There are 10 ways to get from Vienna to Palermo by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, shuttle, or car
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Fly Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane VIE - PMO
5h 18m€62–271Train to Bratislava Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BTS - PMO
6h 23m€51–264Train, ferry
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
22h 23mBus
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N1533
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermobus N592
31h 25m€67–208Night train, train
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtinanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
27h 36m€116–424Fly Vienna International Airport to Trapani Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane VIE - TPS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Lazio Municipio
9h 33m€85–316Fly Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VIE - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
7h 27m€58–264Train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BUD - PMO
8h 11m€70–230Bus via Naples
- Take the bus from Flughafen Wien to Graz Girardigasse Thalia Qbus X96
- Take the bus from Graz Fernbusbahnhof P+R Webling B to Napoli Metropark Centralebus Ita
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Palermo Terminal Busbus
33h 46mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Vienna to Port of Naplescar
- Take the ferry from Port of Naples to Port of Palermoferry
20h 56m€244–350
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Palermo is to fly and bus which costs €55 - €270 and takes 7h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h 18m and costs €60 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Vienna station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz and arriving at Palermo via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 25m.
The distance between Vienna and Palermo is 1190 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to Palermo without a car is to train and ferry which takes 22h 23m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 18m to get from Vienna to Palermo, including transfers.
Vienna to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz.
The best way to get from Vienna to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h 18m and costs €60 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €210 and takes 31h 25m.
Vienna to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Book your Vienna to Palermo bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Palermo, Italy?
Ryanair and Austrian Airlines fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Palermo via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 31h 25m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–95
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €90–140
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €15–23
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €85–110
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- 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
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- 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
- 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
- +43 1 33 100-355
- kraftfahrlinien@richard.at
- Website
- richard.at
Bus from Flughafen Wien to Graz Girardigasse Thalia Q
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://richard.at/en/home/
- Phone
- +43 50 678910
- service@verbundlinie.at
- Website
- verbundlinie.at
Bus from Graz Fernbusbahnhof P+R Webling B to Napoli Metropark Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.verbundlinie.at/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Naples to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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