There are 13 ways to get from Folkestone to Sicily by train, plane, bus, or car ferry
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Train to London City Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LCY - CTA
8h 28m€104–351Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane STN - PMO
7h 55m€61–226Train, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central 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 Perrachetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Naples - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
37h 25m€255–709Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Chambérytrain
- Take the bus from Chambéry to Genoabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
38h 14m€308–952Train to London City Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LCY - PMO
8h 32m€106–353Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LGW - CTA
7h 12m€85–341Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane STN - CTA
7h 21m€70–224Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LTN - PMO
7h 40m€93–403Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane STN - TPS
8h 8m€61–363Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LGW - PMO
7h 41m€102–303Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Dover to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermobus
42h 19m€100–202Bus
- Take the bus from Dover to Gent-Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
44h 3mBus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Dover to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Genoabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
45h 51m€140–277
Folkestone to Sicily by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Folkestone to Sicily is to train and fly which costs €70 - €230 and takes 7h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Folkestone to Sicily is to train and fly which takes 7h 12m and costs €85 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Folkestone to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Shellons Street Car Park and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Dover, Brussels-North train station, Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 19m.
The distance between Folkestone and Sicily is 2070 km.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Sicily without a car is to train and bus which takes 37h 25m and costs €250 - €750.
It takes approximately 8h 28m to get from Folkestone to Sicily, including transfers.
Folkestone to Sicily bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, depart from Dover station.
Folkestone to Sicily bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, arrive at Brussel Eurolines Busstation.
Sicily is 1h ahead of Folkestone. It is currently 7:27 PM in Folkestone and 8:27 PM in Sicily.
There are 5776+ hotels available in Sicily.
What companies run services between Folkestone, England and Sicily, Italy?
You can take a bus from Shellons Street Car Park to Piazza Boiardo via Pencester Road, Dover, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Brussels-North train station, Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Palermo, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 42h 19m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Palermo Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Trapani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €29–290
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Trapani Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €29–290
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–290
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from London City Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from London City Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–55
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- €85–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- 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
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Chambéry
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €120–180
- 1st Class
- €250–420
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €100–140
- 1st Class
- €130–180
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chambéry to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Dover to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Dover to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- 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
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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