There are 8 ways to get from Messina to Palma by ferry, plane, train, car ferry, bus, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry to Reggio Calabria Airport, fly
best- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabria
- Fly from Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)REG - PMI
8h 32m€76–231Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)CTA - PMI
7h 46m€72–194Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.GiovanniM1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Napoli AfragolaFa / ...
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Roma TerminiFr / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Toulon
- Take the ferry from Port of Toulon to Port d'Alcúdia
- Take the train from Sa Pobla Estació to Estació IntermodalT2
38h 58mTrain, ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Roma Ostiense
- Take the train from Roma Ostiense to CivitavecchiaRe
- Take the ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port de Barcelona
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorca
39h 4m€120–281Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Take the bus from Naples - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorca
39h 15m€129–314Ferry, train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)SUF - PMI
8h 31mTrain to Palermo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)PMO - PMI
8h 26m€73–206Car ferry, night train, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the night train from Villa S.Giovanni to CivitavecchiaIni
- Take the ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port de Barcelona
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorca
39h 54m€138–310
Messina to Palma by train, bus, foot, ferry, and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Palma is to bus and fly which costs €70 - €200 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Palma is to bus and fly which takes 7h 46m and costs €70 - €200.
The distance between Messina and Palma is 1163 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Palma without a car is to ferry and train which takes 38h 58m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Messina to Palma, including transfers.
There are 1752+ hotels available in Palma.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Palma, Spain?
There is no direct connection from Messina to Palma. However, you can take the ferry to Reggio di Calabria, walk to Reggio di Calabria - Ponte Libertà, take the line 28 bus to Reggio Calabria Airport, walk to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI), walk to 547-Aeroport - Arribades, then take the bus to 452-Gabriel Alomar - Àrea d'intercanvi Sindicat. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Messina Marittima to Estació Intermodal via Villa S.Giovanni, Villa S.Giovanni, Napoli Afragola, Roma Termini, Toulon, Port of Toulon, Port d'Alcúdia, and Sa Pobla Estació in around 38h 58m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Palermo Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Palermo Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Afragola to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Ostiense to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Super Economy
- €9–13
- Base Standard
- €23–35
- Base Premium
- €29–45
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli Afragola to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Toulon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Roma Ostiense
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Ostiense to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 971 17 77 77
- Website
- tib.org
Train from Sa Pobla Estació to Estació Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.tib.org/en/inici
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Ostiense to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Villa S.Giovanni to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Naples - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabria
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- 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
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- corsica-ferries.it
Ferry from Port of Toulon to Port d'Alcúdia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.corsica-ferries.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.trasmed.com/en/
- 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
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
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