,172–10,095Bus via Monterrey
- Take the bus from Austin Eastside Bus Plaza to Nuevo Laredo Bus Station
- Take the bus from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey
- Take the bus from Monterrey to Cárdenas
- Take the bus from Cárdenas to Villahermosa
- Take the bus from Villahermosa to Palenque
33h 36m$2,349–4,532Drive 1,996.2 km
- Drive from Austin to Palenque1,996.2 km
24h 19m$4,054–5,855Bus to San Antonio International Airport, fly to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from 534 Red River St Austin to San Antonio
- Fly from San Antonio International Airport (SAT) to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport (VSA)SAT - VSA
- Take the bus from Villahermosa Airport to Palenque
12h 22m$2,428–10,448Fly Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport (CME)AUS - CME
- Take the bus from Ciudad Del Carmen to Villahermosa
- Take a shuttle bus from Villahermosa to Palenque
15h 24m$2,332–10,735Bus
- Take the bus from Austin to McAllen Central Station
- Take the bus from Reynosa to Villahermosa
- Take the bus from Villahermosa to Palenque
35h 14m$3,796–5,460Bus #2
- Take the bus from Austin Eastside Bus Plaza to McAllen Central Station
- Take the bus from Reynosa to Villahermosa
- Take the bus from Villahermosa to Palenque
39h 43m$3,324–5,572
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport (VSA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Austin to Palenque is to bus via Monterrey which costs $2300 - $4600 and takes 33h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Austin to Palenque is to fly and bus which takes 12h 13m and costs $2400 - $11000.
No, there is no direct bus from Austin to Palenque. However, there are services departing from Austin and arriving at Palenque via McAllen Central Station, Reynosa and Villahermosa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 14m.
The distance between Austin and Palenque is 1589 km. The road distance is 1996.2 km.
The best way to get from Austin to Palenque without a car is to bus via Monterrey which takes 33h 36m and costs $2300 - $4600.
It takes approximately 12h 13m to get from Austin to Palenque, including transfers.
Austin to Palenque bus services, operated by Omnibus Express, depart from Austin station.
The best way to get from Austin to Palenque is to bus via Monterrey which takes 33h 36m and costs $2300 - $4600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $2100 - $11000 and takes 20h 50m.
Austin to Palenque bus services, operated by Omnibus Express, arrive at McAllen Central Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Austin to Palenque is 1996 km. It takes approximately 24h 19m to drive from Austin to Palenque.
What companies run services between Austin, TX, USA and Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico?
You can take a bus from Guadalupe/4th to Palenque via 5207 Eastside Bus Plaza Bay G, Austin Eastside Bus Plaza, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey, Cárdenas, Cárdenas, and Villahermosa in around 33h 36m. Alternatively, Viva Aerobus, Mexicana, and three other airlines fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Palenque International Airport (PQM) once daily.
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–10,000
Flights from San Antonio International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,900–9,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–10,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport via Cancun, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–14,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport via San Jose Cabo, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–13,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport via Houston, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–11,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–10,000
Flights from San Antonio International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,900–9,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–10,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport via Cancun, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–14,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport via San Jose Cabo, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–13,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Ciudad Del Carmen International Airport via Houston, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–11,000
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–11,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–11,000
Flights from San Antonio International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,700–10,000
Flights from San Antonio International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,500–9,500
Flights from San Antonio International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–11,000
Flights from San Antonio International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–10,000
- Website
- mexicana.gob.mx
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Palenque International Airport via Monterrey, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,100–10,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Palenque International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,500–12,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Palenque International Airport via San Jose Cabo, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–13,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Palenque International Airport via Cancun, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–14,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from San Antonio International Airport to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,400–15,000
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Villahermosa Airport to Palenque
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $300–460
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Cárdenas to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $180–300
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Ciudad Del Carmen to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $360–550
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Reynosa to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2,100–3,100
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Villahermosa to Palenque
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $310–480
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Austin Eastside Bus Plaza to Nuevo Laredo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,000
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- futura.com.mx
Bus from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–850
- Schedules at
- futura.com.mx
- Book at
- futura.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- contacto@geb.mx
- Website
- transportesfrontera.com.mx
Bus from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $500–750
- Schedules at
- transportesfrontera.com.mx
- Book at
- transportesfrontera.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 937 132 0108
- santiagosigerocinthia@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Monterrey to Cárdenas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–800
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Cárdenas to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–420
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Cárdenas to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Villahermosa to Palenque
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $200–390
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Ciudad Del Carmen to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–480
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 981 811 9910
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ahorrobus.com.mx
Bus from Cárdenas to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Ciudad Del Carmen to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $160–370
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 984 128 4243
- alianzacancunpaseodelmar@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Cárdenas to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $342–346
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 981 816 3445
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Cárdenas to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
Bus from Ciudad Del Carmen to Villahermosa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $250–310
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 877 733 0724
- Website
- redcoachusa.com
Bus from 534 Red River St Austin to San Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Website
- https://www.redcoachusa.com
- Web
- $200–1,000
- Phone
- +52 993 131 3048
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Villahermosa to Palenque
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Austin to McAllen Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Austin Eastside Bus Plaza to McAllen Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $800–1,700
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $800–1,700
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