There are 14 ways to get from Palermo to Bern by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, car, or train (Trenitalia)
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Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane PMO - LIN
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Berntrain
8h 9mCHF 102–290Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Palermo to Aostabus N597
- Take the bus from Aosta to Bernbus N506
30hCHF 77–161Train, ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain Ec
17h 58mBus, train
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Milano, San Donato M3bus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Berntrain Ec / ...
24h 52mCHF 109–164Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Berncar
25h 41mCHF 129–235Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PMO - MXP
- Take the train from Busto Arsizio to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
8h 18mCHF 82–311Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane PMO - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain
8h 31mCHF 103–340Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PMO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 29mCHF 104–300Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Basel (BSL)plane PMO - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
6h 52mCHF 91–295Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane PMO - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Rho-Fiera Milanotrain
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Berntrain
9h 19mCHF 113–364Fly to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane PMO - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain
9h 49mCHF 121–396Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane PMO - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain
9h 20mCHF 127–358Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain Ec
19h 8mCHF 116–305Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain Ec
27h 28mCHF 104–219
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 75 - SFr 170 and takes 30h.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Bern is to fly and train which takes 6h 29m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 300.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Bern. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Bern via Aosta. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h.
No, there is no direct train from Palermo to Bern. However, there are services departing from Palermo Centrale and arriving at Bern via Roma Termini and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 8m.
The distance between Palermo and Bern is 1169 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Bern without a car is to train and ferry which takes 17h 58m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 9m to get from Palermo to Bern, including transfers.
Palermo to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to Bern train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Bern is to train which takes 19h 8m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 170 and takes 30h.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Palermo Centrale to Bern via Roma Termini and Milano Centrale in around 19h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo to Bern via Aosta in around 30h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–140
Flights from Palermo Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–410
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Palermo Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Palermo Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–180
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
Train from Milano Centrale to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–75
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Busto Arsizio to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Rho-Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–230
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Rho-Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Rho-Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–26
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Busto Arsizio to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Domodossola to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Milano, San Donato M3
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Aosta to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- 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 Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Palermo to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Aosta station.
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