Christmas holidays for many they are an opportunity to take a break and go on a nice trip to discover new places. Whether as a family, as a couple or alone, you move during the period Christmas and New Year it has always been dangerous because of the prices that tend to increase compared to the rest of the year. It may help to buy one in advance plane ticket but over the years it seems to get worse the problem increases the price in some particularly demanding periods. There are also those who travel at Christmas to reunite with their family and return home because they live and work in another city or another country, but the fees are sometimes prohibitive and those who cannot afford the expense risk passing parties away from their loved ones.
Prices to fly to Sicily
Some tickets to travel Christmas 2024 have already exceeded 600 euros per person, discouraging many tourists who had planned to fly between the middle of December 2024 and the first days of January 2025. Even for economy fares and with a flexible idea of ​​traveling of the day and hour, it is spoken. about 620 euros only to go from Genoa to Catania, for example. So even to move alone in the national territory the challenge seems really difficult, if you also think about the whole families who maybe have to move together and then maybe even cover the costs of living and overnight for a few days. In fact, the most expensive flights seem to be the ones to worry about Sicily from 455 euros to fly from Trieste to Catania, to 402 euros from Bologna to Palermo. Below we have pointed out some “criminal” routes:
- Genoa-Catania 623 euros
- Trieste-Catania 445 euros
- Florence-Catania from 412 to 465 euros
- Bologna-Palermo from 402 to 497 euros
- Milan-Catania from 395 to 889 euros
- Turin-Catania from 387 to 527 euros
- Verona-Palermo from 365 to 438 euros
- Bologna-Catania from 364 to 519 euros
- Turin-Palermo from 339 to 480 euros
- Venice-Catania from 334 to 405 euros
- Milan-Palermo from 330 to 764 euros
- Pisa-Catania from 330 to 431 euros
- Pisa-Palermo from 324 to 400 euros
- Venice-Palermo from 299 to 335 euros
- Verona-Catania from 280 to 438 euros
- Rome-Palermo from 227 to 779 euros
- Rome-Catania from 176 to 810 euros
Prices for flights in Sardinia
To fly to Sardinia it seems that the situation at the moment is a little better than Sicily, but in any case the minimum does not go down to less than 200 euros. From Turin to Cagliari, for example, 251 euros are needed for a return trip, while from Venice, Pisa and Bologna to Cagliari the prices change drastically, from 215 and 228 euros to 300-400 euros. But from Milan the situation worsens with a maximum expenditure of 1228 euros for a few days and times. Please note that these prices do not include baggage or seat selection, which therefore involves additional costs to be calculated at the end of the booking.
The other most expensive routes in Italy
It is currently decided to leave in a future period from December 21, 2024 to January 6, 2025 the taxes in Italy I’m pretty tall. According to some research carried out on the famous travel booking site Skyscanner which compares the flights of different Italian and foreign companies, the data speak clearly. If you want to reach Calabria from Milan, the route to Crotone costs around 420 euros, while the most popular Milan-Rome connection is between 363 and 868 euros depending on the type of ticket chosen.
Alternative solutions: the Sicilia Express
“Traveling in Italy during the holidays continues to be a drain that empties the pockets of citizens – explains the president Gabriel Melluso – Despite the alarms raised several times by consumers and the proclamations of politicians, the high-flying emergency is a phenomenon that repeats itself every year and which, unfortunately, seems without a solution.” To save money, Italians can certainly consider the option of another mode of transport such as the train or car, although the travel time will certainly be longer. To get to Sicily for example, the Sicily Express, and special train which connects Turin to Messina with 544 seats and two restaurant cars. From December 21, 2024 to January 5, 2025 the ticket to travel aboard this vehicle wanted by the Sicilian governor Renato Schifani costs. only 29 euros and you can buy comfortably online on the Trenitalia website or Fstrenituristici.it.