There are 10 ways to get from Sète to Sicily by train, plane, car, car ferry, train (TGV, Trenitalia), 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.
Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
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 to Palermo Airport
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€67–279Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sète to Civitavecchia Portcar
- Take the carferry from Civitavecchia Port to Palermo Portocarferry
23h 13m€216–310Train
- 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 Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
24h 29m€270–482Bus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Bologna Centralebus 482
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Palermobus N597
34h 21m€184–294Bus to Fréjorgues Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the bus from Sète to Montpellier - Aeroport Montpellierbus
- Fly from Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MPL - CTA
8h 12m€242–332Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Sete to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MRS - CTA
6h 36m€97–320Bus to Fréjorgues Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Sète to Montpellier - Aeroport Montpellierbus
- Fly from Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MPL - PMO
8h 23m€271–373Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Stationbus
- 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
33h 7m€142–220Ferry, 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
38h 22m€142–247
Sète to Sicily by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sète to Sicily is to train and fly which costs €65 - €280 and takes 9h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Sète to Sicily is to train and fly which takes 6h 36m and costs €95 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Sète to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Sete - Noel Guignon and arriving at Piazza Boiardo via Montpellier, Bologna Centrale and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Sète to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Sete and arriving at Palermo Notarbartolo via Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud, Chambery Challes Les Eaux, Milano Centrale, Roma Termini and Palermo Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 29m.
The distance between Sète and Sicily is 1099 km.
The best way to get from Sète to Sicily without a car is to train which takes 24h 29m and costs €270 - €490.
It takes approximately 6h 52m to get from Sète to Sicily, including transfers.
Sète to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Montpellier station.
Sète to Sicily train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Sete station.
The best way to get from Sète to Sicily is to train which takes 24h 29m and costs €270 - €490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €180 - €300 and takes 34h 21m.
What companies run services between Sète, France and Sicily, Italy?
You can take a train from Sete to Palermo Notarbartolo via Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud, Chambery Challes Les Eaux, Milano Centrale, Roma Termini, and Palermo Centrale in around 24h 29m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sete - Noel Guignon to Piazza Boiardo via Montpellier - Sabines Tw2, Montpellier, Bologna Centrale, Palermo, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 34h 21m.
- 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 Fréjorgues Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- 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
- airfrance.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- 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 Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Sete to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- 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 Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- 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
- 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 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 Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- 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 Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- 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
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 Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- 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
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Civitavecchia Port to Palermo Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- 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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Sète to Sicily bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Sète to Sicily train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud station.
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