There are 9 ways to get from Palermo to Greece by plane, train, bus, car, ferry, shuttle, or busferry
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 Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)PMO - ATH
5h 20m€73–204Train, Bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to BrindisiIc
- Take the bus from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Fier
- Take the bus from Fier to Athens
27h 25mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Messina Marittima
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Porto Di Brindisi
- Take the ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Drive from Port Of Igoumenitsa to Athens
21h 32m€217–334Fly Palermo Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)PMO - SKG
7h 47m€81–197Fly Palermo Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)PMO - RHO
7h 37m€125–238Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)CTA - ATH
6h 56m€75–198Shuttle to Trapani Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)TPS - ATH
9h 20m€130–230Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo to Bari591
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to IgoumenitsaAsf
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
31h 9m€119–317Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina CentraleRe
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athens
33h 2m
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Greece is to bus and fly which costs €75 - €200 and takes 6h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Greece is to fly which takes 5h 20m and costs €70 - €210.
The distance between Palermo and Greece is 1013 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Greece without a car is to train and Bus which takes 27h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 20m to get from Palermo to Greece, including transfers.
Greece is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 6:16 PM in Palermo and 7:16 PM in Greece.
There are 12205+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Greece?
Volotea, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Shuttle from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Vlorë to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- 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
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €35–55
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €70–85
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €60–80
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €85–110
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