There are 7 ways to get from Antalya to Messina by plane, train, bus, busferry, car, or ferry
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Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane AYT - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 37m€106–205Bus, bus and ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Antalya to Keşanbus
- Take the bus from Kesan Bus Station to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
2d 1hDrive, ferry
- Drive from Antalya to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
35h 19m€541–781Fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane AYT - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
13h 11m€107–355Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Antalya to Istanbul Esenlerbus
- Take the bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
2d 3hBus, ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Antalya to Kaşbus
- Take the ferry from Kaş to Kastelorizoferry
- Take the ferry from Kastellorizo to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Fierbus
- Take the busferry from Fier to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
2d 5hBus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the bus from Antalya to Istanbul Dudullubus
- Take the bus from Esenler Otogar to Gjakovëbus
- Take the bus from Gjakovë to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
2d 7h
Antalya Airport (AYT) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Antalya to Messina is to fly and train which costs €100 - €210 and takes 10h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Antalya to Messina is to fly and train which takes 10h 37m and costs €100 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Antalya to Messina. However, there are services departing from Antalya and arriving at Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via Kesan Bus Station, Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station and Vlorë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Antalya and Messina is 1511 km.
The best way to get from Antalya to Messina without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Thessaloníki which takes 2 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 37m to get from Antalya to Messina, including transfers.
Antalya to Messina bus services, operated by Balikesir Uludağ, depart from Antalya station.
Antalya to Messina bus services, operated by Balikesir Uludağ, arrive at Keşan station.
Messina is 2h behind Antalya. It is currently 2:42 PM in Antalya and 12:42 PM in Messina.
There are 1013+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Antalya, Turkey and Messina, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Antalya to Messina. However, you can take the shuttle to Antalya Airport, walk to Antalya Airport (AYT) airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), walk to Catania Airport, take the bus to Catania Via Archimede, walk to Catania Centrale, then take the train to Messina Centrale. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Antalya to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via Kesan Bus Station, Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station, Vlore , station, and Vlorë in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Antalya Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Antalya Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Antalya Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Antalya Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Antalya Airport to Palermo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Antalya Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 0850 202 22 22
- iletisim@uludagturizm.com.tr
- Website
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Keşan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28
- Schedules at
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
- Phone
- 08503330700
- Website
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Antalya to Keşan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €32
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Dudullu
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Kesan Bus Station to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Fier to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- info@pamukkale.com.tr
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Dudullu
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(212) 658 03 07
- info@antalyanetseyahat.com
- Website
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
- Phone
- 0242 511 74 03
- Website
- alanyalilar.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26
- Schedules at
- alanyalilar.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(850) 309 22 16
- bilgi@istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Website
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28
- Schedules at
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- €16–20
- Phone
- 0850 577 99 99
- info@varan.com.tr
- Website
- varan.com.tr
Bus from Antalya to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- varan.com.tr
- Phone
- +383 44 190 915
- erhantrans@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 242 252
- info@memi-reisen.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- memireisen.net
- Phone
- +383 49 858 018
- kabashiitours@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Website
- showmebus.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- busalbania.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +7 916 321-96-39
- info@rivierabus.com
- Website
- rivierabus.com
Bus from Antalya to Kaş
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €38–42
- Website
- https://www.rivierabus.com/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +383 44 777 071
- lukstempotur@gmail.com
Bus from Esenler Otogar to Gjakovë
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/p/Luks-Tempo-Turizm-61561171973637
- Phone
- +383 49 623 907
- kushtrimi_nm@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Gjakovë to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +30 694 415 6070
- info@makritravel.com
- Website
- makritravel.com
Ferry from Kaş to Kastelorizo
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.makritravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 242 836 18 00
- Website
- meisferrylines.com
Ferry from Kaş to Kastelorizo
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- meisferrylines.com
Ferry from Kastellorizo to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–76
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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