There are 11 ways to get from Luthern to Messina by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ZRH - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 5m€107–350Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Luzern to Milanbus FlixBus N401 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Messinabus N597 / ...
21h 35m€96–177Train, ferry
- Take the train from Luzern to Luganotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
15h 47mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Luthern to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Messinacar
27h 20m€196–301Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MXP - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 49m€97–312Train to Basel, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BSL - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 39m€105–332Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LIN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 56m€118–375Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BGY - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 36m€142–449Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ZRH - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 5m€113–348Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Luzern to Bellinzonatrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Varesetrain S50
- Take the train from Varese to Rho Fiera Milanotrain S5
- Take the train from Milano Rho-Fiera to Villa San Giovannitrain
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
15h 51m€202–425Train, night train
- Take the train from Luzern to Luganotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the night train from Milano Centrale to Messina Centralenighttrain Ini
21h 14m€192–459
Luthern to Messina by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Luthern to Messina is to bus which costs €95 - €180 and takes 21h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Luthern to Messina is to train and fly which takes 8h 5m and costs €100 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Luthern to Messina. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Messina via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Luthern to Messina. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Messina Centrale via Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 14m.
The distance between Luthern and Messina is 1396 km.
The best way to get from Luthern to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 15h 47m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from Luthern to Messina, including transfers.
Luthern to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Luzern station.
Luthern to Messina train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Luzern station.
Luthern to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
What companies run services between Luthern, Switzerland and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Luzern to Messina via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 21h 35m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from Basel to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Basel to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–110
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–390
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–430
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Luzern to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Luzern to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- 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
- €9–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–310
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Rho-Fiera to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–310
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Bellinzona to Varese
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Varese to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Luzern to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Milano Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Luzern to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- 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
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- 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
- €1–39
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €39
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