There are 8 ways to get from Liverpool to Messina by bus, plane, 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.
Bus to Manchester Airport, fly, train
best- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Stationbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MAN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 22m€66–203Train, ferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
25h 41mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Monstrain Ter
- Take the bus from Mons - Place Léopold to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabus
38h 30mFly from Liverpool, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LPL - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 45m€68–228Train to Birmingham Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BHX - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 17m€98–276Train to Luton Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Milton Keynes Centraltrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LTN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 15m€138–359Train to London Stansted Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane STN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 20m€159–384Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Naples Metropark Central Parking to Messina Main Train Stationbus
2d 1h€258–524
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Messina is to bus and fly and train which costs €65 - €210 and takes 9h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Messina is to bus and fly and train which takes 9h 22m and costs €65 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Messina station. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Messina Main Train Station via London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Naples Metropark Central Parking. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Liverpool and Messina is 2371 km.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 25h 41m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 22m to get from Liverpool to Messina, including transfers.
Liverpool to Messina bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Messina bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Messina is 1h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 3:45 PM in Liverpool and 4:45 PM in Messina.
Book your Liverpool to Messina bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Messina Main Train Station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Naples Metropark Central Parking in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–110
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pescara
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Luton Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Liverpool to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €210–370
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–400
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–340
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Mons
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–20
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- National Express
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Mons - Place Léopold to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–270
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Naples Metropark Central Parking to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
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