There are 9 ways to get from Alicante to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ALC - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 22m€69–220Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane ALC - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
9h 40m€56–120Train, ferry
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Santstrain Eur / ...
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
29h 14mBus
- Take the bus from Alicante to Barcelonabus
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messinabus
38h 50mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Alicante to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchiaferry
- Take the bus from CIVITAVECCHIA | Deposito # f230 to FIUMICINO | Aeroportobus
- Take the bus from Fiumicino Aeroporto T3 to Messinabus
43h 10m€129–229Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VLC - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 7m€77–231Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ALC - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 8m€73–260Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane VLC - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 38m€91–282Train, car ferry, night train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Santstrain Eur / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the night train from Genova P.Za Principe to Messina Centralenighttrain Ini
43h 48m€198–322
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Messina is to fly and ferry which costs €55 - €120 and takes 9h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Messina is to fly and ferry which takes 9h 40m and costs €55 - €120.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Messina. However, there are services departing from Alicante and arriving at Messina via Barcelona - North Bus Station and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 50m.
The distance between Alicante and Messina is 1486 km.
The best way to get from Alicante to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 29h 14m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 22m to get from Alicante to Messina, including transfers.
Alicante to Messina bus services, operated by Pavluks Trans, depart from Alicante station.
Alicante to Messina bus services, operated by Pavluks Trans, arrive at Barcelona station.
Book your Alicante to Messina bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 1031+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Alicante to Messina via Barcelona, Barcelona - North Bus Station, and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 38h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Valencia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Valencia Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- 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 Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €190–380
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–200
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €150–190
- Smart Flex
- €160–200
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Genova P.Za Principe to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Alicante to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Fiumicino Aeroporto T3 to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- 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
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 800 174 471
- Website
- servizi.cotralspa.it
Bus from CIVITAVECCHIA | Deposito # f230 to FIUMICINO | Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- servizi.cotralspa.it
- 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
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- €65–95
- Cabin
- €120–140
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