There are 9 ways to get from Scotland to Palermo by plane, train, car ferry, bus, or shuttle
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Fly Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane GLA - PMO
8h 19m€74–222Train, 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
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
40h 15m€372–980Train, bus
- 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
2dFly Aberdeen Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ABZ - PMO
10h 11m€90–286Fly Dundee Riverside Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DND - PMO
18h 24m€95–309Fly 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
10h 25m€77–342Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MAN - PMO
10h 3m€105–297Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermobus
2d 4h€172–346Bus, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
2d 6h€247–432
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Palermo is to fly which costs €70 - €230 and takes 8h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Palermo is to fly which takes 8h 19m and costs €70 - €230.
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 Birmingham, Brussels-North train station and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Scotland and Palermo is 2394 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Palermo without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 40h 15m and costs €370 - €1000.
It takes approximately 8h 19m 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 8h 19m and costs €70 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €170 - €350 and takes 2 days 4h.
Scotland to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Newhall St station.
Palermo is 1h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 2:45 AM in Scotland and 3:45 AM in Palermo.
What companies run services between Scotland and Palermo, Italy?
easyJet, Ulendo Airlink, and three other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Palermo via Newhall St, Birmingham, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Brussels-North train station, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Palermo Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–450
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–470
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–460
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €170–390
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- €170–240
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- €270–390
Train from Glasgow Central to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- €95–130
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- €160–230
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- €30–50
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €250–270
- Sleeper Seat
- €75–100
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €360–420
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €100–140
- Comfort
- €110–160
- Premium
- €150–200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
- 1st Class
- €150–190
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €50–70
- Smart Flex
- €55–70
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- €45–70
- 1st Class
- €90–120
- 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
- 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
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €70–160
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- €70–110
- Cabin
- €130–160
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