There are 11 ways to get from Hanover to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Hannover Airport, train
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HAJ - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 32m€126–367Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly, train
cheapest- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BER - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 24m€101–379Train, ferry
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Trentotrain 89
- Take the train from Trento to Paolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Paola to Villa S.Giovannitrain Re
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
22h 21mBus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Milanbus FlixBus N24
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Messinabus N597 / ...
33h 50m€110–249Drive, ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
20h 39m€331–478Train to Bremen Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BRE - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 29m€158–359Train to Hamburg Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HAM - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 47m€114–305Train to Frankfurt, fly, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 25m€151–372Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbftrain
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUS - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 56m€141–381Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- 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
23h 42m€339–556Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
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Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Messina is to bus which costs €110 - €250 and takes 33h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Messina is to train and fly which takes 10h 24m and costs €100 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Messina. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Messina via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 50m.
The distance between Hanover and Messina is 1836 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 22h 21m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 32m to get from Hanover to Messina, including transfers.
Hanover to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Book your Hanover to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1031+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Hanover central bus station to Messina via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 33h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Bremen Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Bremen Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–270
Flights from Bremen Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
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 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to 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, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–105
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Trento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €38–42
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €47–53
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €43–48
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trento to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €35–45
- Smart Flex
- €35–45
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.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
- 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
- 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
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