There are 12 ways to get from Greece to Palermo by plane, bus, train, car, ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane RHO - PMO
8h 18m€125–318Fly Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ATH - PMO
5h 29m€72–205Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Rrogozhinëbus
- Take the bus from Rrogozhinë to Bari Portobus
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Tarantotrain Re
- Take the train from Taranto to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
27h 29mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Athens to Port Of Igoumenitsacar
- Take the ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Porto di Brindisiferry
- 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
22h 25m€224–329Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SKG - PMO
7h 44m€80–238Fly Ioannina National Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Ioannina National Airport (IOA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane IOA - PMO
9h 40m€86–295Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane HER - PMO
5h 12m€104–287Fly Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ATH - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
7h 34m€75–218Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Rrogozhinëbus
- Take the bus from Rrogozhinë to Bari Portobus
- Take the bus from Bari to Palermobus 591
27h 35mBus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Rrogozhinëbus
- Take the bus from Rrogozhinë to Bari Portobus
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
28h 35mBus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
32h 19mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Athens Larissis Station to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo Via Oretobus
35h 45m
Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Palermo is to fly and bus which costs €75 - €220 and takes 7h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h 12m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Palermo via Rrogozhinë, Stazione Marittima, Q. Sella-Calefati and Bari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 35m.
The distance between Greece and Palermo is 1382 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Palermo without a car is to bus and train which takes 27h 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 18m to get from Greece to Palermo, including transfers.
Greece to Palermo bus services, operated by Art Tour, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Greece to Palermo is to fly which takes 8h 18m and costs €120 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 27h 35m.
Greece to Palermo bus services, operated by Art Tour, arrive at Rrogozhinë station.
Palermo is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 9:13 AM in Greece and 8:13 AM in Palermo.
What companies run services between Greece and Palermo, Italy?
ITA Airways, Aegean Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Palermo via Rrogozhinë, Rrogozhinë, Stazione Marittima, Q. Sella-Calefati, Capruzzi-Ennio, and Bari in around 27h 35m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Palermo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Ioannina National Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Palermo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Palermo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Taranto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Taranto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Taranto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Rrogozhinë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Rrogozhinë to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- 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
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- 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
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bari to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- info@rucitours.com
- Website
- rucitours.com
Bus from Athens Larissis Station to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- 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
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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