There are 10 ways to get from Graz to Messina by train, plane, car ferry, bus, car, or ferry
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 34m€106–253Bus via Bologna
cheapest- Take the bus from Graz P&R Webling to Bologna Centralebus N1533
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
25h 55m€68–223Train, car 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 car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
16h 7m€179–469Drive, ferry
- Drive from Graz to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
15h 22m€257–372Train 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 46m€109–264Train 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
11h 26m€119–293Fly 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 25m€133–504Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- 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
10h 11m€74–349Train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Graz Ostbahnhof-Messe to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BUD - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 37m€72–255Bus
- Take the bus from Graz Fernbusbahnhof P+R Webling B to Napoli Metropark Centralebus Ita
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
26h 25m
Graz to Messina by train and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Graz to Messina is to bus via Bologna which costs €65 - €230 and takes 25h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Graz to Messina is to train and fly which takes 9h 34m and costs €100 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Graz to Messina station. However, there are services departing from Graz Jakominiplatz H and arriving at Messina Main Train Station via Graz P&R Webling and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 55m.
The distance between Graz and Messina is 1424 km.
The best way to get from Graz to Messina without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 16h 7m and costs €170 - €470.
It takes approximately 9h 34m to get from Graz to Messina, including transfers.
Graz to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Graz P&R Webling station.
Graz to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
There are 1011+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Graz, Austria and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Graz Jakominiplatz H to Messina Main Train Station via Graz P+R Webling, Graz P&R Webling, and Bologna Centrale in around 25h 55m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–160
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–110
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–170
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €29–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- 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 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- 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
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Graz Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €23–90
Train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €55–85
Train from Graz Hbf to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €65–100
Train from Graz Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €65–100
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–50
- 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 Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- 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
- €110–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Graz Ostbahnhof-Messe to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €35–50
- First Class
- €65–90
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–31
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- €13–19
- Regional Train Ticket
- €17–20
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- €27–31
Train from Graz Ostbahnhof-Messe to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–49
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- €21–35
- Regional Train Ticket
- €29–33
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- €43–49
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Graz P&R Webling to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- 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
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- 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
- Phone
- +43 50 678910
- service@verbundlinie.at
- Website
- verbundlinie.at
Bus from Graz Fernbusbahnhof P+R Webling B to Napoli Metropark Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.verbundlinie.at/en/
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
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
- 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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