There are 12 ways to get from Leipzig to Palermo by plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LEJ - PMO
7h 28m€116–327Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BER - PMO
7h 11m€101–306Train via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Kufsteintrain 89 / ...
- Take the train from Kufstein to Bolzano Bozentrain Rjx
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
28h 17m€314–763Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leipzig to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
30h 44m€246–365Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Bologna Centralebus N452
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermobus N597
33h 10m€121–285Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DRS - PMO
8h 49m€166–622Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane NUE - PMO
7h 27m€137–404Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PRG - PMO
9h 41mTrain, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MUC - PMO
9h 23m€188–488Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BER - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
9h 52m€109–314Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
31h 8m€305–726Train, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Mittetrain
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Mitte to Görlitz Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Goerlitz to Jelenia Goratrain Os
- Take the bus from JELENIA GÓRA, ul. Teatralna to BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8bus
- Take the bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Palermo Terminal Busbus
45h 33m€208–505
Leipzig to Palermo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Palermo is to train and fly which costs €100 - €310 and takes 7h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Palermo is to train and fly which takes 7h 11m and costs €100 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Palermo via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Palermo Centrale via Nürnberg Hbf, München Hbf, Kufstein, Bolzano Bozen and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 17m.
The distance between Leipzig and Palermo is 1523 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Palermo without a car is to train via Nuremberg which takes 28h 17m and costs €310 - €800.
It takes approximately 7h 28m to get from Leipzig to Palermo, including transfers.
Leipzig to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 28m and costs €110 - €330. Alternatively, you can train via Nuremberg, which costs €310 - €800 and takes 28h 17m, you could also bus, which costs €120 - €290 and takes 33h 10m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Palermo, Italy?
Lufthansa flies from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Palermo Centrale via Nürnberg Hbf, München Hbf, Kufstein, Bolzano Bozen, and Roma Termini in around 28h 17m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Dresden Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Dresden Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–390
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €19–28
Train from Kufstein to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–50
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €75–120
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- 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
- €90–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Mitte to Görlitz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Mitte to Görlitz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Goerlitz to Jelenia Gora
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
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
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from JELENIA GÓRA, ul. Teatralna to BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- 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
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Leipzig to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Leipzig to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Nürnberg Hbf station.
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