There are 9 ways to get from Messina to Croatia by bus, plane, ferry, train, car, or shuttle
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Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus
best- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane CTA - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
7h 5m€85–286Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Messina to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus N590 / ...
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Zagrebbus N544
24h 15m€56–186Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste to Zagrebbus 402
18h 35mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Napoli Centraletrain Ic
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Zagrebbus N544
24h€64–208Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Zagrebcar
14h 49m€232–352Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Split Airport
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Split Airport (SPU)plane CTA - SPU
7h 30m€95–338Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- 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 a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
8h 8m€77–519Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane PMO - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
9h 51m€96–338Bus, train
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Caserta Terminal Busbus
- Take the bus from Caserta Terminal Bus to Rijeka Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Susak-Pecine to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Re
28h 23m€59–86
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Croatia is to bus and train which costs €55 - €90 and takes 28h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Croatia is to bus and fly which takes 7h 5m and costs €80 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Zagreb via Napoli P.zza Garibaldi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 15m.
The distance between Messina and Croatia is 1144 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Croatia without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 18h 35m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Messina to Croatia, including transfers.
Messina to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Napoli P.zza Garibaldi station.
Book your Messina to Croatia bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 2990+ hotels available in Croatia.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Croatia?
You can take a bus from Messina to Zagreb via Napoli P.zza Garibaldi in around 24h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
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
Flights from Palermo Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €29–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Palermo Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–85
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–80
- 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 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Susak-Pecine to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/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
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–390
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €210–390
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Messina to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Trieste to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Caserta Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Caserta Terminal Bus to Rijeka Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/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
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