There are 11 ways to get from Messina to Moldova by train, plane, car, ferry, bus, 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.
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 33m$85–299Train, 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
10h 17m$69–269Ferry, 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 23mFerry, 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 24m$503–753Train, 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
15hTrain, 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
10h 40m$135–487Train, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CTA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Iaşi
12h 18m$99–270Bus 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$136–204Bus
- Take the bus from Messina to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Gura Humoruluibus
- Take the bus from Gura Humorului to Chisinau Airportbus
2d 2h$98–252Car 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 Iași International Airport (IAS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Moldova is to train and fly which costs $65 - $270 and takes 10h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Moldova is to train and fly and drive which takes 9h 33m and costs $85 - $300.
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 1630 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Moldova without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 35h 23m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 33m 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 7:39 AM in Messina and 8:39 AM in Moldova.
There are 1776+ 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 Iași International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bacău International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–330
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–340
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–310
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bacău International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bacău International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- 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
- $55–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Suceava via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $60–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bacău International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–350
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bacău International Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–350
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- 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 44m
- 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
- $150–310
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–370
- 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
- $40–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- $40–55
- Smart Flex
- $40–55
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $100–160
Train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- 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
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- 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/
Bus from Padova to Chisinau, Gara Feroviara
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- https://www.alverstur.md/en/
- 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
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Suceava to Balti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- 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
- 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
- $45–55
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
Bus from Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station to Padua Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- $30–140
- 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
- $130–150
- 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
- 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
- $2–50
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- $2–8
- Moto
- $18–25
- Car
- $35–50
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