There are 8 ways to get from Nîmes to Palermo by train, plane, ferry, car, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take the train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MRS - PMO
5h 56m€67–291Train, ferry
- Take the train from Nimes to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Ter
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
22h 26mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Nîmes to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
25h 33m€173–256Bus
- Take the bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Busbus
28h 15m€110–183Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Nimes to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LYS - PMO
5h 52m€98–338Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Trapani Airport, bus
- Take the train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane MRS - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodibus
9h 43m€100–374Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Nimes to Marseille St Charlestrain Ter
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
29h 36m€184–386Bus via Genoa
- Take the bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop to Florence - Villa Costanzabus 18
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
31h 40m€247–380
Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nîmes to Palermo is to bus which costs €110 - €190 and takes 28h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Nîmes to Palermo is to train and fly which takes 5h 52m and costs €95 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Nîmes station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station and arriving at Palermo Terminal Bus via Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 15m.
The distance between Nîmes and Palermo is 1021 km.
The best way to get from Nîmes to Palermo without a car is to train and ferry which takes 22h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Nîmes to Palermo, including transfers.
Nîmes to Palermo bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station.
Nîmes to Palermo bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station.
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There are 6324+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Nîmes, France and Palermo, Italy?
You can take a bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Palermo Terminal Bus via Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 28h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Trapani Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nimes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nimes to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Nimes to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Nimes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Nimes to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €190–390
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–340
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- 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
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop to Florence - Villa Costanza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €190–270
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- 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
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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