There are 11 ways to get from Germany to Sicily by plane, train, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane STR - CTA
5h 4m€77–256Train, bus via Verona
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Verona Porta Nuova Stationbus
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
28h 45m€324–575Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N1385
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Busbus Autoservizi Salemi S201
35h 10m€172–263Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Civitavecchia Portcar
- Take the carferry from Civitavecchia Port to Palermo Portocarferry
27h 26m€294–422Fly Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MUC - CTA
5h 10m€105–257Fly Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
5h 5m€86–233Fly Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MUC - PMO
5h 31m€99–318Fly Frankfurt to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane FRA - PMO
5h 31m€85–224Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUS - CTA
5h 23m€82–358Train, bus
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
35h 47m€334–526Bus via Salerno
- Take the bus from BERLIN, ZOB am Funkturm to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39bus
- Take the bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to SALERNO, Piazza Concordiabus
- Take the bus from Salerno to Palermobus
43h 2m€192–496
Germany to Sicily by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Sicily is to fly which costs €85 - €230 and takes 5h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Sicily is to fly which takes 5h 4m and costs €75 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Sicily. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Hertzallee, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 10m.
The distance between Germany and Sicily is 1358 km.
The best way to get from Germany to Sicily without a car is to train and bus via Verona which takes 28h 45m and costs €320 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 4m to get from Germany to Sicily, including transfers.
Germany to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Germany to Sicily is to fly which takes 5h 4m and costs €75 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €170 - €270 and takes 35h 10m.
Germany to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
There are 6170+ hotels available in Sicily.
What companies run services between Germany and Sicily, Italy?
Eurowings, ITA Airways, and two other airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. to Piazza Boiardo via Hertzallee, Messegelände/ZOB, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina, Palermo Terminal Bus, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 35h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Verona Porta Nuova Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €250–350
- Website
- Onebus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Salerno to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from BERLIN, ZOB am Funkturm to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to SALERNO, Piazza Concordia
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- Sindbad
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Civitavecchia Port to Palermo Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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