There are 8 ways to get from Bitonto to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, 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.
Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)BRI - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
3h 59m€77–187Train, car ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.GiovanniIc
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
10h 22m€27–92Train, ferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.GiovanniIc
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina MarittimaV1 / ...
8h 26mBus via Taranto
- Take the bus from Piazza Guglielmo Marconi - Bitonto to Taranto - Piazza Mercantile
- Take the bus from Taranto via Porto Mercantile to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
8h 35m€30–37Drive, ferry
- Drive from Bitonto to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
5h 27m€67–97Fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)BRI - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
6h 7m€109–225Fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Palermo Airport (PMO)BRI - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
5h 49m€89–202Bus
- Take the bus from Bari to Messina590 / ...
10h 24m€28–82
Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bitonto to Messina is to bus via Taranto which costs €29 - €40 and takes 8h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Bitonto to Messina is to fly and train which takes 3h 59m and costs €75 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Bitonto to Messina. However, there are services departing from Piazza Guglielmo Marconi - Bitonto and arriving at Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via Taranto via Porto Mercantile. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 35m.
The distance between Bitonto and Messina is 544 km.
The best way to get from Bitonto to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 8h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 59m to get from Bitonto to Messina, including transfers.
Bitonto to Messina bus services, operated by Scoppio Autolinee, depart from Piazza Guglielmo Marconi - Bitonto station.
Bitonto to Messina bus services, operated by Scoppio Autolinee, arrive at Taranto - Piazza Mercantile station.
There are 1015+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Bitonto, Italy and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Piazza Guglielmo Marconi - Bitonto to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via Taranto - Piazza Mercantile and Taranto via Porto Mercantile in around 8h 35m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- 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 Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- 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
Train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- sabatoviaggi@libero.it
- Website
- grupposabato.it
Bus from Piazza Guglielmo Marconi - Bitonto to Taranto - Piazza Mercantile
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Schedules at
- grupposabato.it
- Phone
- +39 0912742800
- info@saistrasporti.it
- Website
- saistrasporti.it
Bus from Taranto via Porto Mercantile to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–27
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bari to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bari to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/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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