There are 9 ways to get from Algiers to Messina by plane, train, car ferry, bus, ferry, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ALG - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 10m€75–284Car ferry, bus, train, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Algiers to Vieux Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadanabus 482
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
43h 7mCar ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Algiers to Vieux Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messinabus
46h 53m€349–456Car ferry, bus, night train
- Take the car ferry from Algiers to Vieux Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Turinbus 404
- Take the night train from Torino Lingotto to Villa S.Giovanninighttrain Ini
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
2d 1h€412–596Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane ALG - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
11hFly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane ALG - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
11h 45mFly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ALG - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 58m€146–448Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Algiers to Béjaïabus
- Take the car ferry from Bejaia to Vieux Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus 798
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Villa San Giovannibus
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
2d 5h€374–627Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Algiers to Port of Tuniscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tunis to Port of Palermocarferry
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Messinacar
21h 43m€118–179
Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Algiers to Messina is to drive and car ferry which costs €110 - €180 and takes 21h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Algiers to Messina is to fly and train which takes 10h 10m and costs €75 - €290.
The distance between Algiers and Messina is 1179 km.
The best way to get from Algiers to Messina without a car is to car ferry and bus and train and ferry which takes 43h 7m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 10m to get from Algiers to Messina, including transfers.
Messina is 1h ahead of Algiers. It is currently 5:32 PM in Algiers and 6:32 PM in Messina.
There are 346+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Algiers, Algeria and Messina, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Algiers to Messina. However, you can take the line 1 subway to 1er Mai, walk to Place du 1er Mai, take the bus to Algiers Airport, walk to Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), walk to Catania Airport, take the bus to Catania, walk to Catania Centrale, then take the train to Messina Centrale. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Cité Amirouche to Messina Marittima via Tafourah - Grande Poste, Algiers, Vieux Port, Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles, Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana, Reggio Emilia Av, Villa S.Giovanni, and Villa S.Giovanni in around 43h 7m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–460
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Tunis, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Marseille, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
- Website
- tunisairexpress.net
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Palermo Airport via Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–270
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Torino Lingotto to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- (213) 21 77 00 66
- contact@sogral.dz
- Website
- sogral.dz
Bus from Algiers to Béjaïa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–180
- Schedules at
- sogral.dz
- Phone
- 0966 57552
- info@lirosiautoservizi.com
- Website
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Schedules at
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
- Phone
- +213 (0)21 64 43 77 / 78
- contact@algerieferries.dz
- Website
- algerieferries.dz
Car ferry from Algiers to Vieux Port
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €262
- Schedules at
- algerieferries.dz
Car ferry from Bejaia to Vieux Port
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €255
- Schedules at
- algerieferries.dz
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–39
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €39
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Tunis to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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