There are 9 ways to get from Palermo to Athens by plane, train, busferry, bus, car, car ferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PMO - ATH
5h 34m€73–224Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CTA - ATH
7h 5m€71–216Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisitrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Korinthosbus
- Take the train from Korinthos to Athenstrain Re
27h 38mDrive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Tresmestiericar
- Take the carferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovannicarferry
- Drive from Villa S. Giovanni to Bari M.macar
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Drive from Patras to Athenscar
27h 49m€252–380Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Amanteatrain Re
- Take the train from Amantea to Bari Centraletrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsaferry Asf
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
28h 58mBus to Trapani Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi to Trapani Birgi Airportbus
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane TPS - ATH
8h 55m€116–268Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisitrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
29h 42m€138–257Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblicabus
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
32h 53mBus, bus and ferry via Cosenza
- Take the bus from Palermo to Cosenzabus 582
- Take the busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athensbus
33h 23m
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Athens is to bus and fly which costs €70 - €220 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Athens is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs €70 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Athens. However, there are services departing from Galilei Giotto and arriving at Athens via Palermo Oreto Orsi, Messina - Piazza della Repubblica and Fier. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 53m.
The distance between Palermo and Athens is 1013 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Athens without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus which takes 27h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Palermo to Athens, including transfers.
Palermo to Athens bus services, operated by SAIS Autolinee, depart from Palermo Oreto Orsi station.
Palermo to Athens bus services, operated by SAIS Autolinee, arrive at Messina Piazza della Repubblica station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 10:06 PM in Palermo and 11:06 PM in Athens.
There are 12958+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Athens, Greece?
Volotea and easyJet fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 3 times a week.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Amantea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Amantea to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Korinthos to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Amantea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Korinthos
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €41
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
Bus from Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 090774409
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
- Phone
- +30 2108919800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
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