There are 6 ways to get from Marbella to Palermo by bus, plane, train, ferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane AGP - PMO
7h 53m€69–177Bus, train, ferry, car ferry via Madrid
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchiaferry
- Take the car ferry from Civitavecchia Port to Palermo Portocarferry
43h 44m€239–539Bus
- Take the bus from Marbella to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Madrid to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermobus
2d 6h€284–551Bus, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane AGP - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodibus
9h 50m€77–150Bus, train, ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoaferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
45h 18m€283–584Bus, ferry, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Marbella to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cagliari to Port of Palermocarferry
2d€203–388
Marbella to Palermo by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Marbella to Palermo is to bus and fly which costs €75 - €150 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Marbella to Palermo is to bus and fly which takes 7h 53m and costs €65 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Marbella to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Marbella and arriving at Palermo via Madrid and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Marbella and Palermo is 1643 km.
The best way to get from Marbella to Palermo without a car is to bus and train and ferry and car ferry via Madrid which takes 43h 44m and costs €230 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 53m to get from Marbella to Palermo, including transfers.
Marbella to Palermo bus services, operated by Interbus, depart from Marbella station.
Marbella to Palermo bus services, operated by Interbus, arrive at Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Book your Marbella to Palermo bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 6392+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Marbella, Spain and Palermo, Italy?
You can take a bus from Marbella to Palermo via Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses, Madrid, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Málaga Airport to Trapani Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Málaga Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Málaga Airport to Trapani Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Málaga Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Málaga Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–125
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- [email protected]
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Marbella to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Madrid to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Marbella to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
Car ferry from Port of Cagliari to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Civitavecchia Port to Palermo Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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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