There are 10 ways to get from Palermo to Scotland by plane, bus, train, or car ferry
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Fly Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PMO - GLA
8h 14m£61–171Bus, train
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Milano, San Donato M3bus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Fr
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
37h 51m£360–607Car 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
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
39h 43m£426–810Fly Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PMO - EDI
7h£63–206Fly Palermo Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PMO - ABZ
9h 27m£78–253Fly Palermo Airport to Glasgow/Prestwick, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Glasgow/Prestwick (PIK)plane PMO - PIK
- Take the train from Prestwick Intl Airport to Glasgow Centraltrain
16h 58m£74–226Fly Palermo Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane PMO - INV
11h 7m£82–255Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CTA - EDI
9h 46m£88–257Train, 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 to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2dBus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 5h£159–484
Palermo to Scotland by bus, subway, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Scotland is to fly which costs £60 - £180 and takes 8h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h and costs £60 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Palermo and Scotland is 1502 miles.
The best way to get from Palermo to Scotland without a car is to bus and train which takes 37h 51m and costs £360 - £650.
It takes approximately 8h 14m to get from Palermo to Scotland, including transfers.
Palermo to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Scotland is to fly which takes 8h 14m and costs £60 - £180. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £150 - £490 and takes 2 days 5h.
Palermo to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Scotland is 1h behind Palermo. It is currently 9:47 AM in Palermo and 8:47 AM in Scotland.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Scotland?
easyJet, Swiss, and five other airlines fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo to Buchanan Bus Station via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West, and London Victoria in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Palermo Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–410
Flights from Palermo Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow/Prestwick via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow/Prestwick via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow/Prestwick via Bari, Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–380
Flights from Palermo Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–360
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- 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
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Prestwick Intl Airport to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–30
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Milano, San Donato M3
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Bologna to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £20–30
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- £80–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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