There are 12 ways to get from Sicily to Ferrara by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, car, or train (Trenitalia)
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Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CTA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain
3h 47m€32–185Train, ferry (Trenitalia)
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Ferraratrain Fr
14h 41mBus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Bologna Centralebus N597
- Take the bus from Bologna Autostazione to Kennedybus 356
21h 59m€40–93Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Livornocarferry
- Drive from Livorno to Ferraracar
22h 3m€71–106Fly Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane PMO - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain
4h 15m€49–217Fly Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CIY - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain
2h 56m€109–314Fly Trapani Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane TPS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain
3h 56m€68–395Fly Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane PMO - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Ferraratrain
4h 51m€59–199Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane CTA - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Padovatrain
- Take the train from Padova to Ferraratrain
5h 5m€45–292Fly Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane PMO - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Padovatrain
- Take the train from Padova to Ferraratrain
5h 28m€65–344Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Ferraratrain Fr
16h 18m€46–187Bus via Trapani
- Take the bus from Palermo-Via Libertà to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Linesbus
- Take the bus from Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the bus from Bologna Autostazione to Kennedybus 356
23h€65–102
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Ferrara is to bus which costs €40 - €95 and takes 21h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Ferrara is to fly and train which takes 2h 56m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Ferrara. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at Kennedy via Palermo and Bologna Autostazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Sicily to Ferrara. However, there are services departing from Palermo Notarbartolo and arriving at Ferrara via Palermo Centrale and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 18m.
The distance between Sicily and Ferrara is 903 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to Ferrara without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 41m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 47m to get from Sicily to Ferrara, including transfers.
Sicily to Ferrara bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Sicily to Ferrara train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Sicily to Ferrara is to bus which takes 21h 59m and costs €40 - €95. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €45 - €190 and takes 16h 18m.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Ferrara, Italy?
You can take a bus from Piazza Boiardo to Kennedy via Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna, Palermo, and Bologna Autostazione in around 21h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Palermo Notarbartolo to Ferrara via Palermo Centrale and Roma Termini in around 16h 18m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Trapani Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–100
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–140
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–460
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–460
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Super Economy
- €70–95
- Base Standard
- €110–160
- Base Premium
- €130–200
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–6
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Padova to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Padova to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Padova to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €25–35
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 051 290290
- Website
- tper.it
Bus from Bologna Autostazione to Kennedy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €5–7
- Phone
- 06 164 160, +39091342525
- info@segesta.it
- Website
- segesta.it
Bus from Palermo-Via Libertà to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- segesta.it
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Livorno
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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