There are 9 ways to get from Palermo to Europe by plane, train, car ferry, car, 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.
Fly to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PMO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
9h 35m$125–357Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Europecar
29h 24m$274–404Train, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquaibus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Frankfurttrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbftrain 11 / ...
33h 32mFly to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane PMO - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbftrain
9h 34m$143–491Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane PMO - DTM
- Take the train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
10h 52m$151–553Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane PMO - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
11h 1m$136–591Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane PMO - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
11h 48m$194–581Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Mühlheim am Mainbus
- Take the bus from Hanau Hauptbahnhof to Bebra Bahnhofbus Re50e
35h 34mBus, train
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Würzburg Hbfbus
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Fulda Bahnhoftrain 25
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain Rb5
38h 27m
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Frankfurt (FRA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Europe is to fly and train which costs $120 - $360 and takes 9h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Europe is to fly and train which takes 9h 34m and costs $140 - $500.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Europe. However, there are services departing from Palermo Piazza Cairoli and arriving at Nentershausen Oderstraße via Mühlheim, Hanau Hauptbahnhof and Bebra Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 34m.
The distance between Palermo and Europe is 1583 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Europe without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 32m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 35m to get from Palermo to Europe, including transfers.
Palermo to Europe bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Palermo Piazza Cairoli station.
Palermo to Europe bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Mühlheim am Main station.
There are 819+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Europe?
You can take a bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Nentershausen Oderstraße via Mühlheim am Main, Mühlheim, Offenbach, Offenbach, Hanau Hauptbahnhof, Hanau Hauptbahnhof, and Bebra Bahnhof in around 35h 34m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Frankfurt via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–310
Flights from Palermo Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–350
Flights from Palermo Airport to Munich International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–310
Flights from Palermo Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–310
Flights from Palermo Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- [email protected]
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Mühlheim am Main
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- +49 6131 4975 022
- [email protected]
- Website
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
Bus from Hanau Hauptbahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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