There are 9 ways to get from Messina to Checkpoint Charlie by bus, plane, ferry, train, night train, car, or car ferry
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Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
best- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)CTA - BER
6h 51m€77–255Ferry, train, night train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.GiovanniM1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof89
- Take the night train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Hbf
19h 55mBus via Bologna
- Take the bus from Messina to Bologna CentraleN597
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Berlin, Zentralen OmnibusbahnhofN1385
31h 36m€92–242Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Checkpoint Charlie
19h 49m€332–492Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)PMO - BER
9h 35m€98–288Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)CTA - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to S Südkreuz Bhf
10h 9m€166–442Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)CTA - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
10h 26m€186–566Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia MestreFr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Muenchen HbfRj
- Take the train from München Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf29 / ...
23h 28m€280–437Bus
- Take the bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Battipaglia Ospedale
- Take the bus from BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8 to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Take the bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to BERLIN, ZOB am Funkturm
36h 58m€163–212
Messina to Checkpoint Charlie by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Checkpoint Charlie is to bus via Bologna which costs €90 - €250 and takes 31h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Checkpoint Charlie is to bus and fly which takes 6h 51m and costs €75 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Checkpoint Charlie. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at U Stadtmitte via Bologna Centrale, S Messe Nord and S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 36m.
The distance between Messina and Checkpoint Charlie is 1789 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Checkpoint Charlie without a car is to ferry and train and night train which takes 19h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Messina to Checkpoint Charlie, including transfers.
Messina to Checkpoint Charlie bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Checkpoint Charlie bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
There are 2547+ hotels available in Checkpoint Charlie.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Checkpoint Charlie, Germany?
You can take a bus from Messina to Checkpoint Charlie via Bologna Centrale, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, S Messe Nord, S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf, and U Stadtmitte in around 31h 36m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Palermo Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Palermo Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–105
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Night train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €16–22
- Business
- €18–20
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €29–45
Train from Venezia Mestre to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €75–120
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Battipaglia Ospedale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8 to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to BERLIN, ZOB am Funkturm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- 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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