There are 11 ways to get from Spain to Palermo by plane, train (Renfe, Trenitalia), ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Valencia Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane VLC - PMO
5h 33m€62–211Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BCN - PMO
5h 21m€43–162Train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
27h 59m€180–428Ferry
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchiaferry Esbcn - Itcvv
- Take the ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port of Palermoferry Itcvv-Itpmo
33h€99–230Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermobus N592
34h 55m€127–211Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MAD - PMO
6h 2m€56–191Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PMI - PMO
5h€58–201Fly Seville Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SVQ - PMO
8h 34m€62–200Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BCN - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
7h 35m€54–172Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MAD - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
8h 16m€67–201Bus via Turin
- Take the bus from Barcelona Carrer de Ribes to Turin Corso Vittorio Emanuele IIbus Itabus
- Take the bus from Turin to Palermobus N597
36h 35m€63–170
Spain to Palermo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Palermo is to fly which costs €40 - €170 and takes 5h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h and costs €55 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Spain station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Barcelona - North Bus Station and arriving at Palermo via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 55m.
No, there is no direct ferry from Spain to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Port de Barcelona and arriving at Port of Palermo via Port of Civitavecchia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h.
No, there is no direct train from Spain to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya and arriving at Palermo Centrale via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Milano Centrale and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 59m.
The distance between Spain and Palermo is 1224 km.
Book your Spain to Palermo ferry tickets online with Omio.
The best way to get from Spain to Palermo without a car is to train which takes 27h 59m and costs €180 - €430.
It takes approximately 5h 33m to get from Spain to Palermo, including transfers.
Spain to Palermo bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Barcelona - North Bus Station.
What companies run services between Spain and Palermo, Italy?
Ryanair flies from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya to Palermo Centrale via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Milano Centrale, and Roma Termini in around 27h 59m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Valencia Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Valencia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Seville Airport to Palermo Airport via Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Seville Airport to Palermo Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Seville Airport to Palermo Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Seville Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–180
Flights from Seville Airport to Palermo Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Seville Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–180
Flights from Seville Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Seville Airport to Palermo Airport via Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- 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
- €45–100
- 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
- €27–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Barcelona Carrer de Ribes to Turin Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Turin to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Barcelona Carrer de Ribes to Turin Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–50
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- 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
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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More Questions & Answers
Spain to Palermo train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Spain to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h 33m and costs €60 - €220. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €430 and takes 27h 59m, you could also bus, which costs €120 - €220 and takes 34h 55m.
Spain to Palermo bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Spain to Palermo train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Book your Spain to Palermo train tickets online with Omio.
Book your Spain to Palermo bus tickets online with Omio.
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