There are 10 ways to get from Mainz to Catania by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, car ferry, or train
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Fly from Frankfurt
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
4h 54m€81–282Train via Basel
- Take the train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain S5 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Catania Centraletrain Ic
24h 17m€238–790Bus
- Take the bus from Mainz central train station to Milanbus FlixBus 476
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Cataniabus N597 / ...
31h 55m€101–245Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Mainz to Villa S. Giovannicar
- Take the car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestiericarferry
- Drive from Tresmestieri to Cataniacar
18h 58m€325–478Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane STR - CTA
6h 28m€102–304Bus to Hahn, fly
- Take the bus from Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlag to Frankfurt Hahn Airportbus
- Fly from Hahn (HHN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HHN - CTA
5h 40m€118–585Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CGN - CTA
6h 40m€94–299Train
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuovatrain 89
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Terminitrain
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Catania Centraletrain Ic
26h 3m€260–667Train #2
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibalditrain S11
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Catania Centraletrain
30h 50m€392–984Train, bus
- Take the train from Mainz Hbf to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano to Catania Aeroportobus
33h 41m€140–279
Mainz to Catania by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mainz to Catania is to bus which costs €100 - €250 and takes 31h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Mainz to Catania is to fly which takes 4h 54m and costs €80 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Mainz station to Catania. However, there are services departing from Mainz central train station and arriving at Catania via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Mainz to Catania. However, there are services departing from Mainz, Römisches Theater and arriving at Catania Centrale via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 17m.
The distance between Mainz and Catania is 1518 km.
The best way to get from Mainz to Catania without a car is to train via Basel which takes 24h 17m and costs €230 - €800.
It takes approximately 4h 54m to get from Mainz to Catania, including transfers.
Mainz to Catania bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mainz central train station.
Mainz to Catania train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Mainz, Römisches Theater station.
The best way to get from Mainz to Catania is to fly which takes 4h 54m and costs €80 - €290. Alternatively, you can train via Basel, which costs €230 - €800 and takes 24h 17m, you could also bus, which costs €100 - €250 and takes 31h 55m.
What companies run services between Mainz, Germany and Catania, Italy?
Lufthansa, ITA Airways, and Lufthansa City fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Catania Centrale via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Roma Termini in around 24h 17m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hahn to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–550
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mainz Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Mainz central train station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlag to Frankfurt Hahn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano to Catania Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 090774409
- info@bluferries.it
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestieri
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
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More Questions & Answers
Mainz to Catania bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Mainz to Catania train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
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