There are 13 ways to get from Palermo to Modena by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), bus, car ferry, or car
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 Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)PMO - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
4h 16m€54–475Bus via Naples
cheapest- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Napoli, Autostazione MetroparkItabus
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Modena - Autostazione
20h 21m€49–71Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma TerminiIc
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale9972 / ...
14h 41m€75–437Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Modena
23h 49m€102–148Fly Palermo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)PMO - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
5h 12m€80–558Fly Palermo Airport to Forlì International Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Forlì International Airport (FRL)PMO - FRL
- Take the train from Forli to Modena
5h 4m€141–693Bus to Trapani Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the bus from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)TPS - BLQ
5h 11m€91–770Fly Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)PMO - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
6h 14m€71–529Fly Palermo Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)PMO - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Modena
6h 38m€68–295Fly Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)PMO - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
5h 58m€60–582Fly Palermo Airport to Pisa International Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)PMO - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
6h 30m€84–625Train via Palermo Notarbartolo (Trenitalia)
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma TerminiIc
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bologna CentraleFr
15h 50m€62–443Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Bologna CentraleN597
- Take the bus from Bologna - Autostazione to Modena - Autostazione
20h 32m€57–139
Palermo to Modena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Modena is to bus via Naples which costs €45 - €75 and takes 20h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Modena is to fly and train which takes 4h 16m and costs €50 - €480.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Modena. However, there are services departing from Palermo Terminal Bus and arriving at Modena - Autostazione via Napoli, Autostazione Metropark. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Palermo to Modena. However, there are services departing from Palermo Centrale and arriving at Modena via Roma Termini and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 41m.
The distance between Palermo and Modena is 794 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Modena without a car is to train which takes 14h 41m and costs €75 - €440.
It takes approximately 4h 16m to get from Palermo to Modena, including transfers.
Palermo to Modena bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Palermo Terminal Bus station.
Palermo to Modena train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Modena is to train which takes 14h 41m and costs €75 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus via Naples, which costs €45 - €75 and takes 20h 21m.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Modena, Italy?
You can take a train from Palermo Centrale to Modena via Roma Termini and Bologna Centrale in around 14h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Modena - Autostazione via Napoli, Autostazione Metropark in around 20h 21m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Forlì International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Trapani Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–480
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pisa International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Forli to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–17
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Forli to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €4–7
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €12–17
Train from Forli to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €13–19
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €20–28
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €15–22
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €40–60
- 2nd Class
- €16–22
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €250–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–140
- Seating Carriage
- €22–27
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–75
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39081/969167
- servizioclienti@leonettiroma.it
- Website
- leonettiroma.it
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Modena - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.leonettiroma.it/
Bus from Bologna - Autostazione to Modena - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.leonettiroma.it/
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Lazio Municipio to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Palermo to Modena bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Napoli, Autostazione Metropark station.
Palermo to Modena train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Roma Termini station.
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