There are 8 ways to get from Trier to Palermo by bus, plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, 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.
Bus to Luxembourg, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the bus from Trier, Konstantin Basilika to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsbackbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LUX - PMO
6h 18m€58–295Bus to Hahn, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Trier central train station to Frankfurt-Hahn Airportbus
- Fly from Hahn (HHN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane HHN - PMO
6h 22m€54–214Train
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- 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 21m€278–585Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Trier to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
28h 5m€247–362Train, bus
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Merzigtrain Re1
- Take the bus from Merzig, Bahnhof to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
34h 23m€286–406Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
8h 51m€88–357Bus to Luxembourg, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Trier, Konstantin Basilika to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsbackbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LUX - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
8h 27m€86–297Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane FRA - PMO
8h 46m€114–292
Luxembourg (LUX) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Trier to Palermo is to bus and fly which costs €50 - €220 and takes 6h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Trier to Palermo is to bus and fly which takes 6h 18m and costs €55 - €300.
No, there is no direct train from Trier to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Trier, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Palermo Centrale via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 21m.
The distance between Trier and Palermo is 1462 km.
The best way to get from Trier to Palermo without a car is to train which takes 27h 21m and costs €270 - €600.
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Trier to Palermo, including transfers.
Trier to Palermo train services, operated by Süwex, depart from Trier, Hauptbahnhof station.
Trier to Palermo train services, operated by Süwex, arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
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There are 6010+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Trier, Germany and Palermo, Italy?
You can take a train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Palermo Centrale via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Roma Termini in around 27h 21m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Luxembourg to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
Flights from Hahn to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Luxembourg to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Merzig
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- 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
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Merzig
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- info@vlexx.de
- Website
- vlexx
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Merzig
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- vlexx
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- Mobiliteit
Bus from Trier, Konstantin Basilika to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsback
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mobiliteit
Bus from Trier, Konstantin Basilika to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsback
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mobiliteit
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Merzig, Bahnhof to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €280–390
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Trier central train station to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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