There are 10 ways to get from Sicily to Greece by plane, car, ferry, 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.
Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane CTA - SKG
7h 24m€64–235Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CTA - ATH
4h 32m€61–202Drive, ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Messina Marittimacar
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Bari M.macar
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Drive from Patras to Athenscar
27h 35m€187–334Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo to Baribus 591
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
31h 25mFly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CTA - HER
4h 8m€78–285Fly Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane CIY - SKG
5h 33m€86–274Fly Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PMO - ATH
5h 20m€68–194Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
32h 39mTrain, bus and ferry, bus via Vlorë
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athensbus
33h 25mTrain, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Napoli Centraletrain Ic
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Bari-Portobus
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Elbasanbusferry
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Larisabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
34h 21m
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Greece is to fly which costs €60 - €210 and takes 4h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Greece is to fly which takes 4h 8m and costs €75 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Greece. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at Athens via Palermo, Italia-De Rossi, Bari Porto and Fier. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 25m.
The distance between Sicily and Greece is 784 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to Greece without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 31h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 24m to get from Sicily to Greece, including transfers.
Sicily to Greece bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Sicily to Greece bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bari station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Sicily. It is currently 9:23 PM in Sicily and 10:23 PM in Greece.
There are 12346+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Greece?
Ryanair, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €26–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €26–230
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
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 Palermo Centrale to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Bari Porto to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Bari-Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Elbasan to Larisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–70
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–76
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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