There are 10 ways to get from Croatia to Messina by bus, plane, train, ferry, car, 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.
Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly, 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
8h 21m€101–278Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zagreb to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N997
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messinabus N590 / ...
23h 10m€56–137Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljanatrain Ec / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Triestebus 402 / ...
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
18h 2mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Zagreb to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
14h 52m€236–341Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly, 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 27m€76–535Fly from Split Airport, train
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SPU - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 15m€98–350Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ZAG - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 3m€72–206Train, ferry
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbftrain 318 / ...
- 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, train
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus N544
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Ic
25h 12m€68–177Train, bus
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Susak-Pecinetrain Re
- Take the bus from Rijeka Central Bus Station to Caserta Terminal Busbus
- Take the bus from Caserta Terminal Bus to Messina Main Train Stationbus
27h 55m€62–89
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 train and bus which costs €60 - €90 and takes 27h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Croatia to Messina is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 21m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Croatia to Messina. However, there are services departing from Zagreb and arriving at Messina via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 10m.
The distance between Croatia and Messina is 1146 km.
The best way to get from Croatia to Messina without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 18h 2m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 21m to get from Croatia to Messina, including transfers.
Croatia to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zagreb station.
Croatia to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Book your Croatia to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1015+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Croatia and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Zagreb to Messina via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 23h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–110
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–320
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–90
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- 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 Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Napoli Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Susak-Pecine
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €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
- €45–100
- 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
- €40–400
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €220–400
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Rijeka Central Bus Station to Caserta Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Caserta Terminal Bus to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.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
- 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
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