There are 10 ways to get from Barcelona to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, or car
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Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)BCN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
7h 5m€53–183Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)BCN - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
8h 51m€50–178Train, ferry
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta SusaFr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.GiovanniFr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina MarittimaV1 / ...
22h 32mBus via Florence
- Take the bus from Barcelona to FlorenceFlixBus N758
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to MessinaN597 / ...
27h 55m€80–257Ferry, train, car ferry
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchia
- Take the train from Civitavecchia to Roma TerminiRe
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Villa S.GiovanniFr / ...
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
29h 41m€103–355Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)BCN - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
9h 24mBus to Girona–Costa Brava Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airport
- Fly from Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)GRO - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
10h 51m€95–290Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Naples Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Naples Airport (NAP)BCN - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
10h 39mBus
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Naples - Bus StationBlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Messina Main Train StationItabus
31h 50m€132–272Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchia
- Take the ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port of Palermo
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Messina
35h 27m€134–215
Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Messina is to fly and train which costs €50 - €190 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 5m and costs €50 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Barcelona to Messina. However, there are services departing from Barcelona and arriving at Messina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 55m.
The distance between Barcelona and Messina is 1312 km.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 22h 32m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Barcelona to Messina, including transfers.
Barcelona to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Barcelona station.
Barcelona to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence station.
Book your Barcelona to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1017+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Barcelona to Messina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 27h 55m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–120
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Naples Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Naples Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Civitavecchia to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Civitavecchia to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–340
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Civitavecchia to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- 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
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Barcelona to Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +34 93 593 13 00
- info@sagales.com
- Website
- sagales.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22
- Website
- https://www.sagales.com/en
- Book at
- https://www.sagales.com/sale/?sgLang=en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- 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
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–70
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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