There are 13 ways to get from Bern to Sicily by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, or bus
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Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MXP - CTA
7h 28m€87–286Train
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
21h 26m€146–379Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bern to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
25h 52m€137–251Train, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Oltentrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the bus from Olten Gosgerstrasse to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
29h 11m€90–184Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MXP - PMO
8h 8m€92–318Train to Basel, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BSL - CTA
5h 53m€95–274Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LIN - CTA
8h 14m€103–271Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LIN - PMO
8h 39m€100–283Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BGY - PMO
9h 34m€112–336Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TRN - CTA
9h 20m€101–282Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane TRN - PMO
9h 50m€113–364Bus
- Take the bus from Bern to Aostabus N506
- Take the bus from Aosta to Palermobus N597
30h 24m€150–216Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Bern to Bellinzonatrain Ic
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Genova P. Principetrain Ec
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
31h 17m€208–421
Bern to Sicily by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Sicily is to train and bus which costs €90 - €190 and takes 29h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Sicily is to train and fly which takes 5h 53m and costs €90 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Bern to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Aosta and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 24m.
No, there is no direct train from Bern to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Palermo Notarbartolo via Brig, Domodossola, Milano Centrale, Roma Termini and Palermo Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 26m.
The distance between Bern and Sicily is 1287 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Sicily without a car is to train which takes 21h 26m and costs €140 - €380.
It takes approximately 7h 28m to get from Bern to Sicily, including transfers.
Bern to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Bern to Sicily train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Bern station.
The best way to get from Bern to Sicily is to train which takes 21h 26m and costs €140 - €380. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €220 and takes 30h 24m.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Sicily, Italy?
You can take a train from Bern to Palermo Notarbartolo via Brig, Domodossola, Milano Centrale, Roma Termini, and Palermo Centrale in around 21h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bern to Piazza Boiardo via Aosta, Palermo, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 30h 24m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Palermo Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–190
Flights from Basel to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Basel to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–410
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–410
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–410
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–410
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–160
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Genova P. Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
Train from Bern to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- 2nd Class
- €21–28
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Bern to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bern to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bern to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Olten Gosgerstrasse to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Aosta to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Bern to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Aosta station.
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