There are 7 ways to get from Ayr to Sicily by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)GLA - CTA
8h 58m€91–225Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)EDI - CTA
8h 29m€85–232Bus
- Take the bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus StationX77
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
2d 8h€158–466Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)GLA - PMO
9h 21m€118–287Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Trapani Airport (TPS)EDI - TPS
11h 1m€102–281Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)GLA - CIY
15h 46m€103–383Bus via Bologna
- Take the bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus StationX77
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2180 / ...
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bologna
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
- Take the bus from Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines to Palermo-Via Libertà
2d 13h
Ayr to Sicily by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ayr to Sicily is to train and fly which costs €90 - €230 and takes 8h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Ayr to Sicily is to train and bus and fly which takes 8h 29m and costs €85 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Ayr station to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Ayr Bus Station and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Ayr and Sicily is 2574 km.
The best way to get from Ayr to Sicily without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 8h and costs €150 - €470.
It takes approximately 8h 58m to get from Ayr to Sicily, including transfers.
Ayr to Sicily bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, depart from Ayr Bus Station.
Ayr to Sicily bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Sicily is 1h ahead of Ayr. It is currently 3:39 AM in Ayr and 4:39 AM in Sicily.
There are 264+ hotels available in Sicily.
What companies run services between Ayr, Scotland and Sicily, Italy?
You can take a bus from Ayr Bus Station to Piazza Boiardo via Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria, Paris, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina, Palermo, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 2d 8h.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Bristol, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Milan Malpensa, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Bristol, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Milan Malpensa, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 06 164 160, +39091342525
- info@segesta.it
- Website
- segesta.it
Bus from Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines to Palermo-Via Libertà
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- segesta.it
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