There are 12 ways to get from Germany to Messina by plane, bus, train, ferry, car, or car ferry
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Fly Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane STR - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palaculturabus
7h 2m€79–270Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BER - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palaculturabus
7h 55m€54–231Train, ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Ingolstadt Hbftrain 29
- Take the train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Bologna Centraletrain 89
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Villa San Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
23h 5mBus via Bologna
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bologna Centralebus N1385
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
32h 59m€82–177Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Port of Salernocar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Salerno to Messinacarferry
24h 37m€291–541Fly Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palaculturabus
7h 3m€93–289Fly Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MUC - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palaculturabus
7h 3m€91–252Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUS - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palaculturabus
7h 29m€84–271Fly Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MUC - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 45m€111–305Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CGN - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palaculturabus
7h 7m€70–291Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Stationtrain 89
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
24h 26m€215–528Bus
- Take the bus from BERLIN, ZOB am Funkturm to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39bus
- Take the bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8bus
- Take the bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Messina Piazza della Repubblicabus
37h 34m€167–216
Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Messina is to fly and bus which costs €50 - €240 and takes 7h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Messina is to fly and bus which takes 7h 2m and costs €75 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Messina station. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. and arriving at Messina Main Train Station via S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 59m.
The distance between Germany and Messina is 1454 km.
The best way to get from Germany to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 23h 5m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 2m to get from Germany to Messina, including transfers.
Germany to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Germany to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
There are 1031+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Germany and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. to Messina Main Train Station via S+U Zoologischer Garten/Jebensstr., S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf, Messegelände/ZOB, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, and Bologna Centrale in around 32h 59m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–160
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Ingolstadt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palacultura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from BERLIN, ZOB am Funkturm to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/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
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Port of Salerno to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–160
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €28–40
- Moto
- €45–65
- Car
- €120–160
- Cars
- €60
Car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
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