There are 11 ways to get from Palermo to Essen by plane, train, ferry, car ferry, car, bus, or train (Trenitalia)
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Fly Palermo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane PMO - DUS
5h 49m€102–270Fly Palermo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane PMO - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
6h 24m€86–305Train, 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 Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain 47 / ...
24h 54mCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Essencar
30h 12m€257–380Bus via Florence
- Take the bus from Palermo to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus N597 / ...
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Essen central train stationbus N537
37h 45m€140–314Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CTA - DUS
7h 50m€95–259Fly Palermo Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PMO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Essen Hbftrain
8h 37m€134–436Fly Palermo Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane PMO - DTM
6h 49m€95–327Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Rogoredotrain
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbftrain 43
26h 11m€336–812Car 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
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbftrain 43
34h 10m€286–660Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Central Bus Stationbus Sais Autolinee AGGIUNTA45 / ...
- Take the bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Dortmund Hbfbus Raffadali – Hagen
41h 37m
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Essen is to fly which costs €95 - €330 and takes 6h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 49m and costs €100 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Essen central train station via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Palermo to Essen. However, there are services departing from Palermo Centrale and arriving at Essen Hbf via Roma Termini, Rho-Fiera Milano and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 11m.
The distance between Palermo and Essen is 1606 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Essen without a car is to train and ferry which takes 24h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 49m to get from Palermo to Essen, including transfers.
Palermo to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 49m and costs €100 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus via Florence, which costs €140 - €320 and takes 37h 45m, you could also train, which costs €330 - €850 and takes 26h 11m.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Essen, Germany?
Eurowings and ITA Airways fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo to Essen central train station via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 37h 45m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Palermo Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Palermo Airport to Frankfurt via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Palermo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Palermo Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €180–350
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–290
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- 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
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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