There are 10 ways to get from Hanover to Palermo by plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, train, or night train
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Fly from Hannover Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)HAJ - PMO
7h 26m€132–269Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Milano, Autostazione LampugnanoN24
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to PalermoN597
38h 40m€91–275Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf25 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova89
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma TerminiFr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo CentraleIc
27h 50m€184–466Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Port of Genoa
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
30h 59m€229–374Train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)HAM - PMO
8h 58m€104–310Train to Bremen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)BRE - PMO
8h 38m€91–280Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)CGN - PMO
8h 20m€100–396Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Palermo Airport (PMO)BER - PMO
7h 52m€108–334Night train, train, car ferry
- Take the night train from Hannover Hbf to Zuerich HbNj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genova P. PrincipeEc
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
39h 16m€262–658Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Hannover Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Milan
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
40h 8m€187–297
Hanover to Palermo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Palermo is to bus which costs €90 - €280 and takes 38h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 26m and costs €130 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Palermo via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Palermo Centrale via München Hbf, Verona Porta Nuova and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 50m.
The distance between Hanover and Palermo is 1656 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Palermo without a car is to train which takes 27h 50m and costs €180 - €470.
It takes approximately 7h 26m to get from Hanover to Palermo, including transfers.
Hanover to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 26m and costs €130 - €270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €470 and takes 27h 50m, you could also bus, which costs €90 - €280 and takes 38h 40m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Palermo, Italy?
Lufthansa City, Air Dolomiti, and six other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Palermo Centrale via München Hbf, Verona Porta Nuova, and Roma Termini in around 27h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–650
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Hannover Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–170
- Seating Carriage
- €60–80
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Genova P. Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Night train from Hannover Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- 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
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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More Questions & Answers
Hanover to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Hanover to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
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