There are 11 ways to get from Palermo to Turkey by plane, bus, busferry, car, ferry, 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₺5,107–14,339Fly 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₺3,120–13,360Bus, 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 54m₺9,739–13,297Drive, 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 Porto Di Brindisicar
- Take the car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Drive from Port Of Igoumenitsa to Istanbulcar
26h 31m₺14,473–23,194Fly Palermo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane PMO - ADB
8h 2m₺6,252–22,384Fly Palermo Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane PMO - ESB
8h 8m₺3,557–13,389Fly Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane PMO - AYT
9h 7m₺5,129–16,361Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Istanbul (IST)plane CTA - IST
8h 36m₺6,538–15,761Train, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Udinetrain
- Take the bus from Udine to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to İstanbul Esenlerbus
39h 9m₺14,225–24,774Train, bus and ferry, bus via Kateríni
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Katerínibus
- Take the bus from Katerini to Istanbulbus
40h 3mTrain, 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 Vlore , station to Korçëbus
- Take the bus from Korçë to Istanbulbus
41h 33m
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Turkey is to fly which costs 5.000 ₺ - 15.000 ₺ and takes 6h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Turkey is to fly which takes 6h 15m and costs 5.000 ₺ - 15.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at İskenderpaşa via da Bari-Calefati, Port of Bari, Pallati I Sportit, Tiranë and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 54m.
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 54m and costs 9.500 ₺ - 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 11:38 PM in Palermo and 12:38 AM in Turkey.
There are 3041+ 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
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–22,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–29,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–14,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–26,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–25,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–15,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–22,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–18,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–15,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–13,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–14,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–16,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–16,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–16,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–18,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,300–13,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–14,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Antalya Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–16,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–14,000
- Website
- airmalta.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–15,000
- 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
- ₺1,600–2,700
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–2,500
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–11,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–2,600
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–8,500
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–4,700
- 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
- ₺5,131
- 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 Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- 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
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Udine to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–4,200
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- ₺3,600–4,200
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to İstanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- 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
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–4,600
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- +355 69 213 1213
- Travelbusel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Korçë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺128–129
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.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
- ₺1,000–1,900
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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