There are 11 ways to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina by plane, bus, train (Eurostar, TGV), train, 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.
Fly London Heathrow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LHR - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palacultura
9h 3m€118–292Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LGW - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palacultura
8h 30m€60–211Train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee ChessyTgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Milano P.GaribaldiTgv
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Messina Centrale
30h 53m€243–822Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Bologna - Bus Station
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Villa S.GiovanniFr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina MarittimaV1 / ...
36h 3mFly London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LCY - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palacultura
10h 29m€122–306Fly London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)STN - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palacultura
9h 24m€100–317Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)LTN - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Viale Boccetta Palacultura
8h 58m€87–192Fly London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)STN - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
11h 31m€119–368Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Palermo Airport (PMO)LGW - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
10h 27m€99–322Train, bus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Cosenza
- Take the bus from Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
36h 59m€288–641Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Bologna - Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
42h 26m€121–337
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina by subway and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina is to bus and fly which costs €60 - €220 and takes 8h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina is to bus and fly which takes 8h 30m and costs €60 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina. However, there are services departing from Heathrow Terminal 5 and arriving at Messina via London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Heathrow Terminal 5 station to Messina. However, there are services departing from Heathrow Terminal 5 station and arriving at Messina Centrale via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Marne La Vallee Chessy and Milano P.Garibaldi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 53m.
The distance between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Messina is 2080 km.
The best way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina without a car is to train which takes 30h 53m and costs €240 - €850.
It takes approximately 9h 3m to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina, including transfers.
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from London Victoria station.
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina is to train which takes 30h 53m and costs €240 - €850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €340 and takes 42h 26m.
What companies run services between Heathrow Terminal 5, England and Messina, Italy?
You can take a subway from Heathrow Terminal 5 station to Messina Centrale via King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Marne La Vallee Chessy, and Milano P.Garibaldi in around 30h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Bologna - Bus Station, and Bologna Centrale in around 42h 26m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Palermo Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Palermo Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–650
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €29–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- Rail 1st Class
- €55–85
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €160–230
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €35–50
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Bologna - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Frankfurt to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–160
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +39 0912742800
- info@saistrasporti.it
- Website
- saistrasporti.it
Bus from Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/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
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More Questions & Answers
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Messina is 1h ahead of Heathrow Terminal 5. It is currently 5:12 PM in Heathrow Terminal 5 and 6:12 PM in Messina.
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Messina train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Lille Europe station.
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