There are 8 ways to get from Cork to Messina by plane, train, bus, or ferry
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Fly Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ORK - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 51m€74–239Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane KIR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
14h 42m€62–177Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bolognabus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messinabus
3d 19h€125–499Fly Cork Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane ORK - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
10h 8m€84–281Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SNN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 56m€89–189Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUB - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 9m€89–227Fly Cork Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ORK - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
13h 1m€85–303Train, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
3d 19h€137–472
Cork Airport (ORK) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Messina is to bus and fly and train which costs €60 - €180 and takes 14h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Messina is to fly and ferry which takes 10h 8m and costs €80 - €290.
The distance between Cork and Messina is 2545 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Messina without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 19h and costs €120 - €500.
It takes approximately 10h 51m to get from Cork to Messina, including transfers.
Messina is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 6:34 AM in Cork and 7:34 AM in Messina.
There are 337+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred Street to Messina via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, Rădăuți, and Bologna Centrale in around 3d 19h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Shannon Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Shannon Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Kerry Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Kerry Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- 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 Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Napoli Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
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