There are 11 ways to get from Venice to Sicily by plane, train, car ferry, bus or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly Venice to Palermo • 3 h 43 min
$66 - $252
Cheapest option
Fly Venice to Catania • 3 h 24 min
$49 - $258
9 alternative options
Fly Venice Treviso to Palermo • 4 h 6 min
$68 - $226
Fly Venice Treviso to Catania • 3 h 52 min
$66 - $332
Train to Bologna, fly to Catania • 5 h 5 min
$60 - $317
Train to Verona, fly to Catania • 4 h 56 min
$72 - $268
Train, car ferry • 15 h 31 min
$118 - $270
Train • 16 h 53 min
$124 - $188
Bus SAIS Autolinee • 19 h 36 min
$233 - $372
Bus Baltour • 21 h 14 min
$77 - $108
Drive, car ferry • 21 h 28 min
$113 - $172
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Venice to Sicily is to fly which costs 40€ - 230€ and takes 3 h 24 min.
The quickest way to get from Venice to Sicily is to fly which takes 3 h 24 min and costs 40€ - 230€.
The distance between Venice and Sicily is 886 km.
It takes approximately 3 h 43 min to get from Venice to Sicily, including transfers.
No, there is no direct bus from Venice to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Venice - Tronchetto and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Messina - Piazza della Repubblica and Stazione Centrale - Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19 h 36 min.
What companies run services between Venice, Italy and Sicily, Italy?
Alitalia and Volotea fly from Venice to Palermo every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Venice to Palermo via Roma Termini, Palermo Centrale, and Stazione Centrale - Pensilina Esterna in around 16 h 53 min.
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Venice to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70 - $490
Flights from Venice to Palermo via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70 - $490
Flights from Venice to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55 - $320
Flights from Venice to Catania via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 43 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55 - $320
Flights from Bologna to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $430
Flights from Bologna to Catania via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 26 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $430
Flights from Verona to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $410
Flights from Verona to Catania via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 37 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $410
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55 - $360
Flights from Venice to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 46 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45 - $450
Flights from Verona to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55 - $450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Treviso to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35 - $250
Flights from Venice Treviso to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $350
Flights from Bologna to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80 - $180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna to Catania via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 20 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360 - $2,700
Flights from Verona to Catania via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 20 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310 - $2,900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice to Catania via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300 - $2,100
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Verona to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $800
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S.Lucia to Bologna C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23 - $35
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S.Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18 - $27
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S.Lucia to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60 - $90
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 7 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22 - $35
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 2 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45 - $65
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 060708
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Santa Lucia Station to Bologna Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22 - $30
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Santa Lucia Station to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $60
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini Station to Napoli Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12 - $17
- Website
- italotreno.it
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $16 - $35
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- 1st Class
- $30 - $35
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11 h 39 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80 - $100
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Venice - Tronchetto to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 15 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190 - $280
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65 - $95
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 0861 1991900
- info@baltour.it
- Website
- baltour.it
Bus from Padova - Autostazione Via Della Pace Stallo 12 to PALERMO - PALERMO-P.Cairoli FS
- Ave. Duration
- 19 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70 - $100
- Website
- http://www.baltour.it/
- Phone
- 800 627414
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2 - $45
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- $2 - $3
- Car
- $29 - $45
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Livorno to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 18 h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60 - $95
- Schedules at
- grimaldi-lines.com
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