There are 12 ways to get from Patras to Palermo by bus, train, plane, busferry, ferry, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
best- 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 37m€72–190Bus, train to Athens International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
cheapest- 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 3m€70–188Bus, 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 Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
24h 10mFerry, drive, car ferry
- Take the ferry from Patras to Bari M.maferry Asf
- Drive from Bari M.ma to Villa S. Giovannicar
- Take the car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestiericarferry
- Drive from Tresmestieri to Palermocar
25h 15m€194–311Bus 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
10h 52m€112–640Bus to Kalamata International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Káto Achaḯa to Kalamatabus
- Fly from Kalamata International Airport (KLX) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane KLX - PMO
14h 35m€181–342Bus to Preveza Airport, fly to Trapani Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Patras to Lefkádabus
- Fly from Preveza Airport (PVK) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane PVK - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodibus
16h€105–353Bus to Ioannina National Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Aigio to Ioanninabus
- Fly from Ioannina National Airport (IOA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane IOA - PMO
11h 59m€96–313Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Patra to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Brindisi to Palermobus
25h 13mFerry, train
- Take the ferry from Patras to Bari M.maferry Asf
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
28h 15mCar ferry, train
- Take the car ferry 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 19m€149–270Bus, bus and ferry via Cosenza
- Take the bus from Patras to Fierbus
- Take the busferry from Fier to Cosenza - Autostazionebusferry
- Take the bus from Rende - Quattr. Via Marconi to Palermo Terminal Busbus
30h 25m
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Patras to Palermo is to bus and train and fly which costs €70 - €190 and takes 11h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Patras to Palermo is to bus and train and fly which takes 8h 37m and costs €70 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Patras to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Patra and arriving at Palermo via Vlorë, Brindisi - Via Del Mare and Brindisi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 13m.
The distance between Patras and Palermo is 1222 km.
The best way to get from Patras to Palermo without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 24h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 37m 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 11:55 PM in Patras and 10:55 PM in Palermo.
There are 6263+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Patras, Greece and Palermo, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Patras to Palermo. However, you can take the bus to Kiato, walk to Kiato, take the train to Ano Liosia, take the line 2202 train to Athens Airport, walk to Athens International Airport (ATH) airport, fly to Palermo Airport (PMO), walk to Palermo Aeroporto, then take the train to Palermo Notarbartolo. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Patra to Palermo Centrale via Vlorë, Vlorë, Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto, Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto, Brindisi - Corso Umberto I, Brindisi, and Lamezia Terme C. in around 24h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Preveza Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Preveza Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Preveza Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Preveza Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zakinthos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport via Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Ioannina National Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Preveza Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Kiato to Ano Liosia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brindisi to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Patra to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- 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
- 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 Fier to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Patras to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +30 26210 20600
- ktelias@otenet.gr
- Website
- ktelileias.gr
Bus from Káto Achaḯa to Kalamata
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–26
- Website
- https://ktelileias.gr/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Rende - Quattr. Via Marconi to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
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
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brindisi to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +302651083071
- ktelioamagazine@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Aigio to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://ktelioannina.gr/en/index.html
- 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
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Ferry from Patras to Bari M.ma
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- 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.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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