There are 8 ways to get from Matka to Messina by plane, train, car, bus, busferry, ferry, car ferry, or shuttle
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Fly Skopje International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SKP - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 42m€104–294Shuttle, bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Matka to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Airportbus
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TIA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 20m€55–220Drive, bus, bus and ferry, train, ferry
- Drive from Matka to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicacar
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- 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 / ...
18h 29mDrive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Matka to Port Of Vloracar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisicarferry
- Drive from Porto Di Brindisi to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
16h 17m€163–263Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Sofiabus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SOF - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
14h 49m€73–244Fly Skopje International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)plane SKP - CIY
- Take the bus from Ragusa Bus Terminal to Catania Via Archimedebus
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
13h 44m€119–353Bus, bus and ferry via Vlorë
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
29h 15mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
29h 58m
Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Matka to Messina is to shuttle and bus and fly and train which costs €55 - €220 and takes 11h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Matka to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 42m and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Matka to Messina. However, there are services departing from S. Glumovo Shkolo and arriving at Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via Skopje, Transporten Centar, Ohrid and Vlorë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 15m.
The distance between Matka and Messina is 889 km.
The best way to get from Matka to Messina without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Vlorë which takes 29h 15m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Matka to Messina, including transfers.
Matka to Messina bus services, operated by Classic Company, depart from Skopje, Transporten Centar station.
Matka to Messina bus services, operated by Classic Company, arrive at Ohrid station.
There are 333+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Matka, North Macedonia and Messina, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Matka to Messina. However, you can take the taxi to Skopje-Airport-SKP airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), walk to Catania Airport, take the bus to Catania Via Archimede, walk to Catania Centrale, then take the train to Messina Centrale. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Matka to Messina Marittima via Prizren,Autobuska Stanica, Durrës, Durrës, Bari Porto, Camera Commercio, Bari Centrale, Bari Centrale, Lamezia Terme C., Villa S.Giovanni, and Villa S.Giovanni in around 18h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €14–170
- 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 Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- 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 Bari Centrale to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- 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
- €10–24
- 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 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +383 49 871 234
- ardititours@hotmail.com
- Website
- sr-rs.facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://sr-rs.facebook.com/ardititours/
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 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
- Phone
- +381 69 756756
- velitrans2021@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Matka to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 858 018
- kabashiitours@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 242 252
- info@memi-reisen.com
- Website
- memireisen.net
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- memi-reisen.com
- Website
- showmebus.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- busalbania.com
- Phone
- +355 692 847 201
- tirana-metropol@live.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/MetropolTourist/
- Phone
- +383 44 283 209
- vellezerit-thaqi@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063856260044
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–27
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +39 0935 22 460
- Website
- interbus.it
Bus from Ragusa Bus Terminal to Catania Via Archimede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
- Phone
- +389 71 302 600
- classik.kompani@hotmail.com
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17
- Schedules at
- https://traveling.com/en/bus/company/classic-company
- Phone
- (389) 46 251-882
- info@galeb.mk
- Website
- galeb.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- galeb.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- 078/421-297
- biserprom.mk@gmail.com
- Website
- biserprom.com.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Schedules at
- biserprom.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 71 77 55 29
- ganic.ekskluziv@yahoo.com
- Website
- ganicekskluziv.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +38975468055
- Website
- idotours.com.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- 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
- +30 210 9561630
- info@europeanseaways.com
- Website
- ferries.gr
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://www.ferries.gr/european-seaways/ferries.htm
- Phone
- +39 0831 575289
- Website
- starlines.it
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €41–42
- Website
- https://starlines.it/
- Phone
- +30 210 9561630
- info@a-ships.com
- Website
- a-ships.com
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- a-ships.com
- Deck /Air type
- €45
- Cabin
- €50–80
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- 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
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