There are 5 ways to get from Messina to Cork by bus, plane, ferry, or train
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Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Cork Airport
best- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane CTA - ORK
10h 16m€71–225Bus
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Aston Quay to Cork Alfred Streetbus
3d 21h€108–393Ferry to Reggio Calabria Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabriaferry
- Fly from Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane REG - ORK
10h 31m€80–272Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CTA - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Corktrain
11h 22m€88–224Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane PMO - ORK
14h 8m€76–228
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Cork is to bus and fly and train which costs €85 - €230 and takes 11h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Cork is to bus and fly which takes 10h 16m and costs €70 - €230.
The distance between Messina and Cork is 2545 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Cork without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 21h and costs €100 - €400.
It takes approximately 10h 16m to get from Messina to Cork, including transfers.
Cork is 1h behind Messina. It is currently 4:15 PM in Messina and 3:15 PM in Cork.
There are 290+ hotels available in Cork.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Cork, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Messina Main Train Station to Cork Alfred Street via Napoli, Autostazione Metropark, Rădăuți, Dublin, Navan Road Station, D'Olier Street, and Aston Quay in around 3d 21h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cork Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cork Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cork Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cork Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Cork Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dublin Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dublin Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dublin Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cork Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cork Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cork Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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 Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Aston Quay to Cork Alfred Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Aston Quay to Cork Alfred Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- 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
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
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