There are 9 ways to get from Solingen to Palermo by plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, shuttle, train, or night train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)CGN - PMO
6h 28m€79–316Train
- Take the train from Solingen Hbf to Basel SBB43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to LuganoEc
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano CentraleEc
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma TerminiFr / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo CentraleIc
27h 30m€210–475Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Solingen to Port of Genoa
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
30h 5m€212–360Bus
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Bologna CentraleN537
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to PalermoN597
38h 47m€89–282Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)DUS - PMO
6h 29m€92–515Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)DUS - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
8h 43m€90–308Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Trapani Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Trapani Airport (TPS)CGN - TPS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Lazio Municipio
11h 38m€107–331Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HB
- Take the bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Milan
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
39h 54m€165–456Night train, train, car ferry
- Take the night train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Zuerich HbNj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genova P. PrincipeEc
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
40h 20m€287–699
Solingen to Palermo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Solingen to Palermo is to fly and bus which costs €90 - €310 and takes 8h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Solingen to Palermo is to fly which takes 6h 28m and costs €75 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Solingen to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Solingen Mühlenplatz and arriving at Palermo via Wuppertal Vohwinkel Bf, Düsseldorf central bus station and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 47m.
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 30m.
The distance between Solingen and Palermo is 1566 km.
The best way to get from Solingen to Palermo without a car is to train which takes 27h 30m and costs €210 - €480.
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Solingen to Palermo, including transfers.
Solingen to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Düsseldorf central bus 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 €75 - €320. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €210 - €480 and takes 27h 30m, you could also bus, which costs €85 - €290 and takes 38h 47m.
What companies run services between Solingen, Germany and Palermo, Italy?
Ryanair, Eurowings, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO) twice daily. 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 30m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- 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
- €80–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Genova P. Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- 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 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- 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
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €95–140
- 1st Class
- €200–340
Night train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €85–130
- 1st Class
- €180–300
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Shuttle from Trapani Birgi Airport to Lazio Municipio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- 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
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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More Questions & Answers
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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