There are 10 ways to get from Merano to Palermo by bus, plane, train, ferry, car, car ferry, or train (Trenitalia)
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Bus to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the bus from Merano to Verona - Aeroporto
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)VRN - PMO
5h 34m€92–323Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bolzano South to Bologna Centrale486 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to PalermoN597
25h 5m€58–150Train, ferry
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to PaolaFr
- Take the train from Paola to Villa S.GiovanniIc
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina MarittimaV1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo CentraleRe
17h 25mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Merano to Port of Genoa
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
25h 4m€132–237Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Merano to Orio al Serio Airport
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Palermo Airport (PMO)BGY - PMO
7h 14m€110–403Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Bolzano-Bozen to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)BLQ - PMO
7h 58m€75–265Bus to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Merano to Verona - Aeroporto
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)VRN - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
7h 50m€89–277Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Trapani Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Merano to Orio al Serio Airport
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Trapani Airport (TPS)BGY - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
8h 39m€113–357Train
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma TerminiFr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo CentraleIc
20h 2m€75–249Train, bus
- Take the train from Bolzano-Bozen to Brescia
- Take the train from Brescia to ParmaR8
- Take the bus from Parma Via Villa Sant'Angelo to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
27h 27m€67–94
Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Merano to Palermo is to train and bus which costs €65 - €95 and takes 27h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Merano to Palermo is to bus and fly which takes 5h 34m and costs €90 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Merano to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Meran and arriving at Palermo via Bolzano South and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 5m.
The distance between Merano and Palermo is 1047 km.
The best way to get from Merano to Palermo without a car is to train and ferry which takes 17h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Merano to Palermo, including transfers.
Merano to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bolzano South station.
The best way to get from Merano to Palermo is to bus which takes 25h 5m and costs €55 - €150. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €75 - €250 and takes 20h 2m.
Merano to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Merano to Palermo bus tickets online with FlixBus.
What companies run services between Merano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy and Palermo, Italy?
You can take a bus from Meran to Palermo via Bolzano South and Bologna Centrale in around 25h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terme Merano to Palermo Notarbartolo via Bolzano - Stazione, Bolzano Bozen, Roma Termini, and Palermo Centrale in around 20h 2m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Palermo Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Trapani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–150
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €29–45
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €80–120
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bolzano-Bozen to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Bolzano-Bozen to Brescia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Brescia to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 0471 305604
- info@suedtirolbus.it
- Website
- clevertransfer.eu
Bus from Merano to Verona - Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/en/
Bus from Merano to Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bolzano South to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Bolzano South to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–21
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Parma Via Villa Sant'Angelo to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- 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
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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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