There are 8 ways to get from Palermo to Bucharest by plane, bus, busferry, car, ferry, car ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Palermo Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PMO - OTP
5h 15m$135–327Fly Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane PMO - BBU
7h 36m$73–280Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Rende - Quattr. Via Marconibus
- Take the busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Gară Filaretbus
44h 55mDrive, ferry, car ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Messina Marittimacar
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Port Of Baricar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrëscarferry
- Drive from Port Of Durres to Bucharestcar
29h 6m$308–553Bus to Trapani Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the bus from Palermo-Via Libertа Don Bosco to Trapani Birgi Airportbus
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane TPS - OTP
8h 26m$122–320Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CTA - OTP
7h 46m$152–361Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the bus from Bologna to Venezia Mestrebus
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione to Bucureştibus
44h 56m$142–299Train, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Rome, Termini to Funduleabus
2d 9h
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Bucharest is to bus which costs $140 - $300 and takes 44h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 15m and costs $130 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Palermo Terminal Bus and arriving at Bucharest Gară Filaret via Rende - Quattromiglia Villa Giorcelli, Cosenza - Autostazione, Tirana and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 55m.
The distance between Palermo and Bucharest is 1344 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Bucharest without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 44h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 15m to get from Palermo to Bucharest, including transfers.
Palermo to Bucharest bus services, operated by Autoservizi Salemi Srl, depart from Palermo Terminal Bus station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 15m and costs $130 - $330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $140 - $300 and takes 44h 56m.
Palermo to Bucharest bus services, operated by Autoservizi Salemi Srl, arrive at Rende - Quattr. Via Marconi station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 5:19 AM in Palermo and 6:19 AM in Bucharest.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Bucharest, Romania?
Ryanair flies from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo to Bucureşti via Bologna, Venezia Mestre, and Venezia, Viale Stazione in around 44h 56m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
Flights from Trapani Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–220
Flights from Trapani Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
Flights from Trapani Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Pescara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
Flights from Trapani Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Trapani Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Rende - Quattr. Via Marconi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo-Via Libertа Don Bosco to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Gară Filaret
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bologna to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–90
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Rome, Termini to Fundulea
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +3907150211621
- booking@adriaferries.com
- Website
- adriaferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–134
- Schedules at
- adriaferries.com
- Deck
- $76
- Inside cabin 2 beds
- $110
- Outside cabin 2 beds
- $134
- Car
- $117
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
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