Palermo to Parma bus

Buses from Palermo to Parma start at €43.08 and take 11h 11m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Palermo to Parma starts at €43.08 and takes 11h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 785 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 11h 11mDoor to door
  • 10h 27mMoving
  • €43.08From
  • 21.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€35.38
  1. BlaBlaCar BB155014:2811h 56m02:24Palermo AutostazioneParma, Terminal Bus

Door to door 12h 40mCO2 21.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
BlaBlaCar€35.3810h 56m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • BlaBlaCar

The trip ends at Parma railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Parma for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Palermo to Parma

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €42.5390 days
  2. €35.3860 days
  3. €41.4345 days
  4. €41.9830 days
  5. €35.3821 days
  6. €45.8314 days
  7. €59.587 days
  8. €79.933 days
  9. €74.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €35.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 126 percent. The most expensive point is €79.93, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €62.33Sun
  2. €43.08Mon
  3. €45.83Tue
  4. €56.28Wed
  5. €68.93Thu
  6. €56.83Fri
  7. €65.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Palermo

Bus
  • Palermo Autostazione
  • Autostazione di Palermo - Piazza Cairoli

Parma

Bus
  • Parma, Terminal Bus
  • Linea 23
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 785 km against 785 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Florence, Prato, Rome, Livorno. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Palermo at 06:14 and the last at 14:28, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 36m1h 26m3h 10m€97.49198.8 kg3
Coach11h 11m10h 27m44m€43.0821.2 kg4

Questions about Palermo to Parma

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Palermo to Parma take?

The Coach from Palermo to Parma takes 11h 11m door to door, of which 10h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 785 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Palermo to Parma cost?

The Coach from Palermo to Parma starts at €43.08 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €51.33. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Palermo to Parma?

1 operators run the Coach from Palermo to Parma: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Palermo to Parma use?

The Coach from Palermo to Parma leaves from Palermo Autostazione and arrives at Parma, Terminal Bus. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Palermo to Parma?

Traveling from Palermo to Parma by Flight costs €97.49 and takes 4h 36m door to door, against 11h 11m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Palermo to Parma?

Fares for the Coach from Palermo to Parma bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €35.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Palermo to Parma produce?

The Coach from Palermo to Parma produces about 21.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 785 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Palermo to Parma?

Operators on the Coach from Palermo to Parma publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 11m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Palermo to Parma on September 8, 2026: 785 km of route against 785 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €43.08, and 11h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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