There are 13 ways to get from Paderborn to Sicily by train, plane, car, car ferry, bus, or night train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUS - CTA
7h 20m€104–285Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Paderborn to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
30h 32m€255–381Train, bus
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
33h 7m€200–514Train, bus via Trieste
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Triestebus 127
- Take the train from Trieste C.le to Roma Terminitrain
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
35h 3m€275–614Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
8h 12mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane FRA - PMO
8h 26m€140–409Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
8h 3m€132–424Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CGN - CTA
7h 53mFly Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane PAD - CTA
8h 7m€164–648Fly Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PAD - PMO
8h 15m€143–557Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Basel to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stopbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
37h 11m€236–459Bus
- Take the bus from Paderborn to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Bologna Centralebus N77
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermobus
38h 2m€164–290Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Muenchen Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the night train from Muenchen Hbf to Roma Tiburtinanighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermobus
38h 56m€166–414
Paderborn to Sicily by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paderborn to Sicily is to train and fly which costs €100 - €290 and takes 7h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Paderborn to Sicily is to train and fly which takes 7h 20m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Paderborn to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Paderborn and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Frankfurt central train station, Bologna Centrale and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 2m.
The distance between Paderborn and Sicily is 1852 km.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Sicily without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 7m and costs €200 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 20m to get from Paderborn to Sicily, including transfers.
Paderborn to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Paderborn station.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Sicily is to fly which takes 8h 7m and costs €160 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €160 - €290 and takes 38h 2m.
Paderborn to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
There are 5897+ hotels available in Sicily.
What companies run services between Paderborn, Germany and Sicily, Italy?
DAT Danish Air Transport and Lufthansa fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Paderborn to Piazza Boiardo via Frankfurt central train station, Bologna Centrale, Palermo, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 38h 2m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Palermo Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste C.le to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–101
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €97–101
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–65
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paderborn to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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