There are 10 ways to get from Austria to Palermo by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane VIE - PMO
5h 30m€58–282Train to Bratislava Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Wien Aspern Nord to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BTS - PMO
6h 54m€42–212Train, ferry
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
23h 17mBus
- Take the bus from Vienna Main train station to Rome Tiburtina Bus Stationbus RegioJet 31
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Busbus Autoservizi Salemi S201
29h 15m€102–167Night train
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtinanighttrain Nj
- Take the nighttrain from Roma Ostiense to Palermo Centralenighttrain Ini
30h 1m€139–296Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MUC - PMO
8h€108–370Fly Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VIE - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
7h 47m€66–254Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane VCE - PMO
9h 51m€84–240Bus via Erdberg
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N1533
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermobus N592
32h 52m€192–292Drive, ferry
- Drive from Vienna to Naples Beverellocar
- Take the ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermoferry
21h€258–400
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Austria to Palermo is to train and fly which costs €40 - €220 and takes 6h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Austria to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h 30m and costs €55 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Austria station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Vienna Main train station and arriving at Palermo Terminal Bus via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Austria to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Stephansplatz and arriving at Palermo Notarbartolo via Wien Hbf, Roma Tiburtina, Roma Ostiense and Palermo Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 1m.
The distance between Austria and Palermo is 1191 km.
The best way to get from Austria to Palermo without a car is to train and ferry which takes 23h 17m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 30m to get from Austria to Palermo, including transfers.
Austria to Palermo bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Vienna Main train station.
Austria to Palermo train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Wien Hbf station.
The best way to get from Austria to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h 30m and costs €55 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €170 and takes 29h 15m.
What companies run services between Austria and Palermo, Italy?
Ryanair flies from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Stephansplatz to Palermo Terminal Bus via Südtiroler Pl. - Hbf., Vienna Main train station, and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 29h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–90
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €7–85
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €24–220
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- *
- €90–140
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
Train from Graz Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- *
- €65–100
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–150
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–110
- Seating Carriage
- €60–75
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Roma Ostiense to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Aspern Nord to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €37
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–28
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Vienna Main train station to Rome Tiburtina Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
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Austria to Palermo bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Rome Tiburtina Bus Station.
Austria to Palermo train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Roma Tiburtina station.
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