Discover the vibrant skyline of Palermo, Sicily capturing historic architecture beneath a bright blue sky.

Reggio Calabria to Palermo

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Reggio Calabria to Palermo. From €12.28, fastest 3h 48m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Reggio Calabria to Palermo runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €12.28, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 48m over 231 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €12.28, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€12.28

  • 246%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Reggio Calabria

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:10First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

BlaBlaCar runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Reggio Calabria to Palermo on your date, and you pay on their side.

Partner link. We do not sell this ticket, and we earn nothing from this one.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €38.68Sat19
  2. about €23.28Sun20
  3. about €21.08Mon21
  4. about €22.73Tue22
  5. about €21.08Wed23
  6. about €26.03Thu24
  7. about €22.73Fri25
  8. about €23.28Sat26
  9. about €18.33Sun27
  10. about €19.43Mon28
  11. about €19.43Tue29
  12. about €15.58Wed30
  13. about €19.98Thu1
  14. about €16.13Fri2
  15. about €18.88Sat3
  16. about €13.38Sun4
  17. about €12.28Mon5
  18. about €15.58Tue6
  19. about €12.83Wed7
  20. about €16.13Thu8
  21. about €16.68Fri9

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The bus gets you into Palermo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Palermo for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Palermo Centrale and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Booking window

When to book Reggio Calabria to Palermo

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

  1. €17.2390 days
  2. €11.1860 days
  3. €11.1845 days
  4. €15.5830 days
  5. €16.6821 days
  6. €16.1314 days
  7. €22.737 days
  8. €21.083 days
  9. €38.681 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 246 percent. The most expensive point is €38.68, 1 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.
€38.68€11.18137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Reggio Calabria to Palermo and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

231 km

201 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

182,455648,260

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Reggio CalabriaReggio CalabriaPalermoPalermo
The journey

What the journey looks like

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

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 231 km against 201 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Messina, Santa Marina Salina, Catania, Lipari. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.

The fare from PMO into Palermo is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Palermo

Settled in advance, so the ride into Palermo costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Palermo Centrale

Most of the points near Palermo Centrale open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Reggio Calabria to Palermo

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 it take to get from Reggio Calabria to Palermo?

The fastest journey from Reggio Calabria to Palermo takes 3h 48m door to door, of which 3h 23m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 3m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Reggio Calabria to Palermo?

The cheapest fare from Reggio Calabria to Palermo is €12.28, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €19.43. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Reggio Calabria to Palermo?

The cheapest way from Reggio Calabria to Palermo is by coach, at €12.28 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 7m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Reggio Calabria to Palermo?

Fares from Reggio Calabria to Palermo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 246 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Reggio Calabria to Palermo?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Reggio Calabria to Palermo, at €15.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Reggio Calabria to Palermo?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Reggio Calabria to Palermo, at €12.83 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Reggio Calabria to Palermo?

No operator record names Reggio Calabria to Palermo directly. BlaBlaCar publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Reggio Calabria to Palermo?

20 percent of the services we sell from Reggio Calabria to Palermo are direct. The rest connect at Messina, Santa Marina Salina, Catania, Lipari, with about 77 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Reggio Calabria to Palermo use?

Services from Reggio Calabria to Palermo by coach leave from Terminal Botteghelle and arrive at Palermo Autostazione. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Reggio Calabria to Palermo?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Reggio Calabria to Palermo allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Reggio Calabria to Palermo on September 18, 2026: 231 km of route against 201 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 3h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Palermo a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Palermo and across Italy

Day trips that leave Palermo in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Reggio Calabria reaches 42 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 13 to 1,933 km. Palermo reaches 136 places in 23 countries, from 68 to 2,382 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Reggio Calabria

  • 42Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 5Operators

Arriving in Palermo

Leaving Palermo

  • 136Places you can leave for
  • 23Countries
  • 38Operators

Find tickets

Plan with Ori

Ori, the trip planner

Ask it something like this