There are 9 ways to get from Catania to Alès by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, 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 to Fréjorgues Airport, train
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)CTA - MPL
- Take the train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
- Take the train from Nimes to Ales
8h 8m€122–337Fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)CTA - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Nimes
- Take the train from Nimes to Ales
5h 40m€78–273Train, ferry
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina CentraleRe
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.GiovanniM1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta SusaFr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon-Saint Exupery TgvFr
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Nimes
- Take the train from Nimes to AlesTer
21h 54mBus
- Take the bus from Catania to Novara
- Take the bus from Novara to Nîmes740
- Take the bus from Nimes to Ales
32h 23m€152–248Night train, train
- Take the night train from Catania Centrale to Genova P.Za PrincipeIni
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Marseille St Charles
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to NimesTer
- Take the train from Nimes to AlesTer
31h 1m€124–261Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)CTA - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Nimes
- Take the train from Nimes to Ales
5h 46m€158–402Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)CTA - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
- Take the train from Nimes to Ales
9h 21m€115–403Bus, train
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Turin Stura Bus Station
- Take the bus from Turin Stura Bus Station to Chambery Central Bus Station
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Valence VilleTer
- Take the bus from Valence Gare Routiere I to Aubenas Gare Routiere
- Take the bus from Gare Routière to Gare routièreE13
36h 6m€84–226Drive, ferry
- Drive from Catania to Messina Marittima
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Alès
17h 15m€277–404
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Catania to Alès is to fly and train which costs €75 - €280 and takes 5h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Catania to Alès is to fly and train which takes 5h 40m and costs €75 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Catania to Alès. However, there are services departing from Catania and arriving at Ales via Novara, Parnasse and Nimes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Catania to Alès. However, there are services departing from Catania Centrale and arriving at Ales via Genova P.Za Principe, Marseille St Charles and Nimes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 1m.
The distance between Catania and Alès is 1277 km.
The best way to get from Catania to Alès without a car is to train and ferry which takes 21h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Catania to Alès, including transfers.
Catania to Alès bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Catania station.
Catania to Alès train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity Night, depart from Catania Centrale station.
Catania to Alès bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Novara station.
What companies run services between Catania, Italy and Alès, France?
You can take a bus from Catania to Ales via Novara, Nîmes, Parnasse, Lycee Cci, and Nimes in around 32h 23m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- Rail 1st Class
- €14–20
Train from Nimes to Ales
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–12
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Valence Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130–300
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Catania Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €60–100
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Novara to Nîmes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 3635
- Website
- groupe-sncf.com
Bus from Nimes to Ales
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.groupe-sncf.com/en
Bus from Valence Gare Routiere I to Aubenas Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.groupe-sncf.com/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Turin Stura Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Turin Stura Bus Station to Chambery Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 04 8000 7000
- Website
- auvergnerhonealpes.fr
Bus from Valence Gare Routiere I to Aubenas Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- auvergnerhonealpes.fr
Bus from Gare Routière to Gare routière
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- auvergnerhonealpes.fr
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
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