There are 10 ways to get from Leipzig to Palermo by plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LEJ - PMO
7h 21m€118–285Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BER - PMO
7h 3m€101–473Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Kufsteintrain 91
- Take the train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Bolzano Bozentrain Re
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
28h 6m€323–936Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leipzig to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
30h 44m€253–381Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Bologna Centralebus N452
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermobus N597
33h 10m€178–305Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DRS - PMO
8h 50m€156–544Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane NUE - PMO
7h 19m€136–475Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MUC - PMO
9h 2m€178–627Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BER - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
9h 53m€104–403Train, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
34h 1m
Leipzig to Palermo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Palermo is to train and fly and bus which costs €100 - €410 and takes 9h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Palermo is to train and fly which takes 7h 3m and costs €100 - €480.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Palermo via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Palermo Centrale via Kufstein, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Bolzano Bozen and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 6m.
The distance between Leipzig and Palermo is 1523 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Palermo without a car is to train which takes 28h 6m and costs €320 - €950.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Leipzig to Palermo, including transfers.
Leipzig to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs €110 - €290. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €320 - €950 and takes 28h 6m, you could also bus, which costs €170 - €310 and takes 33h 10m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Palermo, Italy?
Lufthansa flies from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Palermo Centrale via Kufstein, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Bolzano Bozen, and Roma Termini in around 28h 6m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Dresden Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Dresden Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Leipzig to Palermo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kufstein station.
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