There are 10 ways to get from Liverpool to Palermo by plane, train (Eurostar, Trenitalia), train, car ferry, bus, or shuttle
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Fly Liverpool to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LPL - PMO
10h 47m€74–328Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MAN - PMO
7h 44m€64–206Train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
30h 15m€363–1,120Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuovatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principetrain
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
37h 53m€273–873Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 550 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermobus
2d€118–237Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BHX - PMO
8h 31m€79–208Train to Luton Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Milton Keynes Centraltrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LTN - PMO
9h 13m€111–410Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MAN - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
9h 43m€75–216Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Trapani Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane MAN - TPS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Lazio Municipio
8h 59m€82–191Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 550 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Palermo Terminal Busbus
2d 4h€161–240
Liverpool to Palermo by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Palermo is to train and fly which costs €60 - €210 and takes 7h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Palermo is to train and fly which takes 7h 44m and costs €60 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Palermo via Birmingham, Brussels-North train station and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
No, there is no direct train from Liverpool to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Liverpool Lime Street and arriving at Palermo Centrale via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Chambery Challes Les Eaux, Milano Centrale and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 15m.
The distance between Liverpool and Palermo is 2127 km.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Palermo without a car is to train which takes 30h 15m and costs €360 - €1200.
It takes approximately 10h 47m to get from Liverpool to Palermo, including transfers.
Liverpool to Palermo bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Palermo train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Palermo is to fly which takes 10h 47m and costs €70 - €330. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €360 - €1200 and takes 30h 15m, you could also bus via Milan, which costs €110 - €240 and takes 2 days 0h.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Palermo, Italy?
Ryanair, easyJet, and Air France fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Palermo Centrale via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Chambery Challes Les Eaux, Milano Centrale, and Roma Termini in around 30h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trapani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trapani Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Palermo Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €150–210
- Comfort
- €180–250
- Premium
- €230–300
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–24
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–19
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- 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 Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- 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
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Shuttle from Trapani Birgi Airport to Lazio Municipio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/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
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Liverpool to Palermo bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Palermo is 1h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 1:12 PM in Liverpool and 2:12 PM in Palermo.
Liverpool to Palermo train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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