There are 12 ways to get from Messina to Spain by ferry, plane, train, bus, or car
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 to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabriaferry
- Fly from Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane REG - BCN
6h 27m€76–181Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane CTA - BCN
6h 16m€52–194Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
22h 8mBus via Florence
- Take the bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus N597 / ...
- Take the bus from Florence to Barcelonabus FlixBus N758
27h 45m€65–275Train, ferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Roma Ostiensetrain
- Take the train from Roma Ostiense to Civitavecchiatrain Re
- Take the ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port de Barcelonaferry
32h 49m€85–159Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane CTA - PMI
8h 1m€72–214Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Seville Airport
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane CTA - SVQ
6h 59m€76–213Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane CTA - MAD
6h 52m€70–214Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane PMO - MAD
9h 19m€83–246Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane PMO - BCN
9h 2m€60–196Bus
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus Itabus
- Take the bus from Naples - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
31h 45m€98–235Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Barcelonacar
19h 27m€312–462
Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Spain is to bus and fly which costs €50 - €200 and takes 6h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Spain is to bus and fly which takes 6h 16m and costs €50 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Spain. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Barcelona via Florence. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 45m.
The distance between Messina and Spain is 1254 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Spain without a car is to ferry and train which takes 22h 8m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Messina to Spain, including transfers.
Messina to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Book your Messina to Spain bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 5502+ hotels available in Spain.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Spain?
You can take a bus from Messina to Barcelona via Florence in around 27h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Seville Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Seville Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Palermo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Seville Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Palermo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Roma Ostiense
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Ostiense to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Ostiense to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- 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
- +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
- €80–210
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- +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
- 342 32 55 869
- 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
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