There are 12 ways to get from Messina to Cesena by bus, plane, train, ferry, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
best- 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 Cesenatrain
5h 41m€49–223Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centralebus Itabus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Cesena Accoglienzabus N554 / ...
17h 10m€42–148Ferry, train
- 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 Cesenatrain Ic
10h 25mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Messina Centrale to Bologna Centralenighttrain Ini
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain Ic
15h 48m€83–141Bus 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 Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
6h 49m€58–251Bus 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
7h 22m€83–252Bus 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
7h€67–294Train 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 11m€76–256Bus 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 Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
8h 12m€97–288Bus 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 Cesenatrain
8h 20m€64–219Bus via Rome
- Take the bus from Messina to Milazzobus
- Take the bus from Milazzo Via dei Mille to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Cesenabus
17h 35m€64–79Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Cesenacar
10h 3m€142–222
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Cesena is to bus which costs €40 - €150 and takes 17h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Cesena is to bus and fly and train which takes 5h 41m and costs €45 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina station to Cesena. However, there are services departing from Messina Main Train Station and arriving at Cesena Accoglienza via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Messina to Cesena. However, there are services departing from Messina Centrale and arriving at Cesena via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 48m.
The distance between Messina and Cesena is 1035 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Cesena without a car is to ferry and train which takes 10h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 41m to get from Messina to Cesena, including transfers.
Messina to Cesena bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Messina Main Train Station.
Messina to Cesena train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity Night, depart from Messina Centrale station.
Messina to Cesena bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Cesena, Italy?
You can take a bus from Messina Main Train Station to Cesena Accoglienza via Bologna Centrale in around 17h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Forlì International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Pisa International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–110
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
- €30–110
- 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
- €50–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–110
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–85
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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
- 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 Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- 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
- 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 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Cesena Accoglienza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milazzo Via dei Mille to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 0871 344976
- satam@gruppolapanoramica.it
- Website
- satambus.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Cesena Accoglienza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- satambus.it
- 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
- €15
- Schedules at
- giuntabus.com
- Phone
- +39 075 5009641
- info@sulga.it
- Website
- sulga.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–29
- Schedules at
- sulga.it
- 2nd Class
- €25–29
- 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
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Messina to Cesena train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity Night, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
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