There are 10 ways to get from Scotland to Palermo by plane, train, bus, car ferry, 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 Edinburgh Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane EDI - PMO
7h 4m€67–217Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
39h 44mTrain, car ferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuovatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
39h 50mFly Aberdeen Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ABZ - PMO
9h 51m€95–450Fly Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane GLA - PMO
8h 23m€76–191Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane INV - PMO
9h 17m€89–287Fly Dundee Riverside Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DND - PMO
14h 9m€100–500Fly Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane EDI - TPS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Lazio Municipio
11h 10m€83–382Train, bus via Rome
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Warrington Bank Quaytrain
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bolognabus
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Roma Terminitrain
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
2dBus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermobus
2d 6h
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Palermo is to fly which costs €75 - €200 and takes 8h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 4m and costs €65 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Palermo via London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Scotland and Palermo is 2365 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Palermo without a car is to train and bus which takes 39h 44m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Scotland to Palermo, including transfers.
Scotland to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 4m and costs €65 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 6h.
Scotland to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Palermo is 1h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 6:30 PM in Scotland and 7:30 PM in Palermo.
What companies run services between Scotland and Palermo, Italy?
Ryanair and easyJet fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Palermo via London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–450
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Palermo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Palermo Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- sleeper.scot
- Website
- voyages-sncf.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- voyages-sncf.com
- Website
- italotreno.com
Train from Bologna centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- italotreno.com
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Shuttle from Trapani Birgi Airport to Lazio Municipio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–55
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- blablacar.co.uk
- 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
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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