There are 9 ways to get from Sète to Palermo by train, plane, ferry, car, car ferry, 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.
Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Sete to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MRS - PMO
6h 52m€86–301Train, train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Sete to Narbonnetrain
- Take the train from Narbonne to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BCN - PMO
9h 10m€67–279Train, ferry
- Take the train from Sete to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Ter
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
23h 25mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sète to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
26h 19m€188–278Bus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Bologna Centralebus 482
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermobus N597
33h 50m€182–292Bus to Fréjorgues Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Sète to Montpellier - Aeroport Montpellierbus
- Fly from Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MPL - PMO
8h 23m€271–373Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sete to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LYS - PMO
6h 42m€114–380Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Sete to Marseille St Charlestrain Ter
- Take the bus from Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stopbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
30h 58m€161–267Ferry, train, car ferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Sete to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
- Take the carferry from Port of Cagliari to Port of Palermocarferry
37h 39m€140–245
Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sète to Palermo is to train and fly which costs €65 - €280 and takes 9h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Sète to Palermo is to train and fly which takes 6h 42m and costs €110 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Sète to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Sete - Noel Guignon and arriving at Palermo via Montpellier and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 50m.
The distance between Sète and Palermo is 1099 km.
The best way to get from Sète to Palermo without a car is to train and ferry which takes 23h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 52m to get from Sète to Palermo, including transfers.
Sète to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Montpellier station.
Sète to Palermo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Sète to Palermo bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 6170+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Sète, France and Palermo, Italy?
You can take a bus from Sete - Noel Guignon to Palermo via Montpellier - Sabines Tw2, Montpellier, and Bologna Centrale in around 33h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €24–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–140
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €10–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €27–240
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- tunisairexpress.net
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Palermo Airport via Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–160
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 Sete to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Sete to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Sete to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Sete to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Sete to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Sete to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Sete to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Sete to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Sete to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Narbonne to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Narbonne to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Montpellier to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 07 71 10 02 45
- Website
- totoom.fr
Bus from Sète to Montpellier - Aeroport Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €68
- Schedules at
- totoom.fr
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- Corsica Ferries/Sardinia Ferries
Ferry from Port of Sete to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Corsica Ferries/Sardinia Ferries
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Car ferry from Port of Cagliari to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
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