There are 9 ways to get from Bielefeld to Sicily by train, plane, car, car ferry, 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.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUS - CTA
6h 45m€110–519Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hammtrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DTM - PMO
6h 59m€71–252Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bielefeld to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
30h 47m€273–399Train, bus
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Würzburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova Stationbus
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Terminitrain
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
32h 18m€291–603Bus
- Take the bus from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof to Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstrbus Dnipro
- Take the bus from Dortmund Hbf to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
41h 46m€315–435Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
7h 48m€102–407Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Ibbenbüren, Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FMO - CTA
9h 56m€180–407Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CGN - CTA
7h 18m€103–376Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Wuppertal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wuppertal Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
8h 8m
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bielefeld to Sicily is to train and fly which costs €70 - €260 and takes 6h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Bielefeld to Sicily is to train and fly which takes 6h 45m and costs €110 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Bielefeld to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Dortmund Hbf and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 46m.
The distance between Bielefeld and Sicily is 1841 km.
The best way to get from Bielefeld to Sicily without a car is to train and bus which takes 32h 18m and costs €290 - €650.
It takes approximately 6h 45m to get from Bielefeld to Sicily, including transfers.
Bielefeld to Sicily bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, depart from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof station.
Bielefeld to Sicily bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, arrive at Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr station.
There are 6143+ hotels available in Sicily.
What companies run services between Bielefeld, Germany and Sicily, Italy?
You can take a bus from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof to Piazza Boiardo via Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr, Dortmund Hbf, Palermo Piazza Cairoli, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 41h 46m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Wuppertal Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–94
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €91–94
- Couchette Carriage
- €55–70
- Seating Carriage
- €26–31
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Würzburg Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Dortmund Hbf to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €300–420
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- East West Eurolines
Bus from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof to Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- East West Eurolines
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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