There are 12 ways to get from Messina to Cervia by ferry, train, bus, night train, car, car ferry, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry, train (Trenitalia)
best- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Forlitrain Ic
11h 56mBus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CTA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Forlitrain
7h 13m€42–169Bus
- Take the bus from Messina to Riminibus N596
18h€46–117Night train, train
- Take the night train from Messina Centrale to Bologna Centralenighttrain Ini
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Forlitrain Ic
17h 19m€87–136Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Cerviacar
10h 14m€142–222Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the train from Villa San Giovanni to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Forlitrain Ic
12h 46m€78–209Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Forlì International Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Forlì International Airport (FRL)plane PMO - FRL
8h 21m€194–704Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane CTA - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Forlitrain
8h 9m€58–231Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane CTA - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Cesenatrain
8h 58m€80–248Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI)plane CTA - AOI
- Take the train from Ancona to Cesenatrain
8h 41m€70–288Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Pisa International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane CTA - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Forlitrain
9h 35m€80–308Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane CTA - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Forlitrain
9h 56m€61–204
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Cervia is to bus which costs €45 - €120 and takes 18h.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Cervia is to bus and fly and train which takes 7h 13m and costs €40 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Cervia. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Circonvallazione - Sacchetti via Rimini Centro Studi and Rimini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h.
The distance between Messina and Cervia is 1082 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Cervia without a car is to ferry and train which takes 11h 56m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 56m to get from Messina to Cervia, including transfers.
Messina to Cervia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Cervia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Rimini station.
There are 1735+ hotels available in Cervia.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Cervia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy?
FlixBus operates a bus from Messina to Rimini once daily. Tickets cost €40–120 and the journey takes 15h 5m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Forlì International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Pisa International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–100
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–100
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–95
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €20–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–110
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €28–160
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Forli
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Forli
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Forli
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Messina Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa San Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €42–47
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ancona to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.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
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- 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
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
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