There are 9 ways to get from Solingen to Palermo by plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, 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 Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DUS - PMO
6h 30m€90–303Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
6h 28m€71–338Train
- Take the train from Solingen, Hauptbahnhof 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 8m€289–657Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Solingen to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
30h 7m€260–381Bus
- Take the bus from Solingen Ohligs to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
40h€300–420Train 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 to Frankfurt, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane FRA - PMO
7h 15m€101–285Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUS - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
9h 7m€88–485Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Solingen, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Chiassotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Chiasso to Genova P. Principetrain Ec
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
35h 49m€269–587
Solingen to Palermo by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Solingen to Palermo is to fly which costs €70 - €340 and takes 6h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Solingen to Palermo is to fly which takes 6h 28m and costs €70 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Solingen to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Solingen Mühlenplatz and arriving at Palermo Piazza Cairoli via Solingen Ohligs. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h.
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, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 8m.
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 8m and costs €280 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 30m to get from Solingen to Palermo, including transfers.
Solingen to Palermo bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Solingen Ohligs station.
Solingen to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Solingen, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Solingen to Palermo is to fly which takes 6h 30m and costs €90 - €310. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €280 - €700 and takes 27h 8m, you could also bus, which costs €300 - €420 and takes 40h.
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, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Roma Termini in around 27h 8m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Solingen, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Solingen, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Solingen, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Solingen, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Arth-Goldau to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Chiasso to Genova P. Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Arth-Goldau to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Solingen Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Solingen Ohligs to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €300–420
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
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
- SAIS Autolinee
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Booking & Getting There
Solingen to Palermo bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Palermo Piazza Cairoli station.
Solingen to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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