There are 8 ways to get from Bordeaux to Sicily by plane, train (TGV, Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, 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.
Fly to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BOD - PMO
5h 33m€45–189Train
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
27h 29m€361–822Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bordeaux to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
30h 19m€257–376Bus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus N718
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Palermobus N597 / ...
35h 48m€211–360Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BOD - CTA
7h 2m€81–446Fly to Trapani Airport
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane BOD - TPS
8h 15m€55–235Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Cannestrain
- Take the train from Cannes to Ventimigliatrain C3
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
35h 42m€290–545Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gare de Lyon-Perrache to Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzobus
- Take the bus from Caserta pzza Garibaldi to Palermo Terminal Busbus
37h 47m€158–287
Bordeaux to Sicily by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bordeaux to Sicily is to fly which costs €40 - €190 and takes 5h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Bordeaux to Sicily is to fly which takes 5h 33m and costs €40 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Bordeaux to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Bordeaux and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from Bordeaux to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Bordeaux St Jean and arriving at Palermo Notarbartolo via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Gare De Lyon, Torino Porta Susa, Roma Termini and Palermo Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 29m.
The distance between Bordeaux and Sicily is 1404 km.
The best way to get from Bordeaux to Sicily without a car is to train which takes 27h 29m and costs €360 - €850.
It takes approximately 5h 33m to get from Bordeaux to Sicily, including transfers.
Bordeaux to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bordeaux station.
Bordeaux to Sicily train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Bordeaux St Jean station.
The best way to get from Bordeaux to Sicily is to fly which takes 5h 33m and costs €40 - €190. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €360 - €850 and takes 27h 29m, you could also bus, which costs €210 - €360 and takes 35h 48m.
What companies run services between Bordeaux, France and Sicily, Italy?
Volotea and easyJet fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bordeaux St Jean to Palermo Notarbartolo via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Quai de la Gare, Paris Gare De Lyon, Torino Porta Susa, Roma Termini, and Palermo Centrale in around 27h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–550
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Trapani Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Palermo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–550
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Cannes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Cannes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
Train from Cannes to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Cannes to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- zou.maregionsud.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bordeaux to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Gare de Lyon-Perrache to Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Caserta pzza Garibaldi to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Bordeaux to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
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