There are 12 ways to get from Messina to Brig by ferry, plane, train, car ferry, bus, car, 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.
Ferry to Reggio Calabria Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabriaferry
- Fly from Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane REG - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
7h 22mCHF 60–306Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CTA - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
8h 2mCHF 47–169Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Napoli Afragolatrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Milano Rogoredotrain
- Take the train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossolatrain
13h 47mCar ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the bus from Villa San Giovanni to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossolatrain
21h 35mCHF 91–203Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Messina to Port of Palermocar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Brigcar
26h 30mCHF 162–256Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane CTA - LIN
- Take the train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossolatrain
8h 44mCHF 66–183Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CTA - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Domodossolatrain
9h 31mCHF 76–227Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane CTA - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Rho-Fiera Milanotrain
- Take the train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossolatrain
9h 49mCHF 67–261Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CTA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
9h 32mCHF 145–467Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CTA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Rogoredotrain
- Take the train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossolatrain
9h 43mCHF 74–282Bus
- Take the bus from Messina to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milan Piazzale Lorenzo Lotto to Malpensa Airport - Milanbus
- Take the bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviariabus 3
22h 2mCHF 66–179Night train, train
- Take the night train from Messina Centrale to Milano Centralenighttrain Ini
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Domodossolatrain Re 4
20h 59mCHF 121–224
Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Brig is to train and fly which costs SFr 45 - SFr 170 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Brig is to ferry and fly and train which takes 7h 22m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 310.
No, there is no direct train from Messina to Brig. However, there are services departing from Messina Centrale and arriving at Brig via Milano Centrale and Domodossola. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 59m.
The distance between Messina and Brig is 1168 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Brig without a car is to ferry and train which takes 13h 47m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 22m to get from Messina to Brig, including transfers.
Messina to Brig train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity Night, depart from Messina Centrale station.
Messina to Brig train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity Night, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
There are 768+ hotels available in Brig.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Brig, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Messina to Brig via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Lampugnano, Lotto Fieramilanocity, Milan Piazzale Lorenzo Lotto, Malpensa Airport - Milan, Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1, Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria, and Domodossola in around 22h 2m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–130
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–95
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–85
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–390
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–410
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–290
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Rho-Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Afragola to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Rho-Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–110
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli Afragola to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–190
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Rho-Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–40
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Messina Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 0966 57552
- info@lirosiautoservizi.com
- Website
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
Bus from Villa San Giovanni to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–85
- Schedules at
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Milan Piazzale Lorenzo Lotto to Malpensa Airport - Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–18
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Milan Piazzale Lorenzo Lotto to Malpensa Airport - Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–10
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- comazzi@comazzibus.com
- Website
- comazzibus.com
Bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- https://www.comazzibus.com/eng/index.php
- 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
- CHF 3–8
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- 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
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–36
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- CHF 3
- Car
- CHF 36
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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