There are 11 ways to get from Palermo to Greece by plane, train, busferry, bus, car, 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 Rhodes International Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane PMO - RHO
7h 52m€125–318Fly Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PMO - ATH
5h 20m€68–204Train, bus and ferry, bus via Brindisi
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisitrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
27h 25mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Messina Marittimacar
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Bari M.macar
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Drive from Patras to Athenscar
28h 5m€187–334Fly Palermo Airport to Ioannina National Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane PMO - IOA
10h 21m€80–304Fly Palermo Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane PMO - SKG
7h 47m€71–197Fly Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane PMO - HER
4h 56m€95–277Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CTA - ATH
6h 56m€73–215Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo to Brindisibus
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
28h 26mTrain, ferry, bus and ferry, bus
- 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 Lamezia Terme C.train Re
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Tarantotrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Taranto Port to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athensbus
28h 38mTrain, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athensbus
33h 35m
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Greece is to fly which costs €65 - €210 and takes 5h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Greece is to fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €95 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Greece. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Athens via Brindisi - Viale Togliatti, Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto and Fier. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 26m.
The distance between Palermo and Greece is 1382 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Greece without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus via Brindisi which takes 27h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 52m to get from Palermo to Greece, including transfers.
Palermo to Greece bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to Greece bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brindisi station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 3:59 PM in Palermo and 4:59 PM in Greece.
There are 12233+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Greece?
Volotea, Aegean Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €26–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Santorini, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Bari, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Naples, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Palermo Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
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 Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €26–220
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 Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
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
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Palermo Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- 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
- €14–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 2nd Class
- €20–28
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Taranto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Taranto Port to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- 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
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +302110120492
- saimiritoursandtravels@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–70
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- 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
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