There are 9 ways to get from Berlin to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)BER - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
7h 51m€61–266Train, ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Ingolstadt Hbf29 / ...
- Take the train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbf29 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Bologna Centrale89
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina MarittimaV1 / ...
22h 24mBus via Bologna
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bologna CentraleN1385
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train StationItabus
31h 10m€86–281Drive, ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
20h 37m€326–471Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)BER - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
10h 5mFly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)BER - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
7h 49m€93–259Fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Palermo Airport (PMO)BER - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
9h 37m€78–276Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to München Hbf29 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia MestreRj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.GiovanniFr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
23h 1m€180–510Bus
- Take the bus from BERLIN, ZOB am Funkturm to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Take the bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8
- Take the bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
37h 6m€164–217
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 €60 - €270 and takes 7h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin to Messina is to fly and ferry which takes 7h 49m and costs €90 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Berlin to Messina station. However, there are services departing from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at Messina Main Train Station via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 10m.
The distance between Berlin and Messina is 1790 km.
The best way to get from Berlin to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 22h 24m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 51m 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 1012+ 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 Main Train Station via Bologna Centrale in around 31h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- 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 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 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Ingolstadt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- 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
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Super Economy
- €75–110
- Base Standard
- €120–170
- Base Premium
- €150–210
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €75–120
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
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- 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
- €50–65
- 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
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- 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
- 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
Ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- 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
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
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