There are 9 ways to get from Sicily to Cherbourg by plane, train, train (Trenitalia, TGV), 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 Palermo Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Caen – Carpiquet Airport (CFR)plane PMO - CFR
- Take the train from Caen to Cherbourgtrain
10h 42m€153–649Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane CTA - ORY
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
9h 24m€140–325Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
27h 59m€334–674Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Cherbourgcar
32h 31m€331–491Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Rome Tiburtina Bus station to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station to Caen - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Caen to Cherbourgbus
43h 9m€198–316Fly Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane PMO - ORY
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
9h 41m€160–406Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane CTA - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillotbus
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
10h 42m€142–297Car ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
34h 26m€331–524Bus, train
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Luxembourg Park&Drivebus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Paris-Orly Airport - Orly Parking Cars de groupe 4bus
- Take the bus from Paris-Orly Airport - Orly Parking Cars de groupe 1 to Caen - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Caen to Cherbourgtrain
2d 1h€366–531
Sicily to Cherbourg by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Cherbourg is to fly and bus and train which costs €140 - €300 and takes 10h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Cherbourg is to fly and train which takes 9h 24m and costs €140 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Cherbourg. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at Cherbourg via Palermo Terminal Bus, Rome Tiburtina Bus station, Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station and Caen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from Sicily to Cherbourg. However, there are services departing from Palermo Notarbartolo and arriving at Cherbourg via Palermo Centrale, Roma Termini, Torino Porta Susa, Gare de Lyon and Paris St Lazare. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 59m.
The distance between Sicily and Cherbourg is 1806 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to Cherbourg without a car is to train which takes 27h 59m and costs €330 - €700.
It takes approximately 10h 42m to get from Sicily to Cherbourg, including transfers.
Sicily to Cherbourg bus services, operated by Autoservizi Salemi Srl, depart from Palermo Terminal Bus station.
Sicily to Cherbourg train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Sicily to Cherbourg is to train which takes 27h 59m and costs €330 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €190 - €320 and takes 43h 9m.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Cherbourg, Normandy, France?
You can take a train from Palermo Notarbartolo to Cherbourg via Palermo Centrale, Roma Termini, Torino Porta Susa, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon, Saint-Lazare, and Paris St Lazare in around 27h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piazza Boiardo to Cherbourg via Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna, Palermo Terminal Bus, Rome Tiburtina Bus station, Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station, and Caen in around 43h 9m.
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rome Tiburtina Bus station to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station to Caen - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station to Caen - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg to Paris-Orly Airport - Orly Parking Cars de groupe 4
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris-Orly Airport - Orly Parking Cars de groupe 1 to Caen - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- SNCF Bus
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- [email protected].
- Website
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
Bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillot
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Luxembourg Park&Drive
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €290–400
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Booking & Getting There
Sicily to Cherbourg bus services, operated by Autoservizi Salemi Srl, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Sicily to Cherbourg train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Roma Termini station.
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