There are 12 ways to get from Scotland to Sicily by plane, train, bus, or car ferry
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Fly Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane GLA - CTA
7h 53m€83–189Fly Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane EDI - TPS
9h 57m€64–144Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Perrachetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzobus
- Take the train from Caserta to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
42h 19m€474–919Train, bus, car ferry via Marseille
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Marseille St Charlestrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Marseille to Genoabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
44h 33m€524–919Bus
- 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€200–441Fly Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane EDI - CTA
6h 44m€75–165Fly Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane GLA - PMO
8h 33m€72–222Fly Edinburgh Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane EDI - PMO
7h 4m€74–208Fly Glasgow Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)plane GLA - CIY
16h 21m€85–261Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane MAN - TPS
10h 11m€171–385Bus via Alcamo
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- 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 Alcamo SP55bus
- Take the bus from Alcamo via Gulliver to PALERMO via Sciuti Liberta'bus
2d 7h€251–488Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Genoabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
2d 8h€327–625
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Sicily is to fly which costs €70 - €230 and takes 8h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Sicily is to fly which takes 6h 44m and costs €75 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station, Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Scotland and Sicily is 2529 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Sicily without a car is to train and bus which takes 42h 19m and costs €470 - €950.
It takes approximately 7h 53m to get from Scotland to Sicily, including transfers.
Scotland to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Sicily is to fly which takes 7h 53m and costs €80 - €190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €200 - €450 and takes 2 days 6h.
Scotland to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Sicily is 1h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 1:17 PM in Scotland and 2:17 PM in Sicily.
What companies run services between Scotland and Sicily, Italy?
Ulendo Airlink, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Piazza Boiardo via London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station, Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Palermo, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trapani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trapani Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trapani Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Palermo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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
- €110–210
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Caserta to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €90–170
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Marseille to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Alcamo SP55
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 06 164 160, +39091342525
- info@segesta.it
- Website
- segesta.it
Bus from Alcamo via Gulliver to PALERMO via Sciuti Liberta'
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- segesta.it
- 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
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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