There are 5 ways to get from Israel to Messina by plane, ferry, or train
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Fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)TLV - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
11h 46m€110–454Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)TLV - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
8h 28m€108–246Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)TLV - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
11h 22mFly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) to Palermo Airport (PMO)TLV - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
12h 44m€150–251Fly to Naples Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) to Naples Airport (NAP)TLV - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
12h 22m
Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Israel to Messina is to fly and train which costs €100 - €250 and takes 8h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Israel to Messina is to fly and train which takes 8h 28m and costs €100 - €250.
The distance between Israel and Messina is 1908 km.
It takes approximately 11h 46m to get from Israel to Messina, including transfers.
Messina is 1h behind Israel. It is currently 10:11 AM in Israel and 9:11 AM in Messina.
There are 1015+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Israel and Messina, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Israel to Messina. However, you can take the bus to Diamond excahnge market/Jabotinsky Road, walk to Tel Aviv Center, take the train to נתב''ג, walk to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) airport, fly to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG), walk to Reggio di Calabria - Airport, take the bus to Reggio di Calabria - Porto, walk to Reggio Calabria, then take the ferry to Messina Marittima. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Diamond excahnge market/Jabotinsky Road, walk to Tel Aviv Center, take the train to נתב''ג, walk to Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) airport, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF), walk to Lamezia Terme Airport, take the bus to Lamezia Terme Train Station, walk to Lamezia Terme C., take the train to Villa S.Giovanni, walk to Villa S.Giovanni, then take the ferry to Messina Marittima.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–360
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Naples Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- tusairways.com
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.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
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