There are 12 ways to get from Sicily to Volterra by plane, bus, train, ferry, car, train (Trenitalia), or night 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 Pisa International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane PMO - PSA
- Take the bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arcobus
5h 53m€49–251Fly Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane PMO - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana Ttrain
- Take the bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arcobus
7h 24m€37–222Train, 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 Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana Ttrain Re
- Take the bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arcobus 500
15h 51mFerry, drive
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Civitavecchiaferry
- Drive from Civitavecchia to Volterracar
16h 57m€81–141Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Sienabus N597
20h 31m€105–168Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Pisa International Airport, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane CTA - PSA
- Take the bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arcobus
5h 31m€49–220Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane CTA - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana Ttrain
- Take the bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arcobus
6h 19m€39–201Fly Palermo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane PMO - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana Ttrain
- Take the bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arcobus
6h 46m€76–232Fly Trapani Airport to Pisa International Airport, bus
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane TPS - PSA
- Take the bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arcobus
5h 34m€58–319Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CTA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana Ttrain
- Take the bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arcobus
7h 2m€41–221Train (Trenitalia)
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Certaldotrain Re
16h 33m€215–355Night train, train, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termininighttrain Ini
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Cecinatrain Re
- Take the bus from Cecina Stazione to Volterrabus 790
19h 45m€108–200
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Pisa International Airport (PSA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Volterra is to fly and train and bus which costs €40 - €230 and takes 7h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Volterra is to fly and bus which takes 5h 31m and costs €45 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Volterra. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at Volterra via Palermo, SIENA Stazione, Torre Fiorentina and Colle Val D'elsa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Sicily to Volterra. However, there are services departing from Palermo Notarbartolo and arriving at Certaldo via Palermo Centrale, Roma Termini and Firenze S.M.N.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 33m.
The distance between Sicily and Volterra is 751 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to Volterra without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 15h 51m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 53m to get from Sicily to Volterra, including transfers.
Sicily to Volterra bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Sicily to Volterra train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Sicily to Volterra is to bus which takes 20h 31m and costs €100 - €170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €210 - €360 and takes 16h 33m.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Volterra, Italy?
FlixBus operates a bus from Palermo to Siena once daily. Tickets cost €100–160 and the journey takes 16h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Palermo Notarbartolo to Volterra via Palermo Centrale, Roma Termini, Firenze S.M.N., and Certaldo in around 16h 33m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Pisa International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Trapani Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €16–110
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €20–140
Flights from Palermo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–70
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €12–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €15–90
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana T
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana T
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana T
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana T
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pontedera-Casciana T
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Certaldo
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Roma Termini to Cecina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Cecina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Cecina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +39 800 142 424
- [email protected]
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- at-bus.it
Bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- at-bus.it
Bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- at-bus.it
Bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- at-bus.it
Bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- at-bus.it
Bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- at-bus.it
Bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- at-bus.it
Bus from Pontedera to Volterra Porta All'arco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- at-bus.it
Bus from Cecina Stazione to Volterra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- at-bus.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Palermo to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Sicily to Volterra bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Siena station.
Sicily to Volterra train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Roma Termini station.
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