There are 11 ways to get from Palermo to Matka by plane, train, busferry, bus, car, ferry, car ferry, or shuttle
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Fly Palermo Airport to Skopje International Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane PMO - SKP
7h 35m$117–243Fly Palermo Airport to Pristina, train
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Pristina (PRN)plane PMO - PRN
- Take the train from Sh. Ekonomike to Skopje, Transporten Centartrain
15h 27m$62–277Train, bus and ferry, bus, drive
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Bari Centraletrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Airport to Prizrenbus
- Drive from Prizren to Matkacar
23h 36mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bologna centraletrain
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
31h 21m$279–466Drive, ferry, car ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Messina Marittimacar
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Port Of Baricar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrëscarferry
- Drive from Port Of Durres to Matkacar
21h 48m$193–388Fly Palermo Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane PMO - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Matka
11h 25m$91–254Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus, shuttle
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane CTA - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Matka
12h 16m$90–278Shuttle to Trapani Airport, fly to Skopje International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane TPS - SKP
10h 5m$105–342Bus, bus and ferry, shuttle
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Caserta Viale Vittorio Venetobus
- Take the busferry from Caserta stazione to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Matka
31h 35m$171–194Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
34h 29mBus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Bologna Centralebus N597
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
36h 35m$189–309
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Matka is to fly and bus and shuttle which costs $90 - $260 and takes 11h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Matka is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs $110 - $250.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Matka. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at S. Glumovo Shkolo via Bologna Centrale and Transporten Centar T-Prigradski Linii. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 35m.
The distance between Palermo and Matka is 904 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Matka without a car is to train and bus which takes 31h 21m and costs $270 - $470.
It takes approximately 7h 35m to get from Palermo to Matka, including transfers.
Palermo to Matka bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Matka is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs $110 - $250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $180 - $310 and takes 36h 35m.
Palermo to Matka bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
There are 235+ hotels available in Matka.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Matka, North Macedonia?
Ryanair, Wizz Air, and three other airlines fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo to S. Glumovo Shkolo via Bologna Centrale, Skopje, Transporten Centar, and Transporten Centar T-Prigradski Linii in around 36h 35m.
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Skopje International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Skopje International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Skopje International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–220
Flights from Trapani Airport to Skopje International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–280
Flights from Trapani Airport to Skopje International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
Flights from Trapani Airport to Skopje International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pristina via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $17–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pristina via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $50–260
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pristina via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pristina via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–650
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pristina via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +383 038 534 – 814
- info@trainkos.com
- Website
- trainkos.com
Train from Sh. Ekonomike to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- http://www.trainkos.com/
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +383 45 823 988
- valondemaku@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Airport to Prizren
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/abriaturss/
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $127
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +383 49 129 586
- aulonitours@hotmail.com
- Website
- aulonitours.com
Bus from Tirana Airport to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 69 756756
- velitrans2021@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Matka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Shuttle from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–60
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Caserta Viale Vittorio Veneto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Caserta stazione to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $116
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- +383 49 871 234
- ardititours@hotmail.com
- Website
- sr-rs.facebook.com
Bus from Durrës to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Website
- https://sr-rs.facebook.com/ardititours/
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Durrës to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +38975468055
- Website
- idotours.com.mk
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- 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
- +3907150211621
- booking@adriaferries.com
- Website
- adriaferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–132
- Schedules at
- adriaferries.com
- Deck
- $75
- Inside cabin 2 beds
- $109
- Outside cabin 2 beds
- $132
- Car
- $116
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
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