There are 8 ways to get from Brussels to Palermo by plane, train, ferry, car, car ferry, or bus
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Fly Brussels Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BRU - PMO
7h 4m€60–221Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CRL - PMO
6h 47m€57–290Train, ferry
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa 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
24h 10mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Brussels to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
31h 18m€257–387Bus
- Take the bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
36h 46mTrain to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane AMS - PMO
7h 8m€143–368Fly Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BRU - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
8h 19m€83–260Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Trapani Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane CRL - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodibus
8h 19m€70–383
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Palermo is to fly which costs €60 - €230 and takes 7h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Brussels to Palermo is to train and fly which takes 6h 47m and costs €55 - €290.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès and arriving at Palermo Piazza Cairoli. Services depart once a week. The journey takes approximately 36h 46m.
The distance between Brussels and Palermo is 1611 km.
The best way to get from Brussels to Palermo without a car is to train and ferry which takes 24h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Brussels to Palermo, including transfers.
Brussels to Palermo bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès station.
The best way to get from Brussels to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 4m and costs €60 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 36h 46m.
Brussels to Palermo bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Palermo Piazza Cairoli station.
Book your Brussels to Palermo bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Palermo, Italy?
Brussels Airlines, ITA Airways, and two other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Palermo Airport (PMO) every 3 hours. Alternatively, Onebus operates a bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Palermo Piazza Cairoli once a week, and the journey takes 36h 46m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Palermo Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Trapani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–380
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–380
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–400
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–340
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- 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
- €100–160
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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