There are 8 ways to get from Kotor to Messina by car, plane, train, car ferry, ferry, bus, shuttle, or busferry
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Drive to Dubrovnik Airport, fly, train
best- Drive from Kotor to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)car
- Fly from Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DBV - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 4m€98–357Ferry, car ferry, train
cheapest- Take the ferry from Kotor to Dubrovnikferry
- Take the car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Baricarferry 54
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
22h 43m€38–196Drive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Kotor to Barcar
- Take the car ferry from Bar to Port of Baricarferry 55
- Drive from Port of Bari to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
15h 20m€85–129Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana Airportbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Bari Portobus
- Take the bus from Bari-Porto to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
20h 54mShuttle to Podgorica Airport, fly, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica Airport
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TGD - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 29mFerry, car ferry, train via Santa Eufemia Lamezia
- Take the ferry from Kotor to Dubrovnikferry
- Take the car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Baricarferry 54
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.train Ic
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovannitrain Re
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
20h 54mBus
- Take the bus from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Portobus
- Take the bus from Brindisi to Messinabus
24h 31mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
26h 40m
Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kotor to Messina is to ferry and car ferry and train which costs €35 - €200 and takes 22h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Kotor to Messina is to drive and fly and train which takes 8h 4m and costs €95 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Kotor to Messina. However, there are services departing from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica and arriving at Messina via Durrës, Brindisi - Via Del Mare and Brindisi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 31m.
The distance between Kotor and Messina is 800 km.
The best way to get from Kotor to Messina without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 20h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 4m to get from Kotor to Messina, including transfers.
Kotor to Messina bus services, operated by Croatia Bus, depart from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica station.
Kotor to Messina bus services, operated by Croatia Bus, arrive at Durrës station.
There are 1007+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Kotor, Montenegro and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Messina via Durrës, Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto, Brindisi - Via Del Mare, Brindisi - Viale Togliatti, and Brindisi in around 24h 31m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- 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 Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- 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
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari-Porto to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- 2nd Class
- €12–18
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- support@gomontenegro.me
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €64
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Durrës to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brindisi to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +382 32 520 495
- info@kotortotirana.com
- Website
- kotortotirana.com
Bus from Kotor, Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €32
- Website
- https://www.kotortotirana.com/
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Bar to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €11–15
Car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €11–14
- Adult
- €50
- Children 3-12 years
- €20
- 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
- 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
- +385 91 422 0110
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Ferry from Kotor to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
- Adullt
- €50
- Child 3-11
- €25
- Child 0-2.99
- €0
- 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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