There are 11 ways to get from Rennes to Palermo by train, plane, ferry, car, car ferry, bus, or train (TGV, Trenitalia)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the train from Rennes to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane NTE - PMO
7h 31m€95–257Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Rennes to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane NTE - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
9h 50m€91–359Train, ferry
- Take the train from Rennes to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
25h 20mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Rennes to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
32h 30m€239–391Bus
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Chambéry - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chambéry to Turinbus 729
- Take the bus from Turin to Palermobus
41h 35m€93–280Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Rennes to Massy TGVtrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ORY - PMO
7h 25m€124–344Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane RNS - PMO
8h 17m€144–297Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BVA - PMO
9h 46m€119–522Train
- Take the train from Rennes to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
25h 41m€178–642Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Rennes to Modanetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Modane to Torino Porta Nuovatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principetrain
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
35h 5m€208–636Bus via Zurich
- Take the bus from Rennes Place de la Gare to Zurich Limmatstrassebus
- Take the bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
2d 1h€114–205
Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rennes to Palermo is to train and fly and bus which costs €90 - €360 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Rennes to Palermo is to train and fly which takes 7h 25m and costs €120 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Rennes station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Rennes - Bus Station and arriving at Palermo via Chambéry and Turin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Rennes to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Palermo Centrale via Lyon Part Dieu, Milano Centrale and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 41m.
The distance between Rennes and Palermo is 1749 km.
The best way to get from Rennes to Palermo without a car is to train and ferry which takes 25h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Rennes to Palermo, including transfers.
Rennes to Palermo bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Rennes - Bus Station.
Rennes to Palermo train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Rennes station.
The best way to get from Rennes to Palermo is to bus which takes 41h 35m and costs €90 - €280. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €140 - €300 and takes 8h 17m, you could also train, which costs €170 - €650 and takes 25h 41m.
What companies run services between Rennes, France and Palermo, Italy?
You can take a bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Palermo via Chambéry and Turin in around 41h 35m. Alternatively, Air France, Twin Jet, and Volotea fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Palermo Airport (PMO) twice a week.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Palermo Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €130–190
- Rail 1st Class
- €200–290
Train from Rennes to Massy TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–360
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €160–240
- Rail 1st Class
- €250–360
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Massy TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Modane to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Chambéry - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Chambéry to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chambéry to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Turin to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Chambéry to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Chambéry to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Rennes Place de la Gare to Zurich Limmatstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.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
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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