There are 10 ways to get from Bitola to Palermo by bus, plane, ferry, train, car, car ferry, or busferry
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Bus, bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)TIA - PMO
12h 10m€83–298Bus, bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)TIA - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
12h 25m€71–262Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Bari Porto
- Take the bus from Bari Porto to Napoli - Porto Immacolatella
- Take the ferry from Port of Naples to Port of Palermo
22h 45mBus, train
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Bari Porto
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to CasertaFa / ...
- Take the train from Caserta to Palermo CentraleIc
24h 10mDrive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Bitola to Port Of Vlora
- Take the car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Drive from Porto Di Brindisi to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Drive from Messina Marittima to Palermo
17h 56m€185–300Bus to Ohrid Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Fly from Ohrid Airport (OHD) to Palermo Airport (PMO)OHD - PMO
12h 24m€88–334Train to Skopje International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Palermo Airport (PMO)SKP - PMO
13h 6m€79–319Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Fier
- Take the busferry from Fier to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Take the bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo Via Oreto
28h 51mBus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Vlorë
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo CentraleRe
29h 43mBus
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Take the bus from Cosenza to Palermo582
30h 33m
Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bitola to Palermo is to bus and fly which costs €70 - €270 and takes 12h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Bitola to Palermo is to bus and fly which takes 12h 10m and costs €80 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Bitola to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Bitola and arriving at Regione Siciliana De Saliba via Ohrid, Elbasan, Fier, Messina Piazza della Repubblica and Regione Siciliana Oreto. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 51m.
The distance between Bitola and Palermo is 921 km.
The best way to get from Bitola to Palermo without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 22h 45m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 10m to get from Bitola to Palermo, including transfers.
Bitola to Palermo bus services, operated by Ekstrabus, depart from Bitola station.
Bitola to Palermo bus services, operated by Ekstrabus, arrive at Ohrid station.
There are 5851+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Bitola, North Macedonia and Palermo, Italy?
You can take a bus from Bitola to Palermo via Ohrid, Vlorë, Cosenza - Autostazione, and Cosenza in around 30h 33m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Ohrid Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ohrid Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Caserta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Caserta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Caserta to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €29–45
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Elbasan to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Fier to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Vlorë to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari Porto to Napoli - Porto Immacolatella
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- 2nd Class
- €12–18
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo Via Oreto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cosenza to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +383 44 125 254
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Elbasan to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Naples to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 9561630
- info@europeanseaways.com
- Website
- ferries.gr
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://www.ferries.gr/european-seaways/ferries.htm
- Phone
- +39 0831 575289
- Website
- starlines.it
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €41–42
- Website
- https://starlines.it/
- Phone
- +30 210 9561630
- info@a-ships.com
- Website
- a-ships.com
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- a-ships.com
- Deck /Air type
- €45
- Cabin
- €50–80
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
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