There are 11 ways to get from United Kingdom to Palermo by plane, train, car ferry, bus, train (Eurostar, Trenitalia), 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.
Fly London City Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LCY - PMO
7h 56m€101–386Fly Bristol Airport to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BRS - PMO
6h 9m€71–191Train, car ferry
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Lingottotrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Lingotto to Genova P.Za Principetrain
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
35h 40m€458–796Train, bus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
41h 16mTrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbftrain Nj
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozentrain Nj
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
41h 23m€467–981Fly London Heathrow Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LHR - PMO
6h 21m€93–328Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LGW - PMO
6h 29m€89–364Fly London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane STN - PMO
7h€75–264Train to Luton Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane LTN - PMO
6h 53m€83–274Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LGW - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
9h 19m€97–237Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermoferry
43h 43m€223–407
United Kingdom to Palermo by subway, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from United Kingdom to Palermo is to fly which costs €70 - €200 and takes 6h 9m.
The fastest way to get from United Kingdom to Palermo is to fly which takes 6h 9m and costs €70 - €200.
No, there is no direct train from United Kingdom station to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Charing Cross station and arriving at Palermo Centrale via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Bolzano Bozen and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 23m.
The distance between United Kingdom and Palermo is 1841 km.
The best way to get from United Kingdom to Palermo without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 35h 40m and costs €450 - €800.
It takes approximately 7h 56m to get from United Kingdom to Palermo, including transfers.
United Kingdom to Palermo train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from United Kingdom to Palermo is to fly which takes 7h 56m and costs €100 - €390. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €460 - €1000 and takes 41h 23m.
Palermo is 1h ahead of United Kingdom. It is currently 10:43 AM in United Kingdom and 11:43 AM in Palermo.
United Kingdom to Palermo train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
What companies run services between United Kingdom and Palermo, Italy?
Swiss, ITA Airways, and three other airlines fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Charing Cross station to Palermo Centrale via Euston station, London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Bolzano Bozen, and Roma Termini in around 41h 23m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London City Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Luton Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport via Forli
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Palermo Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €220–380
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Lingotto to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Lingotto to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Lingotto to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–320
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–94
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €90–94
- Couchette Carriage
- €55–70
- Seating Carriage
- €25–31
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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