There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Italy by plane, train, car ferry, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Milan Linate Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUB - LIN
5h 36m€80–246Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane DUB - BGY
6h 25m€57–205Train, car ferry, bus via Milan
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus 729
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
2d 2h€482–788Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Roma Terminitrain
2d 3h€465–750Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Romecar
37h 30m€346–917Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUB - BLQ
5h 30m€64–193Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUB - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Cadornatrain
6h 14m€58–189Fly to Fiumicino International Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane DUB - FCO
6h 30m€68–210Fly to Naples Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane DUB - NAP
6h 22m€69–220Fly to Pisa International Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane DUB - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
7h 12m€73–207
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Italy is to fly and train which costs €55 - €190 and takes 6h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Italy is to fly which takes 5h 30m and costs €60 - €200.
The distance between Ireland and Italy is 1457 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Italy without a car is to train and car ferry and bus via Milan which takes 2 days 2h and costs €480 - €800.
It takes approximately 5h 36m to get from Ireland to Italy, including transfers.
Italy is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 12:49 PM in Ireland and 1:49 PM in Italy.
There are 10516+ hotels available in Italy.
What companies run services between Ireland and Italy?
Aer Lingus, KLM, and Luxair fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Naples Airport via Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Pisa International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Pisa International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Dublin Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Cadorna
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €310–460
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–600
- Website
- https://www.brittanyferries.ie/
- Single Ticket
- €26–140
- Car Single Ticket
- €120–600
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–490
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- €75–120
- Passenger Car
- €95–490
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