There are 10 ways to get from Rethymno to Palermo by shuttle, plane, car ferry, bus, busferry, ferry, or train
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Private transfer to Chania International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Rethymno to Chania Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CHQ - PMO
8h 3m€141–365Private transfer to Chania International Airport, fly to Trapani Airport, bus
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Rethymno to Chania Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane CHQ - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodibus
21h 30m€129–460Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry, ferry
- Take the carferry from Rethymno to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Bari Porto to Napoli - Porto Immacolatellabus
- Take the ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermoferry
34h 59mPrivate transfer to Chania International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Rethymno to Chania Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CHQ - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
10h 30m€144–376Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HER - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
8h 30m€150–388Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Trapani Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane HER - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodibus
13h 50m€165–492Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Rethymno to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
38h 39mCar ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train via Naples
- Take the carferry from Rethymno to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Bari Porto to Ferraris-Circumvesuvianabus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
39h 27mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Rethymno to Heraklion Central Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo Via Oretobus
44h 56mBus, bus and ferry via Cosenza
- Take the bus from Rethymno to Chaniabus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Cosenza - Autostazionebusferry
- Take the bus from Cosenza to Palermobus 582
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Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rethymno to Palermo is to Private transfer and fly which costs €140 - €370 and takes 8h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Rethymno to Palermo is to Private transfer and fly which takes 8h 3m and costs €140 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Rethymno to Palermo. However, there are services departing from Rethymno and arriving at Regione Siciliana De Saliba via Heraklion, Ioannina, Vlorë, Messina Piazza della Repubblica and Regione Siciliana Oreto. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 56m.
The distance between Rethymno and Palermo is 1119 km.
The best way to get from Rethymno to Palermo without a car is to car ferry and bus and bus and ferry and ferry which takes 34h 59m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Rethymno to Palermo, including transfers.
Rethymno to Palermo bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Rethymno station.
Rethymno to Palermo bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Heraklion Central Station.
Palermo is 1h behind Rethymno. It is currently 00:57 in Rethymno and 23:57 in Palermo.
There are 6174+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Rethymno, Greece and Palermo, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Rethymno to Palermo. However, you can take the shuttle to Chania Airport, walk to Chania International Airport (CHQ) airport, fly to Palermo Airport (PMO), walk to Palermo Aeroporto, then take the train to Palermo Notarbartolo. Alternatively, you can take a car ferry from Rethymno to Port of Palermo via Port of Piraeus, Piraeus, Durrës, Durrës, Bari Porto, Bari Porto, Napoli - Porto Immacolatella, and Naples Beverello in around 34h 59m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Palermo Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Trapani Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Chania International Airport to Trapani Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to Trapani Airport via Athens, Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- 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
Train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Rethymno to Chania Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–145
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €55–85
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €115–130
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €130–145
Shuttle from Rethymno to Chania Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–145
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €55–85
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €115–130
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €130–145
Shuttle from Rethymno to Chania Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–145
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €55–85
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €115–130
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €130–145
Shuttle from Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town to Heraklion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €70–165
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €70–110
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €130–150
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €150–165
Shuttle from Aquila Porto Rethymno, Rethymno Town to Heraklion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €70–165
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €70–110
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €130–150
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €150–165
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari Porto to Napoli - Porto Immacolatella
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari Porto to Ferraris-Circumvesuviana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
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
- SAIS Autolinee
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
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo Via Oreto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cosenza to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Bus from Rethymno to Heraklion Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.yolasite.com
Bus from Ioannina to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Ioannina to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302821093052
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Bus from Rethymno to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
Busferry from Chania to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €42
- Website
- KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Rethymno to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Rethymno to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Rethymno to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–340
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Ferry from Naples Beverello to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
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