There are 12 ways to get from Messina to Spain by train, plane, ferry, bus, car ferry, or car
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Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane CTA - BCN
7h 12m€58–200Ferry, 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 17mBus
- Take the bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Florence to Perpignanbus
- Take the bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
27h 55m€111–255Train, 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 42m€163–277Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane CTA - PMI
8h 36m€71–199Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane CTA - MAD
7h 43m€68–238Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Seville Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane CTA - SVQ
7h 50m€72–220Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane PMO - PMI
8h 28m€87–264Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane PMO - VLC
8h 54m€85–264Train 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
8h 58m€64–235Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the bus from Villa San Giovanni to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
34h 1m€146–259Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Barcelonacar
19h 29m€312–462
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Spain is to train and fly which costs €55 - €200 and takes 7h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Spain is to train and fly which takes 7h 12m and costs €55 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Spain station. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Barcelona - North Bus Station via Florence and Perpignan - Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 55m.
The distance between Messina and Spain is 1310 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Spain without a car is to ferry and train which takes 22h 17m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 12m 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 5017+ hotels available in Spain.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Spain?
You can take a bus from Messina to Barcelona - North Bus Station via Florence and Perpignan - Bus Station in around 27h 55m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Seville Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Seville Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Valencia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Seville Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Seville Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Valencia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Roma Ostiense
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Ostiense to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- 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
- €9–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Ostiense to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €190–380
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–350
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- 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
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- Phone
- 0966 57552
- info@lirosiautoservizi.com
- Website
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
Bus from Villa San Giovanni to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Schedules at
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
- 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
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.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
- €1–39
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €39
- 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
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