There are 9 ways to get from Messina to Leipzig by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or night train
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Train, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane CTA - LEJ
9h 18m€134–453Train, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane CTA - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 55m€90–409Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paolatrain Ic
- Take the train from Paola to Trentotrain Fr
- Take the train from Trento to München Hbftrain 89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain 28 / ...
21h 2mBus
- Take the bus from Messina to Bologna Centralebus N597
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Leipzig central train stationbus N452
28h 45m€107–247Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Leipzigcar
18h 39m€302–452Train, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane CTA - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain
10h 1m€176–549Train, fly to Frankfurt
- 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 Leipzig Hbftrain
10h 49m€168–484Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Santa Lucia Station to München Hbftrain 89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain 28 / ...
22h 46m€361–819Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Messina to Venezia Mestrebus
- Take the night train from Venezia Mestre to Muenchen Ostnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Leipzig Hbftrain Ice
34h 28m€205–464
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Leipzig is to bus which costs €100 - €250 and takes 28h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Leipzig is to train and fly which takes 8h 55m and costs €85 - €410.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Leipzig station. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Leipzig central train station via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 45m.
The distance between Messina and Leipzig is 1686 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Leipzig without a car is to ferry and train which takes 21h 2m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 18m to get from Messina to Leipzig, including transfers.
Messina to Leipzig bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Leipzig bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Messina to Leipzig bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 502+ hotels available in Leipzig.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Leipzig, Germany?
You can take a bus from Messina to Leipzig central train station via Bologna Centrale in around 28h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
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
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
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
- €85–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- 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 Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- 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 Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Trento
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- 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 Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Trento to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Venezia Santa Lucia Station to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Muenchen Ost to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Venezia Mestre to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
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 Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- 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 Messina to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- 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
- 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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