There are 10 ways to get from Berlin to Messina by plane, ferry, train, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane BER - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
7h 25m€94–442Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BER - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 22m€63–356Train, ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Ingolstadt Hbftrain 29
- Take the train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Bologna Centraletrain 89
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Villa San Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
22hBus via Bologna
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bologna Centralebus N1385
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messinabus N597
29h 55m€118–259Drive, ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
19h 56m€333–482Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport 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 7m€89–280Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HAM - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 25m€116–374Train, ferry via Trento
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Ingolstadt Hbftrain 29
- Take the train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Trentotrain 89
- Take the train from Trento to Paolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Paola to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
22h 31mTrain, car ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
24h 21m€359–764Bus
- Take the bus from BERLIN, ZOB am Funkturm to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39bus
- Take the bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8bus
- Take the bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Messina Piazza della Repubblicabus
37h 36m€139–369
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Berlin to Messina is to fly and train which costs €60 - €360 and takes 8h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin to Messina is to fly and ferry which takes 7h 25m and costs €90 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Berlin to Messina. However, there are services departing from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at Messina via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 55m.
The distance between Berlin and Messina is 1647 km.
The best way to get from Berlin to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 22h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 25m 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 Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Berlin to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 341+ 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 Bologna Centrale in around 29h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Ingolstadt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Trento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- 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
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Berlin Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Berlin Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Berlin Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €40–65
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €75–120
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trento to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from BERLIN, ZOB am Funkturm to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Schedules at
- libertylines.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
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- 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
- +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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