There are 9 ways to get from Messina to Moldova by train, plane, car, ferry, bus, busferry, 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, fly to Iași International Airport, drive
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane CTA - IAS
- Drive from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Unghenicar
9h 34m$98–367Train, fly to Chișinău International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane CTA - RMO
9h 53m$73–288Ferry, train, bus
- 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 Verona Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Chisinau, Gara Feroviarabus
35h 16mFerry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Chișinăucar
32h 24m$503–753Train, fly to Suceava, bus
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Suceava (SCV)plane CTA - SCV
- Take the bus from Suceava to Baltibus
12h 25m$138–480Train, fly to Bacău International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bacău International Airport (BCM)plane CTA - BCM
- Take the bus from Bacǎu Airport to Romanbus
- Take the train from Roman to Ungheni Pruttrain
15h 1mBus
- Take the bus from Messina to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Veronabus 486 / ...
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Chisinau, Gara Feroviarabus
41h 47m$166–278Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Central Bus Station Sofia to Chişinău Southern Busbus
2d 9hCar ferry, train, bus
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bari Centraletrain Ic
- Take the bus from Bari to Odesa Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Odesa Central Bus Station to Chișinăubus
2d 15h$204–371
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Iași International Airport (IAS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Moldova is to train and fly which costs $70 - $290 and takes 9h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Moldova is to train and fly and drive which takes 9h 34m and costs $95 - $370.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Moldova. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Chisinau, Gara Feroviara via Bologna Centrale and Verona Porta Nuova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 47m.
The distance between Messina and Moldova is 1630 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Moldova without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 35h 16m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 34m to get from Messina to Moldova, including transfers.
Messina to Moldova bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Moldova bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Moldova is 1h ahead of Messina. It is currently 6:04 PM in Messina and 7:04 PM in Moldova.
Book your Messina to Moldova bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Moldova?
You can take a bus from Messina to Chisinau, Gara Feroviara via Bologna Centrale, Verona, and Verona Porta Nuova in around 41h 47m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–420
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bacău International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bacău International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $55–280
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bacău International Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–360
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- 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
- $10–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- 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
- $26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- cfm@railway.md
- Website
- railway.md
Train from Roman to Ungheni Prut
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Schedules at
- railway.md
- Phone
- +373 69 581 101
- info@alverstur.md
- Website
- alverstur.md
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Chisinau, Gara Feroviara
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://www.alverstur.md/en/
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Suceava to Balti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
- Phone
- +40735123000
- office@trendbus.ro
- Website
- trendbus.ro
Bus from Bacǎu Airport to Roman
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romtransexpress.autogari.ro
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
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $52
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Central Bus Station Sofia to Chişinău Southern Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
Bus from Odesa Central Bus Station to Chișinău
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Phone
- +38 (032) 221-68-58
- altransinfo@gmail.com
- Website
- al-trans.com.ua
Bus from Bari to Odesa Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–150
- Website
- https://al-trans.com.ua/en
- Schedules at
- https://al-trans.com.ua/en/routes
- 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
- $1–45
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- $3
- Car
- $45
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