There are 7 ways to get from Messina to Carthage by train, car ferry, ferry, plane, or bus
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Train, car ferry
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Tuniscarferry
15h 32m$69–126Train, car ferry via Messina Centrale
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Tuniscarferry
16h 32m$59–111Ferry, train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.train
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Tunis (TUN)plane SUF - TUN
10h 23mBus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Messina to Palermobus N592 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Tuniscarferry
16h 38m$66–108Bus, ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Messina to Milazzobus
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Palermoferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Tuniscarferry
19h 35m$118–193Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Tunis (TUN)plane CTA - TUN
6h 48m$133–349Train to Palermo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Tunis (TUN)plane PMO - TUN
8h 44m$142–379
Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Tunis (TUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Carthage is to train and car ferry via Messina Centrale which costs $55 - $120 and takes 16h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Carthage is to train and fly which takes 6h 48m and costs $130 - $350.
The distance between Messina and Carthage is 539 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Carthage without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 15h 32m and costs $65 - $130.
It takes approximately 15h 32m to get from Messina to Carthage, including transfers.
Carthage is 1h behind Messina. It is currently 2:00 PM in Messina and 1:00 PM in Carthage.
There are 769+ hotels available in Carthage.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Carthage, Tunisia?
There is no direct connection from Messina to Carthage. However, you can take the train to Palermo Centrale, walk to Stazione Centrale Balsamo, take the line 107 bus to Crispi Scina', walk to Port Of Palermo, take the car ferry to Port of Tunis, walk to Le Bac, then take the line 1 subway to Carthage Présidence. Alternatively, you can take the ferry to Villa S.Giovanni, walk to Villa S.Giovanni, take the train to Lamezia Terme C., walk to S. Eufemia Lamezia Stazione FS, take the bus to Aeroporto Lamezia Terme, walk to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) airport, fly to Tunis (TUN), walk to Aeroport Carthage, take the line 635 bus to Tunis Marine, walk to Tunis Marine, then take the line 1 subway to Carthage Présidence.
- Website
- tunisair.com
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Tunis via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Tunis via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Tunis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Tunis via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–360
- Website
- tunisairexpress.net
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- nouvelair.com
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Tunis via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–430
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 090.673782
- info@giuntabus.com
- Website
- giuntabus.com
Bus from Messina to Milazzo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- giuntabus.com
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/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
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
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