There are 10 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 29m€105–269Bus
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€75–156Train
- 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
28h 1m€175–426Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
30h 56m€234–384Train 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 39m€96–316Train 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€91–290Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Wuppertal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wuppertal Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
8h 34m€106–396Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BER - PMO
7h 55m€96–380Night train, bus, car ferry
- Take the night train from Hannover Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Genoabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
38h 38m€158–458Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Hannover Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbfnighttrain
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
40h 8m€187–277
Hanover to Palermo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Palermo is to bus which costs €70 - €160 and takes 38h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €100 - €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 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 28h 1m.
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 28h 1m and costs €170 - €430.
It takes approximately 7h 29m 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 29m and costs €100 - €270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €170 - €430 and takes 28h 1m, you could also bus, which costs €70 - €160 and takes 38h 30m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Palermo, Italy?
Lufthansa City, Air Dolomiti, and five 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 28h 1m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
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
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
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 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- 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
- €80–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Palermo Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- 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
- €40–100
- 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
- €27–110
- 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 daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- 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
- +49 581 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
- €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
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Wuppertal Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
- 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
- +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
- €35–70
- 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 Zurich Bus Station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- 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 Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- 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
- €65–140
- 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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