There are 8 ways to get from Geneva to Lipari by plane, ferry, train, bus, 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.
Fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane GVA - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
7h 14m€119–296Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, shuttle, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane GVA - CTA
- Take a shuttle bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
7h 27m€80–252Train, ferry
- Take the train from Genève to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Take the train from Milano Rho-Fiera to Reggio Calabria Centrale Stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
19h 35m€283–650Bus, ferry via Florence
- Take the bus from Geneve, Gare Routiere to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Milazzo Via dei Millebus
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
26h 26m€91–156Fly to Palermo Airport, ferry
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane GVA - PMO
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Lipariferry
7h 47m€121–293Bus, train, ferry via Parma
- Take the bus from Annemasse to Parmabus
- Take the train from Parma to Reggio Calabria C.Letrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
25h 29m€172–358Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Geneva to Aostabus
- Take the bus from Aosta to Messinabus
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipariferry
28h€137–252Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Geneva to Turinbus
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Messina Centraletrain
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipariferry
28h 3m€217–369
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geneva to Lipari is to bus and ferry via Florence which costs €90 - €160 and takes 26h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Geneva to Lipari is to fly and ferry which takes 7h 14m and costs €110 - €300.
The distance between Geneva and Lipari is 1309 km.
The best way to get from Geneva to Lipari without a car is to train and ferry which takes 19h 35m and costs €280 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 14m to get from Geneva to Lipari, including transfers.
There are 220+ hotels available in Lipari.
What companies run services between Geneva, Switzerland and Lipari, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Geneva to Lipari. However, you can fly to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG), walk to Reggio di Calabria - Airport, take the line 27 bus to Reggio di Calabria - Ponte Libertà, walk to Reggio di Calabria, then take the ferry to Lipari. Alternatively, you can take a train from Genève to Lipari via Domodossola, Rho Fiera Milano, Milano Rho-Fiera, Reggio Calabria Centrale Station, Reggio Calabria C.Le, Reggio Calabria Lido, and Reggio di Calabria in around 19h 35m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €28–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Rho-Fiera to Reggio Calabria Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–330
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Parma to Reggio Calabria C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Geneve, Gare Routiere to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Geneva to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- +39 0824 46304
- info@sellitto.com
- Website
- sellitto.com
Bus from Geneve, Gare Routiere to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–55
- Schedules at
- sellitto.com
Bus from Annemasse to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Schedules at
- sellitto.com
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Milazzo Via dei Mille
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 3312844763
- info@giardinatour.it
- Website
- giardinatour.it
Shuttle from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–28
- Schedules at
- giardinatour.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Geneva to Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Aosta to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Geneva to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Geneva to Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Geneva to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Vulcano to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Palermo to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@siremar.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Phone
- 800 250000
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- ngi-spa.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
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