There are 9 ways to get from Apulia to Taormina by bus, plane, train, ferry, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly, train
best- Take the bus from Altamura Via Matera to Bari Airportbus
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BRI - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
5h 2m€43–128Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bari to Cataniabus N596 / ...
- Take the bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandellobus
10h 2m€37–79Train, ferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Sibaritrain Ic
- Take the train from Sibari to Paolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Paola to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain Re
9h 22mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Bari to Villa S. Giovannicar
- Take the car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestiericarferry
- Drive from Tresmestieri to Taorminacar
5h 58m€92–142Fly from Brindisi Airport, train
- Fly from Brindisi Airport (BDS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BDS - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
6h 46m€61–134Train to Naples Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Foggia to Casertatrain
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane NAP - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
7h 19m€54–183Train to Abruzzo Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Foggia to Pescara Centraletrain
- Fly from Abruzzo Airport (PSR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane PSR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
6h 45m€59–185Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain Re
10h 20m€69–179Bus via Tarsia
- Take the bus from Bari Central Train Station to Tarsia Strada Statale 19bus Inter SAJ 01 B / ...
- Take the bus from Tarsia A3 to Taorminabus
12h 35m
Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Apulia to Taormina is to bus which costs €35 - €80 and takes 10h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Apulia to Taormina is to bus and fly and train which takes 5h 2m and costs €40 - €130.
No, there is no direct bus from Apulia to Taormina. However, there are services departing from Bari and arriving at Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello via Catania via Archimede. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 2m.
The distance between Apulia and Taormina is 532 km.
The best way to get from Apulia to Taormina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 9h 22m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 2m to get from Apulia to Taormina, including transfers.
Apulia to Taormina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bari station.
Apulia to Taormina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Catania station.
There are 3402+ hotels available in Taormina.
What companies run services between Apulia, Italy and Taormina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Bari to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello via Catania and Catania via Archimede in around 10h 2m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Naples Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–110
Flights from Abruzzo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Sibari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Foggia to Caserta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Foggia to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Sibari to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Foggia to Caserta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Foggia to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Altamura Via Matera to Bari Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bari to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bari to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 0935 22 460
- Website
- interbus.it
Bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–9
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
- Phone
- +390981 500331
- info@saj.it
- Website
- saj.it
Bus from Bari Central Train Station to Tarsia Strada Statale 19
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Schedules at
- saj.it
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Tarsia A3 to Taormina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.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
- 090774409
- info@bluferries.it
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestieri
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
- 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
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