There are 13 ways to get from Modena to Sicily by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or train (Trenitalia)
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 Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the train from Modena to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BLQ - PMO
4h 4m€35–194Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Modena to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BLQ - CTA
3h 44m€29–171Train, ferry
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
14h 9mBus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermobus N597
20h 47m€56–229Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Modena to Livornocar
- Take the car ferry from Livorno to Port of Palermocarferry
21h 52m€103–168Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the train from Modena to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane BLQ - TPS
4h 42m€57–230Train to Parma Giuseppe Verdi Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Modena to Parmatrain
- Fly from Parma Giuseppe Verdi Airport (PMF) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PMF - PMO
4h 5m€68–354Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)plane BLQ - CIY
3h 37m€100–283Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VRN - CTA
5h 7m€55–253Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Take the train from Modena to Milano Rogoredotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)plane LIN - CIY
5h 47m€121–377Train (Trenitalia)
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
15h 44m€130–359Train via Modena
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Roma Terminitrain 9941 / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
16h 9m€135–344Train, bus
- Take the train from Modena to Parmatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Parma Via Villa Sant'Angelo to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus Autoservizi Salemi 701
21h 22m€58–142
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Modena to Sicily is to train and fly which costs €28 - €180 and takes 3h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Modena to Sicily is to fly which takes 3h 37m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct train from Modena to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Modena and arriving at Palermo Notarbartolo via Bologna Centrale, Roma Termini and Palermo Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 44m.
The distance between Modena and Sicily is 794 km.
The best way to get from Modena to Sicily without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 9m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 4m to get from Modena to Sicily, including transfers.
Modena to Sicily train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Bologna Centrale station.
The best way to get from Modena to Sicily is to bus which takes 20h 47m and costs €55 - €230. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €100 - €290 and takes 3h 37m, you could also train, which costs €130 - €360 and takes 15h 44m.
Modena to Sicily train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Roma Termini station.
Book your Modena to Sicily train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Modena, Italy and Sicily, Italy?
FlixBus operates a bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo once daily. Tickets cost €100–170 and the journey takes 18h 35m. Autoservizi Salemi Srl also services this route twice a week. Alternatively, Aeroitalia and FlexFlight ApS fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Palermo Airport via Alghero
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Trapani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Parma Giuseppe Verdi Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–190
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–700
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–700
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €15–70
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €17–85
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–140
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Modena to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Modena to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Modena to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €40–60
- 2nd Class
- €16–22
Train from Modena to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €40–65
- 2nd Class
- €19–26
Train from Modena to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €60–90
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- 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 Parma Via Villa Sant'Angelo to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.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
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Livorno to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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