There are 12 ways to get from Palermo to Chester by plane, train, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), car ferry, bus, shuttle, train (Trenitalia, Eurostar), or ferry
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 Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PMO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
8h 19m£73–171Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
30h 10m£388–817Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
37h 39m£401–691Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milan to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway to Chester Bus Interchangebus
2d 1h£135–297Shuttle to Trapani Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane TPS - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
8h 49m£84–249Fly Palermo Airport to Liverpool
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Liverpool (LPL)plane PMO - LPL
9h 25m£73–293Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CTA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
10h 45m£98–252Fly Palermo Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane PMO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
9h 38m£114–333Fly Palermo Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane PMO - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
9h 42m£156–483Fly Palermo Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane PMO - STN
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
9h 49m£119–301Train via Chambéry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Fr
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
30h 36m£463–957Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Palermo to Naples Beverelloferry
- Take the bus from Naples - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchangebus 423 / ...
2d 4h£186–376
Palermo to Chester by ferry and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Chester is to fly and train which costs £70 - £180 and takes 8h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Chester is to fly and train which takes 8h 19m and costs £70 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Chester. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Chester Bus Interchange via Milan, Brussel Eurolines Busstation and Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
No, there is no direct train from Palermo to Chester. However, there are services departing from Palermo Centrale and arriving at Chester via Roma Termini, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, Lille Europe and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 10m.
The distance between Palermo and Chester is 1356 miles.
The best way to get from Palermo to Chester without a car is to train which takes 30h 10m and costs £380 - £850.
It takes approximately 8h 19m to get from Palermo to Chester, including transfers.
Palermo to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to Chester train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Chester is to train which takes 30h 10m and costs £380 - £850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £130 - £300 and takes 2 days 1h, you could also fly, which costs £70 - £300 and takes 9h 25m.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Chester, England?
You can take a train from Palermo Centrale to Chester via Roma Termini, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 30h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo to Chester Bus Interchange via Milan, Brussels-North train station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Birmingham, and Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Manchester Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Palermo Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Palermo Airport to London Stansted Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Liverpool via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Palermo Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–340
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £200–340
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Shuttle from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–45
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Naples - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–190
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- £80–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Palermo to Naples Beverello
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Palermo to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Chester is 1h behind Palermo. It is currently 1:40 PM in Palermo and 12:40 PM in Chester.
Palermo to Chester train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Roma Termini station.
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