There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Palermo by plane, train, car ferry, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Dublin Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DUB - PMO
6h 59m€63–212Train, car ferry, bus via Bologna
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Cologne Airport CGNbus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
2d 19h€700–1,220Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Nuremberg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabus
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
2d 22h€753–1,215Train, car ferry, bus #2
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Genoabus
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
2d 23h€666–1,095Fly Cork Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ORK - PMO
9h 7m€88–229Fly Shannon Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SNN - PMO
9h 10m€79–388Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BHD - PMO
10h 15m€85–297Fly Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane DUB - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodibus
10h 21m€81–267Fly Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUB - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
9h 56m€81–223Train, ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Rosslare to Santanderferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padua Bus Station to Salerno Piazza Montpellier Bus Stationbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Palermocarferry
3d 8h€470–597
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Palermo is to fly which costs €75 - €390 and takes 9h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Palermo is to fly which takes 6h 59m and costs €60 - €220.
The distance between Ireland and Palermo is 2305 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Palermo without a car is to train and car ferry and bus via Bologna which takes 2 days 19h and costs €700 - €1300.
It takes approximately 6h 59m to get from Ireland to Palermo, including transfers.
Palermo is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 8:16 PM in Ireland and 9:16 PM in Palermo.
There are 6174+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Ireland and Palermo, Italy?
Ryanair flies from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Alghero
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Shannon Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–420
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–420
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Palermo Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Palermo Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Translink
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–290
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +390981 500331
- info@saj.it
- Website
- Inter Saj
Bus from Padua Bus Station to Salerno Piazza Montpellier Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Schedules at
- Inter Saj
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Rosslare to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €244
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Car ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
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