There are 10 ways to get from Solingen to Palermo by plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DUS - PMO
6h 28m€95–260Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CGN - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
9h 3m€74–241Train
- Take the train from Solingen Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
27h 27m€310–927Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Solingen to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
30h 11m€243–361Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
36h 11mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
6h 22m€76–283Train to Frankfurt, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Solingen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane FRA - PMO
7h 34m€124–342Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Solingen Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DTM - PMO
7h 43mTrain, car ferry
- Take the train from Solingen Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
35h 53m€249–757Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centralebus N537
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermobus N597
38h 4m€127–303
Solingen to Palermo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Solingen to Palermo is to fly which costs €75 - €290 and takes 6h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Solingen to Palermo is to fly which takes 6h 22m and costs €75 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Solingen to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Solingen Gr.-Wilh.-Pl. and arriving at Palermo via Leverkusen, Cologne Airport CGN and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Solingen to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Solingen Bahnhof Mitte and arriving at Palermo Centrale via Solingen Hbf, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 27m.
The distance between Solingen and Palermo is 1604 km.
The best way to get from Solingen to Palermo without a car is to train which takes 27h 27m and costs €310 - €950.
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Solingen to Palermo, including transfers.
Solingen to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Cologne Airport CGN station.
Solingen to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Solingen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Solingen to Palermo is to fly which takes 6h 28m and costs €95 - €260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €310 - €950 and takes 27h 27m, you could also bus, which costs €120 - €310 and takes 38h 4m.
What companies run services between Solingen, Germany and Palermo, Italy?
Eurowings, Swiss, and ITA Airways fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Solingen Bahnhof Mitte to Palermo Centrale via Solingen Hbf, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Roma Termini in around 27h 27m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Solingen Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Solingen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Solingen Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.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
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Solingen to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Solingen to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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