There are 13 ways to get from Brighton to Italy by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly London Gatwick Airport to Milan Linate Airport
best- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane LGW - LIN
4h 50m€65–284Fly London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LGW - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Cadornatrain
5h 23m€48–187Train
- Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
16h 56m€304–635Train, bus
- Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris to Rome Tiburtina Bus stationbus
27h 9m€257–445Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Brighton to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Romecar
18h 27mFly London Gatwick Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane LGW - FLR
5h 12m€56–243Fly London Gatwick Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane LGW - TRN
5h 26m€62–217Train to London City Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Brighton to London Bridgetrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane LCY - LIN
5h 30m€108–383Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane LHR - LIN
6h 14m€126–340Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane LHR - BLQ
6h 23m€120–347Bus via Dover
- Take the bus from Preston Circus to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 025
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
35h 11m€143–274Bus
- Take the bus from Preston Circus to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 025
- Take the bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Paris Gare de Bercy Seinebus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
37h 36mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Brighton to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Romecar
19h 34m€268–412
Brighton to Italy by train, bus, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brighton to Italy is to fly and train which costs €45 - €190 and takes 5h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Brighton to Italy is to fly which takes 4h 50m and costs €65 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Brighton to Italy. However, there are services departing from Preston Circus and arriving at Termini via London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Brighton to Italy. However, there are services departing from Brighton and arriving at Roma Termini via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 56m.
The distance between Brighton and Italy is 987 km.
The best way to get from Brighton to Italy without a car is to train which takes 16h 56m and costs €300 - €650.
It takes approximately 4h 50m to get from Brighton to Italy, including transfers.
Brighton to Italy bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Preston Circus station.
Brighton to Italy train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Brighton station.
The best way to get from Brighton to Italy is to fly which takes 4h 50m and costs €65 - €290. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €300 - €650 and takes 16h 56m, you could also bus via Dover, which costs €140 - €280 and takes 35h 11m.
What companies run services between Brighton, England and Italy?
easyJet and Air France fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Brighton to Roma Termini via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu, and Milano Centrale in around 16h 56m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–1,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Cadorna
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to Rome Tiburtina Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Preston Circus to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0400 153884
- myynti@tilausliikennehimanen.fi
- Website
- tilausliikennehimanen.fi
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Paris Gare de Bercy Seine
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Tilausliikenne Himanen
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–20
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Brighton to Italy bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Italy is 1h ahead of Brighton. It is currently 1:11 AM in Brighton and 2:11 AM in Italy.
Brighton to Italy train services, operated by Thameslink, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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