There are 10 ways to get from Messina to Zadar by ferry, train, bus, car ferry, car, plane, or shuttle
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
best- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Pesarotrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Pesaro to Port of Mali Losinjferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Port of Zadarferry
19h 13mTrain, car ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Anconatrain
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarcarferry 51
21h 14m€52–162Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Caserta Viale Vittorio Venetobus
- Take the bus from Caserta to Anconabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarcarferry 51
21h 57m€59–75Ferry, drive, car ferry
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Port of Baricar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Dubrovnikcarferry 54
- Drive from Dubrovnik to Zadarcar
18h 58m€187–262Bus, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane CTA - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste to Zadar bus stationbus
11h 35m€84–231Ferry, train, bus
- 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 Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste to Zadar bus stationbus
20h 18mBus
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centralebus Itabus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Zadar bus stationbus N535
27h€61–231Bus, fly to Split Airport
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Split Airport (SPU)plane CTA - SPU
- Take the bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Sukošanbus
10h 29m€105–352Bus, fly to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, car ferry
- 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 car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarcarferry
13h 7m€69–278Bus, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane CTA - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Take the ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Zadarferry
13h 45m€98–546
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Zadar is to bus and car ferry which costs €55 - €75 and takes 21h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Zadar is to bus and fly which takes 10h 29m and costs €100 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina station to Zadar station. However, there are services departing from Messina Main Train Station and arriving at Zadar bus station via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h.
The distance between Messina and Zadar is 1374 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Zadar without a car is to ferry and train which takes 19h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 19h 13m to get from Messina to Zadar, including transfers.
Messina to Zadar bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Messina Main Train Station.
Messina to Zadar bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Messina to Zadar bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 8704+ hotels available in Zadar.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Zadar, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Messina Main Train Station to Zadar bus station via Bologna Centrale in around 27h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–110
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–85
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- volotea.com
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 Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Caserta Viale Vittorio Veneto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 0733 671222
- info@linea2mari.com
- Website
- linea2mari.com
Bus from Caserta to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Schedules at
- linea2mari.com
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Sukošan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–17
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–390
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €210–390
- 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 0721.21332
- Website
- gomoviaggi.com
Ferry from Pesaro to Port of Mali Losinj
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- gomoviaggi.com
- Phone
- +385 21 645 476
- luka@krilo.hr
- Website
- krilo.hr
Ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://www.krilo.hr/en/
Ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–27
- Website
- https://www.krilo.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €9–12
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/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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