There are 10 ways to get from Palermo to Turkey by plane, bus, busferry, car, car ferry, or train
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 Istanbul
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Istanbul (IST)plane PMO - IST
6h 15m₺6,293–16,419Fly Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane PMO - SAW
8h 48m₺3,596–13,442Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo to Baribus 591
- Take the busferry from Port of Bari to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tiranë to Istanbulbus
37h 42m₺10,259–13,873Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Tresmestiericar
- Take the car ferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovannicarferry
- Drive from Villa S. Giovanni to Porto Di Brindisicar
- Take the car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Drive from Port Of Igoumenitsa to Istanbulcar
26h 45m₺16,263–25,135Fly Palermo Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane PMO - ESB
8h 8m₺3,839–14,465Fly Palermo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane PMO - ADB
8h 21m₺3,764–13,415Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Istanbul (IST)plane CTA - IST
7h 51m₺6,703–17,398Fly Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane PMO - AYT
9h 7m₺7,243–15,369Bus, bus and ferry via Kateríni
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Rende - Quattr. Via Marconibus
- Take the busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Katerínibus
- Take the bus from Katerini to Istanbulbus
40h 31mTrain, 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 Korçëbus
- Take the bus from Korçë to Istanbulbus
42h 11m
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Turkey is to fly which costs 3.700 ₺ - 14.000 ₺ and takes 8h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Turkey is to fly which takes 6h 15m and costs 6.000 ₺ - 17.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at İskenderpaşa via Italia-De Rossi, Port of Bari, Asllan Rusi, Tiranë and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 42m.
The distance between Palermo and Turkey is 1451 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Turkey without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 37h 42m and costs 10.000 ₺ - 14.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 6h 15m to get from Palermo to Turkey, including transfers.
Palermo to Turkey bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to Turkey bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bari station.
Turkey is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 12:38 PM in Palermo and 1:38 PM in Turkey.
There are 4267+ hotels available in Turkey.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Turkey?
Turkish Airlines and Volotea fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Istanbul (IST) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–15,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–27,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–28,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–15,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–26,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–17,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–13,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,300–13,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–21,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–16,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–15,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–14,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–15,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–17,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–13,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–15,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–16,000
- Website
- airmalta.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–15,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–15,000
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–2,400
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,700
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–5,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Port of Bari to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,348
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Port of Bari to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- 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
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Tiranë to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–3,400
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Korçë to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–2,900
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- 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
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺600–900
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Rende - Quattr. Via Marconi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,400
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Kateríni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Katerini to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–4,800
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- +355 69 213 1213
- Travelbusel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Korçë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺84
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 090774409
- info@bluferries.it
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,700
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,100
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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