There are 8 ways to get from Samos to Palermo by ferry, plane, bus, busferry, 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.
Ferry to Chios Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Chiosferry
- Fly from Chios Airport (JKH) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane JKH - PMO
12h 10m€76–303Ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train via Athens
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus 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
38h 39mFerry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Bari to Palermobus 591
39h 26mFerry, bus, bus and ferry via Naples
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Bari Porto to Napoli - Porto Immacolatellabus
- Take the ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermoferry
39h 59mFly Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SMI - PMO
9h 7m€84–286Fly Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SMI - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
11h 26m€85–265Ferry, bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Athens to Lushnjëbus
- Take the busferry from Lushnjë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the bus from Messina to Milazzobus
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Palermoferry
2dFerry, bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to Thessalonikiferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
2d 1h
Chios Airport (JKH) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Samos to Palermo is to fly and train which costs €85 - €270 and takes 11h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Samos to Palermo is to fly which takes 9h 7m and costs €80 - €290.
The distance between Samos and Palermo is 1273 km.
The best way to get from Samos to Palermo without a car is to ferry and bus and bus and ferry and train via Athens which takes 38h 39m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 10m to get from Samos to Palermo, including transfers.
Palermo is 1h behind Samos. It is currently 8:51 AM in Samos and 7:51 AM in Palermo.
There are 2467+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Samos, Greece and Palermo, Italy?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 4 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chios Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- 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
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- 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 Lushnjë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- 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
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bari to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari Porto to Napoli - Porto Immacolatella
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +39 090.673782
- info@giuntabus.com
- Website
- giuntabus.com
Bus from Messina to Milazzo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- giuntabus.com
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
Ferry from Vathy Samou to Chios
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Vathy Samou to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Vathy Samou to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
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