There are 12 ways to get from Hanover to Sicily by plane, car, car ferry, train, night 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 Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HAJ - CTA
7h 40m€127–320Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hammtrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DTM - PMO
7h 51m€80–290Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
31h 4m€279–408Train, night train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Hbf to Firenze Campo Martenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Firenze Campo Marte to Roma Terminitrain Fa / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
32h 4m€202–578Train, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from München Hackerbrücke to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
33h 27m€269–538Fly Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane HAJ - PMO
7h 30m€160–350Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HAM - CTA
7h 9m€106–272Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUS - CTA
7h 36m€127–556Train to Frankfurt, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
7h 25m€143–356Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
8h 29m€94–446Bus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Frankfurt central train stationbus FlixBus N33 / ...
- Take the bus from Mühlheim am Main to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
34h 46m€285–412Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Milanbus FlixBus N24
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermobus N597
39h 1m€235–348
Hanover to Sicily by train and night train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Sicily is to train and fly which costs €100 - €280 and takes 7h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Sicily is to train and fly which takes 7h 9m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Mühlheim am Main and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Palermo Notarbartolo via Muenchen Hbf, Firenze Campo Marte, Roma Termini and Palermo Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 4m.
The distance between Hanover and Sicily is 1738 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Sicily without a car is to train and night train which takes 32h 4m and costs €200 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Hanover to Sicily, including transfers.
Hanover to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Sicily train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Sicily is to fly which takes 7h 40m and costs €120 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €280 - €420 and takes 34h 46m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Sicily, Italy?
Lufthansa City, Lufthansa, and eight other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hanover central bus station to Piazza Boiardo via Frankfurt central train station, Frankfurt, Mühlheim, Mühlheim am Main, Palermo Piazza Cairoli, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 34h 46m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
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 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
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 Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
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 Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
- 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 Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–390
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Firenze Campo Marte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze Campo Marte to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze Campo Marte to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze Campo Marte to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- 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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from München Hackerbrücke to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–320
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Mühlheim am Main to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €250–350
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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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Hanover to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Hanover to Sicily train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
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