There are 9 ways to get from Hanover to Palermo by plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, train, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Hannover Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane HAJ - PMO
7h 20m€143–313Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N24
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermobus N597
38h 30m€85–273Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuovatrain 89
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
27h 57m€189–518Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
31h 1m€232–388Train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane HAM - PMO
9h€106–310Train to Bremen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BRE - PMO
8h 40m€91–280Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
8h 18m€108–407Night train, train, car ferry
- Take the night train from Hannover Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genova P. Principetrain Ec
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
39h 16m€263–668Train, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
40h 13m€139–249
Hanover to Palermo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Palermo is to train and fly which costs €90 - €280 and takes 8h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 20m and costs €140 - €320.
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 30m.
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 57m.
The distance between Hanover and Palermo is 1655 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Palermo without a car is to train which takes 27h 57m and costs €180 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 20m 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 20m and costs €140 - €320. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €550 and takes 27h 57m, you could also bus, which costs €85 - €280 and takes 38h 30m.
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 57m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–650
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–50
- 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
- €26–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- 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
- €30–100
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- 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 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- 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
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- 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
- Once 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
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
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- 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
- €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
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- 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
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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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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