There are 9 ways to get from Graz to Messina by train, plane, ferry, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Airporttrain
- 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
9h 24m€108–220Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VIE - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 52m€80–299Train, ferry
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Venezia S. Luciatrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
15h 44mBus
- Take the bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take the bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padua to Bologna Centralebus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messinabus
23h 31m€302–1,104Drive, ferry
- Drive from Graz to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
15h 25m€287–414Fly Graz Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane GRZ - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 6m€243–371Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VCE - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 41m€105–268Train to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Airporttrain
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane TRS - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 57m€129–273Bus via Naples
- Take the bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Ljubljanabus
- 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 40m€346–589
Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Graz to Messina is to train and fly which costs €80 - €300 and takes 9h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Graz to Messina is to train and fly which takes 9h 24m and costs €100 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Graz to Messina. However, there are services departing from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof and arriving at Messina via Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja, Padua and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 31m.
The distance between Graz and Messina is 1422 km.
The best way to get from Graz to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 15h 44m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 24m to get from Graz to Messina, including transfers.
Graz to Messina bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof station.
Graz to Messina bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja station.
Book your Graz to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and 12go.asia.
There are 1137+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Graz, Austria and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Messina via Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja, Padova, Padua, and Bologna Centrale in around 23h 31m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–150
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–90
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €27–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Graz Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Graz Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Graz Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Airport
- *
- €55–85
Train from Graz Hbf to Venezia S. Lucia
- *
- €65–100
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- €30–50
Train from Graz Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- *
- €65–100
Train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Airport
- *
- €55–85
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €54
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €124
Bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €111–800
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €111
- Private
- €411
Bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €270–460
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €270
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Padua to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Naples Metropark Central Parking
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Naples Metropark Central Parking to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- 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
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