There are 9 ways to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), or bus
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Fly from London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LHR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
8h 31m€117–278Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LGW - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
7h 53m€54–217Train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta NuovaTgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Taormina-Giardini
32h 50m€220–620Bus, train via Rome
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Oulx
- Take the train from Oulx-Cesana-Clav.-S. to Roma TerminiFr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Taormina-GiardiniIc
38h 11m€172–465Fly from London City Airport, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LCY - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
9h 58m€126–301Fly from London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)STN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
8h 52m€99–252Bus to Luton Airport, fly, train
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LTN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
8h 31m€84–203Bus, train
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Parma
- Take the train from Parma to Taormina-Giardini
42h 33m€157–350Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Bologna - Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Station
- Take the bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello
44h 57m€125–461
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina by foot, train, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina is to bus and fly and train which costs €50 - €220 and takes 7h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina is to bus and fly and train which takes 7h 53m and costs €50 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina. However, there are services departing from Heathrow Terminal 5 and arriving at Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello via London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Bologna Centrale and Catania via Archimede. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 57m.
The distance between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Taormina is 2034 km.
The best way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina without a car is to train which takes 32h 50m and costs €220 - €650.
It takes approximately 8h 31m to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina, including transfers.
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from London Victoria station.
The best way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina is to train which takes 32h 50m and costs €220 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €470 and takes 44h 57m.
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Taormina is 1h ahead of Heathrow Terminal 5. It is currently 12:24 AM in Heathrow Terminal 5 and 1:24 AM in Taormina.
What companies run services between Heathrow Terminal 5, England and Taormina, Italy?
You can take a subway from Heathrow Terminal 5 station to Taormina-Giardini via King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Torino Porta Nuova in around 32h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello via Green Line Coach Station, London Victoria, Paris, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Bologna - Bus Station, Bologna Centrale, Catania Via D'Amico Bus Station, and Catania via Archimede in around 44h 57m.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €29–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–480
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Parma to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Oulx-Cesana-Clav.-S. to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Oulx
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Bologna - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 0935 22 460
- Website
- interbus.it
Bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
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