There are 11 ways to get from Spain to Sicily by plane, ferry, train, 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BCN - CTA
4h 51m€46–160Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BCN - PMO
5h 21m€44–162Ferry
- 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 7m€102–242Train, bus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Gironatrain Avn / ...
- Take the bus from Girona - Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
35h 4m€116–281Fly Valencia Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane VLC - PMO
5h 33m€62–211Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MAD - CTA
5h 32m€59–189Fly 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)plane BCN - CIY
6h 49m€144–1,328Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermobus N592
35h 32m€130–222Bus 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
37h 12m€65–152
Spain to Sicily by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Sicily is to fly which costs €40 - €170 and takes 5h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Sicily is to fly which takes 4h 51m and costs €45 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Spain station to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Barcelona - North Bus Station and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 32m.
The distance between Spain and Sicily is 1216 km.
The best way to get from Spain to Sicily without a car is to ferry which takes 33h 7m and costs €100 - €250.
It takes approximately 4h 51m to get from Spain to Sicily, including transfers.
Spain to Sicily bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Barcelona - North Bus Station.
The best way to get from Spain to Sicily is to fly which takes 4h 51m and costs €45 - €160. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €230 and takes 35h 32m.
Spain to Sicily bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
There are 5768+ hotels available in Sicily.
What companies run services between Spain and Sicily, Italy?
Vueling Airlines and Ryanair fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Port de Barcelona to Palermo via Port of Civitavecchia and Port of Palermo in around 33h 7m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
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 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 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
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
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 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, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
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
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 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, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
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
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–450
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–450
- 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
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–370
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/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 Girona - Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once 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
- €26–75
- 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
- +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
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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