There are 13 ways to get from Messina to Sulmona by ferry, train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry, train, bus
best- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Napoli Centraletrain Ic
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Sulmonabus
9h 35mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Messina to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus N590 / ...
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Sulmonabus
10h 20m€30–76Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Sulmonacar
7h 18m€97–152Ferry to Reggio Calabria Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabriaferry
- Fly from Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane REG - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Sulmonatrain
7h 50m€64–208Train, bus
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Napoli Centraletrain Ic
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Sulmonabus
9h 48m€37–96Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Roma Terminitrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Sulmonatrain
9h 55mBus via Sulmona Via Giuseppe Mazzini
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus Itabus
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Sulmona Via Giuseppe Mazzinibus Satam 10 / ...
10h 50m€30–41Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Naples Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane CTA - NAP
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Sulmonabus
7h 32m€46–164Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane CTA - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Sulmonatrain
7h 54m€56–181Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Abruzzo Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Abruzzo Airport (PSR)plane CTA - PSR
- Take the train from Pescara Porta Nuova to Sulmonatrain
6h 36m€58–280Train, bus to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Coffa Strada Statale 514bus
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane CIY - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Sulmonatrain
10h 39m€81–238Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Naples Airport, bus
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane PMO - NAP
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Sulmonabus
10h 18m€56–176Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI)plane CTA - AOI
- Take the train from Ancona to Pescara Centraletrain
- Take the train from Pescara Centrale to Sulmonatrain
8h 21m€73–303
Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Sulmona is to bus via Sulmona Via Giuseppe Mazzini which costs €29 - €45 and takes 10h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Sulmona is to bus and fly and train which takes 6h 36m and costs €55 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Sulmona. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Sulmona via Napoli P.zza Garibaldi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 20m.
The distance between Messina and Sulmona is 609 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Sulmona without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 9h 35m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 35m to get from Messina to Sulmona, including transfers.
Messina to Sulmona bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Messina Main Train Station.
Messina to Sulmona bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Napoli, Autostazione Metropark station.
Book your Messina to Sulmona bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 578+ hotels available in Sulmona.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Sulmona, Italy?
You can take a bus from Messina to Sulmona via Napoli P.zza Garibaldi in around 10h 20m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Abruzzo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–270
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–340
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–270
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–110
Flights from Palermo Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–120
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €22–95
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €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
Train from Ancona to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Sulmona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pescara Porta Nuova to Sulmona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pescara Centrale to Sulmona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 0871 344976
- satam@gruppolapanoramica.it
- Website
- satambus.it
Bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Sulmona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- satambus.it
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Sulmona Via Giuseppe Mazzini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- satambus.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
- €16–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 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
- +39 06 164160
- info@etnatrasporti.it
- Website
- etnatrasporti.it
Bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Coffa Strada Statale 514
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- etnatrasporti.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
- 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
- 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
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