There are 10 ways to get from Messina to Erlangen by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Nuremberg Airport
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane CTA - NUE
9h 2m€84–279Ferry, 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 München Hbftrain 89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Erlangentrain 28 / ...
18h 58mBus
- Take the bus from Messina to Bologna Centralebus N597
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Nuremberg central bus stationbus N1385 / ...
26h 40m€88–215Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Erlangencar
16h 38m€262–392Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CTA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbftrain
9h 47m€140–425Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CTA - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Erlangentrain
9h 35m€132–365Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane CTA - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
10h 25m€115–373Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Nuremberg Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane PMO - NUE
9h 18m€110–302Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Muenchen Hbftrain Rj
- Take the train from München Hbf to Erlangentrain 28 / ...
21h 55m€281–564Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the bus from Villa San Giovanni to Lubianabus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Münchenbus
- Take the bus from Flughafen München to Ingolstadt, Nordbahnhof Westbus
- Take the train from Ingolstadt Nord to Nürnberg Hbftrain Re1
33h 57m
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Erlangen is to bus which costs €85 - €220 and takes 26h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Erlangen is to train and fly which takes 9h 2m and costs €80 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Erlangen station. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Erlangen train station via Bologna Centrale and Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 40m.
The distance between Messina and Erlangen is 1489 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Erlangen without a car is to ferry and train which takes 18h 58m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 2m to get from Messina to Erlangen, including transfers.
Messina to Erlangen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Erlangen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Messina to Erlangen bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1267+ hotels available in Erlangen.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Erlangen, Germany?
You can take a bus from Messina to Erlangen train station via Bologna Centrale and Nuremberg central bus station in around 26h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–410
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Erlangen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ingolstadt Nord to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €75–120
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- 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
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Villa San Giovanni to Lubiana
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €400–950
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- 06631 9633-33
- Website
- rmv.de
Bus from Flughafen München to Ingolstadt, Nordbahnhof West
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rmv.de
- 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
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- 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
- €1–39
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €39
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