There are 11 ways to get from Croatia to Messina by bus, plane, train, ferry, car, or shuttle
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Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TRS - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 53m€146–380Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Palermo Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ZAG - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 51m€69–242Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestrebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
17h 1mBus
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestrebus
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Bologna Centralebus 482 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messinabus
23h 14m€479–1,313Drive, ferry
- Drive from Zagreb to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
14h 51m€242–349Fly Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SPU - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 56m€83–206Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VCE - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 3m€83–1,004Catamaran to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Zadar to Port of Anconaferry
- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane AOI - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 23m€124–341Train, ferry
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljanatrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach 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 / ...
19h 47mBus via Naples
- Take the bus from Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Naples Metropark Central Parkingbus
- Take the bus from Naples Metropark Central Parking to Messina Main Train Stationbus
25h 56m€110–220Train, ferry via Bari
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Splittrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Split to Bariferry 56
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
27h 42m
Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Croatia to Messina is to fly and train which costs €65 - €250 and takes 9h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Croatia to Messina is to bus and fly and train which takes 7h 53m and costs €140 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Croatia to Messina. However, there are services departing from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Messina via Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja, Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 14m.
The distance between Croatia and Messina is 1143 km.
The best way to get from Croatia to Messina without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 17h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 53m to get from Croatia to Messina, including transfers.
Croatia to Messina bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Croatia to Messina bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja station.
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There are 1222+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Croatia and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Messina via Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja, Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO), and Bologna Centrale in around 23h 14m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Split
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €360–900
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €360–900
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–850
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- info@easydrive.si
- Website
- easydrive.si
Bus from Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Naples Metropark Central Parking
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Naples Metropark Central Parking to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- 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
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Port of Zadar to Port of Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Split to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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