There are 9 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 25m€49–214Train, 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 29mBus
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N1533
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Busbus
30h 20m€112–187Night train, train
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtinanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
28h 52m€155–356Train to Bratislava Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Wien Aspern Nord to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BTS - PMO
7h 3m€55–348Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MUC - PMO
7h 13m€127–356Fly 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 56m€62–221Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Vienna Central Train Station S+U Waldmanngründe to Ljubljana Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Naples Metropark Central Parkingbus
- Take the ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermoferry
30h 54mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Vienna to Naples Beverellocar
- Take the ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermoferry
20h 55m€232–346
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Austria to Palermo is to train and fly which costs €50 - €350 and takes 7h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Austria to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €45 - €220.
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 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 25m to get from Austria to Palermo, including transfers.
The best way to get from Austria to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €45 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €190 and takes 30h 20m.
There are 6114+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Austria and Palermo, Italy?
Ryanair and Austrian Airlines fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Stephansplatz to Palermo Terminal Bus via Südtiroler Pl. - Hbf., Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz, and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 30h 20m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–430
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–430
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–430
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–380
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–380
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–290
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–150
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–110
- Seating Carriage
- €60–75
Train from Wien Aspern Nord to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
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
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +38670511611
- info@tripstair.com
- Website
- tripstair.com
Bus from Vienna Central Train Station S+U Waldmanngründe to Ljubljana Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://tripstair.com/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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