There are 10 ways to get from Budapest to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, busferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BUD - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 48m€46–136Train, ferry
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
21h 49mBus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus N536
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messinabus N597 / ...
27h 25m€103–233Train, night train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtinanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Messina Centraletrain
28h 11m€155–341Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane BUD - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
7h 23mFly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane BUD - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
9h 43mFly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BUD - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 41m€77–220Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VIE - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 2m€71–245Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teutabus
- Take the busferry from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
44h 56mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Budapest to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
18h 5m€286–413
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Messina is to fly and train which costs €45 - €140 and takes 7h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 48m and costs €45 - €140.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Messina. However, there are services departing from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and arriving at Messina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Messina. However, there are services departing from Clark Ádám tér and arriving at Messina Centrale via Budapest-Kelenfoeld, Wien Hbf and Roma Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 11m.
The distance between Budapest and Messina is 1275 km.
The best way to get from Budapest to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 21h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 48m to get from Budapest to Messina, including transfers.
Budapest to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest to Messina train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Budapest-Kelenfoeld station.
Budapest to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Messina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 27h 25m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–90
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €18–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- 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 Roma Tiburtina to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- 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 Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–150
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–110
- Seating Carriage
- €60–75
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +381 64 80 266 80
- info@terratravel.rs
- Website
- terratravel.rs
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://terratravel.rs/en/
- Phone
- +381 11 2188 031
- lensdoo@sbb.rs
- Website
- lensprevoz.com
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- lensprevoz.com
- Phone
- +381 021 4721244
- info@maestral.co.rs
- Website
- maestral.co.rs
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- maestral.co.rs
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
- Phone
- +381648892600
- jadranekspres@globtour.com
- Website
- jadranekspres.info
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Schedules at
- https://www.globtour.com/
- Phone
- +381 25 424577
- office@severtrans.rs
- Website
- severtrans.rs
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Schedules at
- severtrans.rs
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +382 69 312 161
- mstourspodgorica@gmail.com
- Website
- busticket4.me
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://busticket4.me/EN/carriers/details/Ms-Tours/104
- Phone
- +382 32 520 495
- info@kotortotirana.com
- Website
- kotortotirana.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.kotortotirana.com/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.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
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