There are 11 ways to get from Liverpool to Sicily by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), bus, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)MAN - CTA
6h 59m€68–184Fly Liverpool to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)LPL - PMO
9h 33m€67–266Train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Marseille St CharlesTgv
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Roma Termini
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo CentraleIc
40h 59m€352–1,161Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Newhall St
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
2d 1h€127–324Fly Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LPL - CTA
8h 5m€75–254Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Trapani Airport (TPS)MAN - TPS
7h 51m€80–183Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)MAN - PMO
7h 41m€80–216Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LGW - CTA
8h 34m€113–475Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)STN - PMO
9h 27m€124–447Train, bus
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bologna
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
- Take the bus from Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines to Palermo-Via Libertà
2d 3hTrain, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
2d 3h€169–593
Liverpool to Sicily by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Sicily is to fly which costs €70 - €260 and takes 8h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Sicily is to train and fly which takes 6h 59m and costs €65 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Birmingham, Brussels-North train station, Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
No, there is no direct train from Liverpool to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Liverpool Lime Street and arriving at Palermo Notarbartolo via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Marseille St Charles, Roma Termini and Palermo Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 59m.
The distance between Liverpool and Sicily is 2290 km.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Sicily without a car is to train which takes 40h 59m and costs €350 - €1200.
It takes approximately 6h 59m to get from Liverpool to Sicily, including transfers.
Liverpool to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Sicily train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Sicily is to train which takes 40h 59m and costs €350 - €1200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €330 and takes 2 days 1h, you could also fly, which costs €70 - €260 and takes 8h 5m.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Sicily, Italy?
You can take a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Palermo Notarbartolo via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Marseille St Charles, Roma Termini, and Palermo Centrale in around 40h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Piazza Boiardo via Newhall St, Birmingham, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Brussels-North train station, Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Palermo, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
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 Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Liverpool to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €29–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- 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
- €7–15
- 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
- €5–23
- 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
- €5–19
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- €40–60
- 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 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Marseille St Charles to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–290
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €22–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 06 164 160, +39091342525
- info@segesta.it
- Website
- segesta.it
Bus from Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines to Palermo-Via Libertà
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- segesta.it
- 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
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- 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
- €15–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Liverpool to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Newhall St station.
Sicily is 1h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 5:51 AM in Liverpool and 6:51 AM in Sicily.
Liverpool to Sicily train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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