There are 8 ways to get from Messina to Alicante by train, plane, ferry, bus, night train, or car ferry
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Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane CTA - ALC
9h 27m€69–220Ferry to Reggio Calabria Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
cheapest- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabriaferry
- Fly from Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane REG - ALC
9h 7m€62–138Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Eur / ...
28h 34mBus
- Take the bus from Messina to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Alicantebus
38h 40mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Messina to Fiumicino Aeroporto T3bus
- Take the bus from FIUMICINO | Aeroporto to CIVITAVECCHIA | Deposito # f277bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port de Barcelonaferry
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Alicantebus
42h 54m€134–232Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane PMO - ALC
11h 24m€79–270Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Valencia Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane CTA - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
11h 59m€76–251Night train, car ferry, train
- Take the night train from Messina Centrale to Genova P.Za Principenighttrain Ini
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port de Barcelonacarferry
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Eur / ...
45h 25m€198–320
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Alicante is to ferry and fly which costs €60 - €140 and takes 9h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Alicante is to ferry and fly which takes 9h 7m and costs €60 - €140.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Alicante via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Barcelona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 40m.
The distance between Messina and Alicante is 1485 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Alicante without a car is to ferry and train which takes 28h 34m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Messina to Alicante, including transfers.
Messina to Alicante bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Alicante bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Book your Messina to Alicante bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 4083+ hotels available in Alicante.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Alicante, Spain?
You can take a bus from Messina to Alicante via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina, Barcelona - North Bus Station, and Barcelona in around 38h 40m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Palermo Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Valencia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Valencia Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Valencia Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Valencia Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Valencia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €190–380
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–200
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €140–190
- Smart Flex
- €160–200
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Messina Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- 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 Messina to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Messina to Fiumicino Aeroporto T3
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Barcelona to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- 800 174 471
- Website
- servizi.cotralspa.it
Bus from FIUMICINO | Aeroporto to CIVITAVECCHIA | Deposito # f277
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- servizi.cotralspa.it
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabria
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- €65–95
- Cabin
- €120–140
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