There are 11 ways to get from Palermo to France by plane, train, ferry, car ferry, car, bus, or train (Trenitalia)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane PMO - NCE
5h 4m€68–219Fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane PMO - BOD
5h 48m€46–197Train, 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 Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
21h 36mCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Pariscar
30h 24m€197–334Bus via Parma
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Parma Via Villa Sant'Angelobus Autoservizi Salemi 703
- Take the bus from Parma to Parisbus N410
32h 53m€106–201Fly to Marseille Provence Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane PMO - MRS
4h 56m€63–232Fly to Paris Orly Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane PMO - ORY
5h 51m€82–218Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane PMO - LYS
5h 25m€79–240Train
- 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 Paris Gare De Lyontrain Fr
22h 41m€121–465Car 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
30h 45m€139–352Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus Itabus
- Take the bus from Naples - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
35h 36m€107–217
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to France is to fly which costs €45 - €200 and takes 5h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to France is to fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €60 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to France. However, there are services departing from Palermo Terminal Bus and arriving at Pont de l'Archevêché via Naples - Bus Station and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 36m.
No, there is no direct train from Palermo to France. However, there are services departing from Palermo Centrale and arriving at Hôtel de Ville via Roma Termini, Milano Centrale and Gare de Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 41m.
The distance between Palermo and France is 825 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to France without a car is to train and ferry which takes 21h 36m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 4m to get from Palermo to France, including transfers.
Palermo to France bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Palermo Terminal Bus station.
Palermo to France train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Palermo to France is to fly which takes 5h 4m and costs €65 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus via Parma, which costs €100 - €210 and takes 32h 53m, you could also train, which costs €120 - €470 and takes 22h 41m.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and France?
easyJet and ITA Airways fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Châtelet via Parma, Paris, Neuilly Porte Maillot, Haussmann Saint-Lazare, and Gare Saint-Lazare - Havre in around 32h 53m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Palermo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- 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
- €15
- 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
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Parma Via Villa Sant'Angelo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Parma to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- 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
- €80–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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More Questions & Answers
Palermo to France bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Napoli, Autostazione Metropark station.
Palermo to France train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Roma Termini station.
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