There are 12 ways to get from Rotterdam to Parma by train, plane, shuttle, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, car, or car train
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 Brussels Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, shuttle
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane BRU - LIN
- Take a shuttle bus from Milano Linate airport to Parma
7h 19m€83–383Bus via Rotterdam
cheapest- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parmabus N551 / ...
18h 36m€52–118Train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Chambérytrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Parmatrain Ic
12h 38m€206–689Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Milanbus FlixBus N846
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parmabus N551 / ...
18h 6m€62–126Train, night train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Take the night train from Eindhoven Centraal to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Chiassotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Chiasso to Parmatrain Ec
18h 54m€208–604Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane AMS - LIN
- Take a shuttle bus from Milano Linate airport to Parma
8h 10m€89–384Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane AMS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Parmatrain
7h 57m€87–294Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane EIN - BGY
- Take a shuttle bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Parma
8h 15m€93–426Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane AMS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Parmatrain
9h 45m€73–280Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane AMS - FLR
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Reggio Emiliatrain
9h 33m€119–346Drive 1,119 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Parmacar 1,119 km
11h 46m€196–283Drive, car train
- Drive from Rotterdam to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Parmacar
13h 23m€202–1,154
Rotterdam to Parma by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Parma is to bus via Rotterdam which costs €50 - €120 and takes 18h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Parma is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 7h 19m and costs €80 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Rotterdam station to Parma. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Central Station and arriving at Parma via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Rotterdam to Parma. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Centraal and arriving at Parma via Chambery Challes Les Eaux and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 38m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Parma is 964 km. The road distance is 1119 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Parma without a car is to train which takes 12h 38m and costs €200 - €700.
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Rotterdam to Parma, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Parma bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rotterdam Central Station.
Rotterdam to Parma train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Rotterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Parma is to train which takes 12h 38m and costs €200 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €130 and takes 18h 6m.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Parma, Italy?
You can take a train from Rotterdam Centraal to Parma via Chambéry, Chambery Challes Les Eaux, and Milano Centrale in around 12h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Parma via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 18h 6m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–27
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–27
- 1st Class
- €34–39
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €6–9
- 1st Class
- €9–14
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €23–35
- 1st Class
- €40–75
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Chambéry
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–490
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €140–210
- 1st Class
- €300–490
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–26
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Night train from Eindhoven Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €100–160
- 1st Class
- €220–370
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €14–24
Train from Breda to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Chiasso to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €60–90
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €26–35
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Reggio Emilia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €30–45
- Smart Flex
- €35–45
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Milano Linate airport to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–180
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–180
Shuttle from Orio al Serio Airport to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €32–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €32–35
- Private
- €110–200
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–25
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rotterdam to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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Rotterdam to Parma bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Rotterdam to Parma train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Chambéry station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rotterdam to Parma is 1119 km. It takes approximately 11h 46m to drive from Rotterdam to Parma.
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