There are 11 ways to get from Patras to Palermo by plane, ferry, car, car ferry, bus, busferry, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Patras Araxos Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane GPA - PMO
11h 51m€212–641Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Patra to Kiatobus
- Take the train from Kiato to Ano Liosiatrain
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ATH - PMO
8h 42m€81–236Ferry, drive, car ferry
- Take the ferry from Patras to Bari M.maferry Asf
- Drive from Bari M.ma to Villa S. Giovannicar
- Take the carferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestiericarferry
- Drive from Tresmestieri to Palermocar
25h 14m€210–321Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Patra to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Portobusferry
- Take the train from Brindisi to Napoli Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
28h 5mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Patra to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo Via Oretobus
28h 42mBus to Preveza Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Patras to Lefkádabus
- Fly from Preveza Airport (PVK) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PVK - PMO
13h 28m€137–887Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiatobus
- Take the train from Kiato to Ano Liosiatrain
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ATH - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
11h 9m€84–227Bus, shuttle to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Patra to Vlorëbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Vlorë to Tirana, Airport
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane TIA - PMO
14h 5m€126–332Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Patras to Bari M.maferry Asf
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Amanteatrain Ic
- Take the train from Amantea to Villa S.Giovannitrain Re
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
27h 54mCar ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Port of Patras to Port of Baricarferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
30h 1m€163–266Bus, bus and ferry via Cosenza
- Take the bus from Patras to Fierbus
- Take the busferry from Fier to Cosenza - Autostazionebusferry
- Take the bus from Cosenza to Palermobus 582
32h 58m
Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Patras to Palermo is to bus and train and fly which costs €80 - €240 and takes 8h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Patras to Palermo is to bus and train and fly which takes 8h 42m and costs €80 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Patras to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Patra and arriving at Regione Siciliana De Saliba via Vlorë, Messina Piazza della Repubblica and Regione Siciliana Oreto. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 42m.
The distance between Patras and Palermo is 798 km.
The best way to get from Patras to Palermo without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 28h 5m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 51m to get from Patras to Palermo, including transfers.
Patras to Palermo bus services, operated by Euro Interlines Komatas Tours, depart from Patra station.
Patras to Palermo bus services, operated by Euro Interlines Komatas Tours, arrive at Vlorë station.
Palermo is 1h behind Patras. It is currently 7:06 AM in Patras and 6:06 AM in Palermo.
There are 6168+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Patras, Greece and Palermo, Italy?
Austrian Airlines, TUIfly, and two other airlines fly from Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–850
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–850
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–850
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €27–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Brindisi to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bari Centrale to Amantea
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Amantea to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Kiato to Ano Liosia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Kiato to Ano Liosia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Amantea to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Patra to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €41
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Patra to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €41
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Patra to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €41
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Fier to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo Via Oreto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- KTEL Lefkadas
Bus from Patras to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- KTEL Lefkadas
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Bus from Patra to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Bus from Patra to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cosenza to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +355 67 609 7542
- info@airporthermes.com
- Website
- airporthermesbooking.com
Shuttle from Vlorë to Tirana, Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Schedules at
- airporthermesbooking.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Patras to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €36
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 2108919800
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Ferry from Patras to Bari M.ma
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Ferry from Patras to Bari M.ma
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
- Phone
- 090774409
- info@bluferries.it
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestieri
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
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