There are 5 ways to get from Messina to Dublin by ferry, plane, train, bus, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry to Reggio Calabria Airport, fly
best- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry
- Fly from Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane REG - DUB
9h 27mTrain to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CTA - DUB
8h 43m€78–218Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
42h 22mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Bruxelles - Rue du Progrèsbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry
- Take the bus from Belfast Glengall to The Gresham Hotelbus
2d 14h€385–586Train to Palermo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane PMO - DUB
10h 14m€85–250
Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Dublin is to train and fly which costs €75 - €220 and takes 8h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Dublin is to train and fly which takes 8h 43m and costs €75 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Dublin. However, there are services departing from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica and arriving at The Gresham Hotel via Brussels-North train station, London Victoria, Glasgow Buchanan and Belfast Glengall. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Messina and Dublin is 2430 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Dublin without a car is to ferry and train which takes 42h 22m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Messina to Dublin, including transfers.
Messina to Dublin bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica station.
Messina to Dublin bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès station.
Dublin is 1h behind Messina. It is currently 8:56 PM in Messina and 7:56 PM in Dublin.
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What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Dublin, Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Messina to Dublin. However, you can take the ferry to Villa S.Giovanni, walk to Villa S.Giovanni, take the train to Reggio Calabria C.Le, walk to Reggio di Calabria - Piazza Garibaldi, take the line 118 bus to Ravagnese - Aeroporto, walk to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) airport, fly to Dublin Airport (DUB), walk to Terminal 2 Zone 19, then take the line 784 bus to The Point. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Messina Marittima to Dublin Ferryport B+I via Villa S.Giovanni, Villa S.Giovanni, Torino Porta Susa, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon, Saint-Lazare, Paris St Lazare, Cherbourg, and Cherbourg in around 42h 22m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Dublin Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Dublin Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dublin Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dublin Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dublin Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–600
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Dublin Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €180–310
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €270–370
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Belfast Glengall to The Gresham Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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