There are 4 ways to get from Boston to Messina by plane, train, or ferry
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Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BOS - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
13h 50m€288–487Fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane BOS - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
13h 9m€280–477Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane BOS - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
13h 15mFly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BOS - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
15h 9m€315–566
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Boston to Messina is to fly and train which costs €280 - €490 and takes 13h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Messina is to fly and ferry which takes 13h 9m and costs €280 - €480.
The distance between Boston and Messina is 7135 km.
It takes approximately 13h 50m to get from Boston to Messina, including transfers.
Messina is 6h ahead of Boston. It is currently 2:30 AM in Boston and 8:30 AM in Messina.
There are 1006+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Messina, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Boston to Messina. However, you can fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), walk to Catania Airport, take the bus to Catania Via Archimede, walk to Catania Centrale, then take the train to Messina Centrale. Alternatively, you can fly to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG), walk to Reggio di Calabria - Airport, take the bus to Reggio di Calabria - Porto, walk to Reggio Calabria, then take the ferry to Messina Marittima.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–490
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–400
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Munich, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 31m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- 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 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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