There are 10 ways to get from Berlin to Messina by plane, train, bus, ferry, night train, car ferry, busferry, or car
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Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BER - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 40m€57–319Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Villa San Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
25h 11mNight train, train, ferry
- Take the night train from Berlin Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofnighttrain
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozentrain Re
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Paolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Paola to Villa S.Giovannitrain Re
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
25h 16mNight train, train, car ferry
- Take the night train from Berlin Hbf to Munich East Stationnighttrain
- Take the night train from Muenchen Ost to Venezia Mestrenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
28h 17m€295–584Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane BER - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
9h 49mFly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane BER - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
8h 3m€82–380Fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BER - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 25m€83–278Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N1385
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messinabus N590 / ...
30h 30m€132–265Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
41h 7mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
19h 55m€331–479
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Berlin to Messina is to fly and train which costs €55 - €320 and takes 8h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin to Messina is to fly and ferry which takes 8h 3m and costs €80 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Berlin to Messina. However, there are services departing from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at Messina via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 30m.
The distance between Berlin and Messina is 1795 km.
The best way to get from Berlin to Messina without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 25h 11m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 40m to get from Berlin to Messina, including transfers.
Berlin to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Berlin to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Book your Berlin to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 337+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Berlin, Germany and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Messina via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 30h 30m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- 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
- €9–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- 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
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Night train from Berlin Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Night train from Berlin Hbf to Munich East Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €18–27
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–310
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- 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
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- 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
- +383 44 102 280
- armendi_tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- armendtours.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- armendtours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- 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
- 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
- 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
Ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
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