There are 10 ways to get from Istria to Sicily by bus, plane, car ferry, ferry, train, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airportbus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TRS - CTA
4h 52m€113–397Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane VCE - PMO
6h 53m€43–539Car ferry, line 2 ferry, train, ferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia 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
19h 38mCar ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venicecarferry
- Drive from Port of Venice to Civitavecchia Portcar
- Take the carferry from Civitavecchia Port to Palermo Portocarferry
23h 50m€229–304Bus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N533
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Busbus Autoservizi Salemi S201
26h 32m€119–175Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airportbus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane TRS - PMO
5h 14m€112–398Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VCE - CTA
6h 31m€57–558Bus, train via Padova
- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centralebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the train from Padova to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
21h 57m€264–578Bus, train
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N533
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
26h 33m€180–292Bus via Rome
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N533
- Take the bus from Roma Prenestina A1 to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
33h 3m€265–379
Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Istria to Sicily is to bus which costs €110 - €180 and takes 26h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Istria to Sicily is to bus and fly which takes 4h 52m and costs €110 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Istria to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 32m.
The distance between Istria and Sicily is 1075 km.
The best way to get from Istria to Sicily without a car is to car ferry and line 2 ferry and train and ferry which takes 19h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 52m to get from Istria to Sicily, including transfers.
Istria to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Istria to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
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You can take a bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Piazza Boiardo via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina, Palermo Terminal Bus, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 26h 32m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–100
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–100
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–85
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–85
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €27–170
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €18–80
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €8–80
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Padova to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Trieste Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Padova to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Trieste Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Padova to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €69–280
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €69
- Private
- €206
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €69–280
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €69
- Private
- €206
Shuttle from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €33–420
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €33
- Private
- €182
Shuttle from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €33–420
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €33
- Private
- €182
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €69–206
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €69
- Private
- €206
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Roma Prenestina A1 to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €180–250
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- [email protected]
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €79
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €79
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- ACTV — Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
- 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 Civitavecchia Port to Palermo Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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