There are 11 ways to get from Sicily to France by plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV), car ferry, car, bus, or train
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 Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane PMO - NCE
5h€70–238Fly Palermo Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane PMO - MRS
5h€56–242Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
23h 56m€259–564Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Pariscar
30h 25m€241–361Bus via Rome
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus Autoservizi Salemi S202
- Take the bus from Rome Tiburtina Bus station to Parisbus FlixBus N1503
36h 1m€159–249Fly Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane PMO - ORY
5h 47m€89–305Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane CTA - ORY
5h 35m€74–214Fly Palermo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane PMO - LYS
5h 30m€75–311Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane CTA - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
7h 25m€104–324Car 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
32h 18m€258–411Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to METZ - Gare Routierebus
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
39h 45m€308–439
Sicily to France by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to France is to fly which costs €55 - €250 and takes 5h.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to France is to fly which takes 5h and costs €55 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to France. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at Paris via Palermo Terminal Bus and Rome Tiburtina Bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 1m.
No, there is no direct train from Sicily to France. However, there are services departing from Palermo Notarbartolo and arriving at Hôtel de Ville via Palermo Centrale, Roma Termini, Torino Porta Susa and Gare de Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 56m.
The distance between Sicily and France is 825 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to France without a car is to train which takes 23h 56m and costs €250 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h to get from Sicily to France, including transfers.
Sicily to France bus services, operated by Autoservizi Salemi Srl, depart from Palermo Terminal Bus station.
Sicily to France train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Sicily to France is to fly which takes 5h and costs €65 - €240. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €250 - €600 and takes 23h 56m, you could also bus via Rome, which costs €150 - €250 and takes 36h 1m.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and France?
easyJet and ITA Airways fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Palermo Notarbartolo to Hôtel de Ville via Palermo Centrale, Roma Termini, Torino Porta Susa, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Gare de Lyon in around 23h 56m.
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Palermo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Palermo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €27–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- Twice daily
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- 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 Metz - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to METZ - Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €280–390
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- 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
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Booking & Getting There
Sicily to France bus services, operated by Autoservizi Salemi Srl, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Sicily to France train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Roma Termini station.
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