There are 10 ways to get from Kassel to Palermo by train, plane, bus, ferry, train (Trenitalia), car, or car ferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane FRA - PMO
7h 18m€116–374Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from München Hackerbrücke to Verona Porta Nuova Stationbus
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Napoli Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermoferry
23h 12mTrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
27h 32m€304–1,102Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kassel to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
29h 38m€243–363Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane HAJ - PMO
9h 1m€150–514Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DTM - PMO
8h 27m€117–466Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
9h 25m€134–576Train to Frankfurt, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
10h 3m€129–405Bus
- Take the bus from Kassel to Nuremberg central bus stationbus N73
- Take the bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
35h 58mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Kassel Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N77
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermobus
38h 16m€231–382
Kassel to Palermo by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kassel to Palermo is to train and fly which costs €110 - €470 and takes 8h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Kassel to Palermo is to train and fly which takes 7h 18m and costs €110 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Kassel to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Kassel and arriving at Palermo Piazza Cairoli via Nürnberg, Zob. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Kassel to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Kassel Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Palermo Centrale via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 32m.
The distance between Kassel and Palermo is 1605 km.
The best way to get from Kassel to Palermo without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 23h 12m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Kassel to Palermo, including transfers.
Kassel to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kassel station.
Kassel to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
The best way to get from Kassel to Palermo is to train which takes 27h 32m and costs €300 - €1100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 35h 58m.
What companies run services between Kassel, Germany and Palermo, Italy?
You can take a train from Kassel Hauptbahnhof to Palermo Centrale via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Roma Termini in around 27h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kassel to Palermo Piazza Cairoli via Nürnberg, Zob in around 35h 58m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from München Hackerbrücke to Verona Porta Nuova Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
Bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
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
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kassel to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- 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
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Kassel to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Kassel to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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