There are 9 ways to get from Glasgow to Sicily by plane, train, 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.
Fly Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane GLA - PMO
8h 28m€82–250Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Monstrain
- Take the bus from Mons - Place Léopold to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
46h 51m€525–865Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane EDI - CTA
7h 23m€95–220Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane EDI - TPS
10h 16m€114–649Fly Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane GLA - CTA
7h 58m€83–229Train, bus via Zurich
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
2d 1h€705–1,117Train, bus via Naples
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
2d 2h€346–665Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
2d 7h€388–591Bus via Rome
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermobus
2d 8h€338–533
Glasgow to Sicily by train, subway, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Sicily is to fly which costs €80 - €230 and takes 7h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Sicily is to train and fly which takes 7h 23m and costs €95 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow station to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via London Victoria Green Line Station, Luxembourg Park&Drive and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Glasgow and Sicily is 2403 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Sicily without a car is to train and bus which takes 46h 51m and costs €500 - €900.
It takes approximately 8h 28m to get from Glasgow to Sicily, including transfers.
Glasgow to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Sicily is to fly which takes 8h 28m and costs €80 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €380 - €600 and takes 2 days 7h.
Glasgow to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Sicily is 1h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 6:38 PM in Glasgow and 7:38 PM in Sicily.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Sicily, Italy?
easyJet, ITA Airways, and two other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Piazza Boiardo via London Victoria, London Victoria Green Line Station, Luxembourg Park&Drive, Palermo Piazza Cairoli, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trapani Airport via Weeze
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Flandres to Mons
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Mons - Place Léopold to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €300–420
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–320
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €290–400
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- RegioJet
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