There are 10 ways to get from Nice to Sicily by plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane NCE - PMO
4h 56m€70–171Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Savonatrain
- Take the train from Savona to Torino Lingottotrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane TRN - PMO
9h 16m€57–226Train (Trenitalia)
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Roma Tiburtinatrain Fa
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
21h 45m€186–396Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Nice to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
23h 1m€126–194Bus
- Take the bus from Nice Airport to Florencebus FlixBus N758
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Palermobus N597 / ...
25h 58m€138–244Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane NCE - CTA
6h 15m€71–198Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trapani Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane NCE - TPS
7h 43m€60–247Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Savonatrain
- Take the train from Savona to Torino Lingottotrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TRN - CTA
8h 35m€64–213Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)plane NCE - CIY
6h 43m€153–250Bus via Pisa Airport (PSA)
- Take the bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Pisa Airportbus
- Take the bus from Pisa Airport to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
30h 38m
Nice to Sicily by train (Trenitalia)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Sicily is to fly which costs €70 - €200 and takes 6h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Sicily is to fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €70 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Nice to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Jardin d'Arménie and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Nice Airport, Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Nice to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Nice-Ville and arriving at Palermo Notarbartolo via Ventimiglia, Genova P.Za Principe, Roma Tiburtina, Roma Termini and Palermo Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 45m.
The distance between Nice and Sicily is 825 km.
The best way to get from Nice to Sicily without a car is to train which takes 21h 45m and costs €180 - €400.
It takes approximately 4h 56m to get from Nice to Sicily, including transfers.
Nice to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Nice Airport station.
Nice to Sicily train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Ventimiglia station.
The best way to get from Nice to Sicily is to fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €70 - €180. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €400 and takes 21h 45m, you could also bus, which costs €130 - €250 and takes 25h 58m.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Sicily, Italy?
easyJet, Ulendo Airlink, and ITA Airways fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Palermo Airport (PMO) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Nice-Ville to Palermo Notarbartolo via Ventimiglia, Genova P.Za Principe, Roma Tiburtina, Roma Termini, and Palermo Centrale in around 21h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trapani Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trapani Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Palermo Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €18–85
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €17–85
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–800
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–800
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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
Train from Ventimiglia to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Nice Airport to Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Pisa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Pisa Airport to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- 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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