There are 8 ways to get from Vienna to Palermo by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, shuttle, 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.
Fly Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane VIE - PMO
5h 17m€62–231Train 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 22m€51–244Train, 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 24mBus
- 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€100–228Night train, train
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtinanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
27h 47m€173–505Fly 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€75–296Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Flughafen Wien to Brno Benesova Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brno to Napolibus
- Take the ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermoferry
37h 4m€65–88Drive, ferry
- Drive from Vienna to Naples Beverellocar
- Take the ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermoferry
20h 56m€241–347
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Palermo is to bus and ferry which costs €65 - €90 and takes 37h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Palermo is to fly which takes 5h 17m and costs €60 - €240.
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 24m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 17m 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 17m and costs €60 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €230 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) once daily. 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 and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Trapani Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–400
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- 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
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- 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
- €12–18
- 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
- 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
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- 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
- €65–100
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Flughafen Wien to Brno Benesova Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- 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
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Brno to Napoli
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- 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 Naples Beverello to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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