There are 10 ways to get from Bitola to Palermo by bus, plane, busferry, train, car, car ferry, or ferry
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Bus, bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasanbus
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane TIA - PMO
12h 12m€73–218Train to Skopje International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bitola to Skopjetrain
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SKP - PMO
13h 8m€59–299Bus, bus and ferry, train via Santa Eufemia Lamezia
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasanbus
- Take the busferry from Elbasan to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
21h 11mBus, bus and ferry via Bari
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasanbus
- Take the busferry from Elbasan to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Bari to Palermobus 591
22h 19mDrive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Bitola to Port Of Vloracar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisicarferry
- Drive from Porto Di Brindisi to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
- Drive from Messina Marittima to Palermocar
18h 7m€184–298Bus to Ohrid Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohridbus
- Fly from Ohrid Airport (OHD) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane OHD - PMO
10h 11m€123–464Bus, bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasanbus
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TIA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa to Palermo Centraletrain
13h 34m€78–247Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasanbus
- Take the busferry from Elbasan to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Caserta stazionetrain
- Take the train from Caserta to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
24h 57mBus, bus and ferry, train #2
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
29h 48mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Caserta stazionebusferry
- Take the bus from Caserta Viale Vittorio Veneto to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
30h 56m
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 - €220 and takes 12h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Bitola to Palermo is to bus and fly which takes 10h 11m and costs €120 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Bitola to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Bitola and arriving at Palermo via Ohrid, Elbasan, Stazione Marittima and Bari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 19m.
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 bus and ferry and train via Santa Eufemia Lamezia which takes 21h 11m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 12m 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 5776+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Bitola, North Macedonia and Palermo, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Bitola to Palermo. However, you can take the bus to Ohrid, take the bus to Elbasan, walk to Elbasan, take the bus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, take the bus to Tirana, Airport, walk to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) airport, fly to Palermo Airport (PMO), walk to Palermo Aeroporto, then take the train to Palermo Notarbartolo. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bitola to Palermo Centrale via Ohrid, Elbasan, Elbasan, Bari Porto, Stazione Marittima, Bari Centrale, Bari Centrale, and Lamezia Terme C. in around 21h 11m.
- 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
- €50–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Ohrid Airport to Palermo Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Ohrid Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ohrid Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Palermo Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Caserta to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- 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
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bari Centrale to Caserta stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €45–60
- Smart Flex
- €45–60
- 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
Bus from Ohrid to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Elbasan to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bari to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Ohrid to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +389 70 212 106
- info@senadtours.com
- Website
- senadtours.com
Bus from Ohrid to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16
- Schedules at
- senadtours.com
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Durrës to Caserta stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Caserta Viale Vittorio Veneto to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- 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
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- 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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