There are 9 ways to get from Bonn to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, car, or car ferry
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CGN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 48m€86–302Train, ferry
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Chiassotrain Ec
- Take the train from Chiasso to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
21h 8mBus
- Take the bus from Bonn Hbf to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabus
26h 47mNight train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the nighttrain from Milano Centrale to Messina Centralenighttrain Ini
29h 49m€232–629Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUS - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 48m€96–323Train to Frankfurt, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 39m€107–346Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 22m€97–376Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Bonn UN Campus to Milanbus FlixBus N11
- Take the bus from Milan Lampugnano to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
33h 15m€153–289Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bonn to Port of Salernocar
- Take the carferry from Port of Salerno to Messinacarferry
24h 12m€275–415
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bonn to Messina is to fly and train which costs €85 - €310 and takes 7h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Bonn to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 48m and costs €85 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Bonn to Messina. However, there are services departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 47m.
No, there is no direct train from Bonn to Messina. However, there are services departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Messina Centrale via Zürich HB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 49m.
The distance between Bonn and Messina is 1737 km.
The best way to get from Bonn to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 21h 8m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 48m to get from Bonn to Messina, including transfers.
Bonn to Messina bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Bonn Hbf station.
Bonn to Messina train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Bonn Hbf station.
Bonn to Messina bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Zürich Bus Station.
What companies run services between Bonn, Germany and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Bonn Hbf to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai in around 26h 47m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Bonn Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bonn Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Chiasso to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–350
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €95–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Milano Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Bonn Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Bonn Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Bonn Hbf to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bonn UN Campus to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Milan Lampugnano to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Port of Salerno to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €29
- Cars
- €60
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