There are 9 ways to get from Budva to Taormina by car, plane, train, car ferry, ferry, bus, busferry, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive to Dubrovnik Airport, fly, train
best- Drive from Budva to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)car
- Fly from Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DBV - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
8h 21m€84–333Bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana Airportbus
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TIA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
8h 24m€83–252Car ferry, drive, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Bar to Port of Baricarferry 55
- Drive from Port of Bari to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
- Drive from Messina Marittima to Taorminacar
15h 38m€90–131Bus, bus and ferry, train via Bari
- Take the bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana Airportbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Taormina-Giardinitrain Ic
19h 54mCar ferry, train, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Bar to Port of Baricarferry 55
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain Re
22h 45mShuttle to Podgorica Airport, fly, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Bečići to Podgorica Airport
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TGD - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
8h 45mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana Airportbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Bari to Cataniabus 590 / ...
- Take the bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandellobus
21h 51mBus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Baricarferry 54
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Taormina-Giardinitrain Ic
24h 47m€105–208Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain Re
29h 26m
Budva to Taormina by bus, car ferry, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budva to Taormina is to car ferry and drive and ferry which costs €85 - €140 and takes 15h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Budva to Taormina is to drive and fly and train which takes 8h 21m and costs €80 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Budva to Taormina. However, there are services departing from Budva, Autobuska Stanica and arriving at Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello via Tirana Airport, Durrës, Stazione Marittima, Bari and Catania via Archimede. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 51m.
The distance between Budva and Taormina is 775 km.
The best way to get from Budva to Taormina without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and train via Bari which takes 19h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 21m to get from Budva to Taormina, including transfers.
Budva to Taormina bus services, operated by Diamant Travel, depart from Budva, Autobuska Stanica station.
Budva to Taormina bus services, operated by Diamant Travel, arrive at Tirana Airport station.
There are 3012+ hotels available in Taormina.
What companies run services between Budva, Montenegro and Taormina, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Budva to Taormina. However, you can drive to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) airport, 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 Taormina-Giardini. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Budva to Taormina via Bar, Port of Bari, Villa San Giovanni, and Messina Marittima in around 15h 38m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–310
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–330
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
Train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- support@gomontenegro.me
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Bečići to Podgorica Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bari to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0935 22 460
- Website
- interbus.it
Bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €34
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €64
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +382 69 294 654
- royaltravelcetinje@gmail.com
- Website
- busticket4.me
Bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Schedules at
- https://royaltravel.traveling.com/en/
- Phone
- +382 20 633 807
- bozur.cg@gmail.com
- Website
- bozur.net
Bus from Budva, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Schedules at
- bozur.net
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Bar to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €11–15
Car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- 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
- 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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