There are 8 ways to get from Northern Ireland to Sicily by plane, busferry, 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 Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BFS - CTA
9h 12m€90–178Fly Belfast International Airport to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BFS - PMO
8h 44m€64–199Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchananbusferry
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
2d 16h€420–640Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BHD - CTA
8h 32m€147–277Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BHD - PMO
8h 9m€116–208Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUB - CTA
8h 26m€91–226Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DUB - PMO
8h 39m€80–227Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane DUB - TPS
12h 18m€95–285
Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Northern Ireland to Sicily is to fly which costs €90 - €180 and takes 9h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Northern Ireland to Sicily is to fly which takes 8h 9m and costs €110 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Northern Ireland to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Victoria Square Victoria Street and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Belfast Stena Line Terminus, Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria, Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between Northern Ireland and Sicily is 2535 km.
The best way to get from Northern Ireland to Sicily without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs €420 - €650.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from Northern Ireland to Sicily, including transfers.
Northern Ireland to Sicily bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast Stena Line Terminus station.
Northern Ireland to Sicily bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Sicily is 1h ahead of Northern Ireland. It is currently 9:10 PM in Northern Ireland and 10:10 PM in Sicily.
There are 6010+ hotels available in Sicily.
What companies run services between Northern Ireland and Sicily, Italy?
easyJet, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) 6 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Palermo Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Palermo Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Palermo Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Palermo Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Palermo Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Palermo Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Palermo Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €12–18
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €12–18
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €12–18
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €310–430
- Website
- Onebus
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