There are 10 ways to get from Messina to Moldova by bus, plane, ferry, train, car, shuttle, 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.
Bus, fly to Chișinău International Airport
best- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane CTA - RMO
9h 7m$83–251Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paolatrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Paola to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Chisinau, Gara Feroviarabus
35h 26mFerry, train
- 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 Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vesttrain 347
- Take the train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinautrain 402
2d 3hFerry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Chișinăucar
32h 47m$493–753Bus, fly to Iași International Airport, drive
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane CTA - IAS
- Drive from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Unghenicar
8h 48m$109–281Bus, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CTA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Iaşi
11h 25m$106–266Bus, fly to Suceava
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Suceava (SCV)plane CTA - SCV
- Take the bus from Suceava to Baltibus
9h 55m$144–279Bus via Padova
- Take the bus from Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station to Padua Bus Stationbus Autolinee Federico 202BOMNZ
- Take the bus from Padova to Chisinau, Gara Feroviarabus
42h 53m$143–283Bus
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Gura Humoruluibus
- Take the bus from Gura Humorului to Chisinau Airportbus
2d 2h$84–232Car 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
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Moldova is to bus and fly and shuttle which costs $100 - $270 and takes 11h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Moldova is to bus and fly and drive which takes 8h 48m and costs $100 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Moldova. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Chisinau, Gara Feroviara via Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station and Padova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 53m.
The distance between Messina and Moldova is 1662 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Moldova without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 35h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 7m to get from Messina to Moldova, including transfers.
Messina to Moldova bus services, operated by Autolinee Federico, depart from Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station.
Messina to Moldova bus services, operated by Autolinee Federico, arrive at Padua Bus Station.
Moldova is 1h ahead of Messina. It is currently 8:57 PM in Messina and 9:57 PM in Moldova.
There are 1688+ hotels available in Moldova.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Moldova?
You can take a bus from Messina to Chisinau, Gara Feroviara via Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station and Padova in around 42h 53m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $95–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–350
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–260
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–260
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–340
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–310
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–350
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $110–170
Train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–330
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- cfm@railway.md
- Website
- railway.md
Train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Schedules at
- railway.md
- 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
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- 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
- $80–120
- Website
- https://www.alverstur.md/en/
Bus from Padova to Chisinau, Gara Feroviara
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://www.alverstur.md/en/
- Phone
- 0371.503.503
- office@direct-aeroport.ro
- Website
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Iaşi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Suceava to Balti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
Bus from Gura Humorului to Chisinau Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
Bus from Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station to Padua Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–30
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Gura Humorului
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- 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
- $130–160
- Website
- https://al-trans.com.ua/en
- Schedules at
- https://al-trans.com.ua/en/routes
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Odesa Central Bus Station to Chișinău
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- 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
- $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
- $3–50
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- $3–8
- Moto
- $19–26
- Car
- $35–50
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