There are 10 ways to get from Sicily to Basque Country by plane, car ferry, car, train, bus, 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to San Sebastián Airport
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane CTA - EAS
7h 32m€134–304Fly Palermo Airport to Bilbao Airport
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane PMO - BIO
6h 15m€65–249Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Donostia / San Sebastiáncar
31h 17m€261–411Train, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bresciatrain
- Take the bus from Brescia - North Bus Station to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Hendayetrain
40h 43m€318–645Bus via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Palermo to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Bordeauxbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to San Sebastian / Donostiabus
41h 30m€209–351Fly Palermo Airport to San Sebastián Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane PMO - EAS
6h 59m€69–306Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane CTA - BIO
7h 48m€90–177Fly Palermo Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane PMO - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostiabus
9h 12m€97–404Ferry, car ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Civitavecchiaferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port de Barcelonacarferry
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to San Sebastian/Donostiatrain Alv
43h 37m€232–387Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Verona Porta Nuova Stationbus
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Padova Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Padova to San Sebastiánbus
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Sicily to Basque Country by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Basque Country is to fly which costs €65 - €250 and takes 6h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Basque Country is to fly which takes 6h 15m and costs €65 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Basque Country. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at San Sebastian / Donostia via Palermo, Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Bordeaux. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 30m.
The distance between Sicily and Basque Country is 1568 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to Basque Country without a car is to train and bus which takes 40h 43m and costs €310 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Sicily to Basque Country, including transfers.
Sicily to Basque Country bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
The best way to get from Sicily to Basque Country is to fly which takes 7h 32m and costs €130 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus via Bordeaux, which costs €200 - €360 and takes 41h 30m.
Sicily to Basque Country bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
There are 1756+ hotels available in Basque Country.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Basque Country, Spain?
Volotea, Vueling Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piazza Boiardo to San Sebastian / Donostia via Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna, Palermo, Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station, and Bordeaux in around 41h 30m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Palermo Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Palermo Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Palermo Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Palermo Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–85
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Brescia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- Italo Treno
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 Toulouse Matabiau to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to San Sebastian/Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brescia - North Bus Station to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Verona Porta Nuova Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +39 333 916 3531
- [email protected]
- Website
- Harea Travel
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Padova Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Harea Travel
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Padova to San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–140
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Palermo to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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