There are 9 ways to get from Caen to Messina by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or train (TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Take the train from Caen to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ORY - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 37m€146–340Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Caen to Parisbus 774 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Messinabus
34h 50m€93–271Train, ferry
- Take the train from Caen to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
21h 49mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Caen to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Messinacar
34h 55m€266–441Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Caen to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CDG - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 44m€131–320Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Caen to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BVA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 51m€166–366Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Take the train from Caen to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ORY - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 20m€149–310Train
- Take the train from Caen to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuovatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Messina Centraletrain
29h 16m€191–388Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Caen - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Messina Main Train Stationbus
35h 55m€117–247
Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Caen to Messina is to bus which costs €90 - €280 and takes 34h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Caen to Messina is to train and fly which takes 10h 37m and costs €140 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Caen to Messina. However, there are services departing from Caen and arriving at Messina via Paris and Napoli P.zza Garibaldi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Caen to Messina. However, there are services departing from Caen and arriving at Messina Centrale via Saint-Lazare, Paris Gare De Lyon and Torino Porta Nuova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 16m.
The distance between Caen and Messina is 1979 km.
The best way to get from Caen to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 21h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 37m to get from Caen to Messina, including transfers.
Caen to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Caen station.
Caen to Messina train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Caen station.
The best way to get from Caen to Messina is to bus which takes 34h 50m and costs €90 - €280. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €190 - €390 and takes 29h 16m.
What companies run services between Caen, France and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Caen to Messina via Paris and Napoli P.zza Garibaldi in around 34h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Caen to Messina Centrale via Paris St Lazare, Saint-Lazare, Gare de Lyon, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Torino Porta Nuova in around 29h 16m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Caen to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- 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 Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- 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 Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Caen to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Caen - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- 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
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Caen to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
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