There are 11 ways to get from Messina to Zurich by bus, plane, ferry, train, night train, car ferry, 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.
Bus, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)CTA - ZRH
5h 57mCHF 82–226Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Messina to Milano, Autostazione LampugnanoN597 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Zurich Bus Station519 / ...
21h 51mCHF 55–168Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.GiovanniM1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich HbEc
13h 54mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Messina Centrale to Milano CentraleIni
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich HbEc
21h 39mCHF 133–214Bus, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)CTA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HB
9h 50mCHF 70–230Bus, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)CTA - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
8h 56mCHF 108–252Bus, fly to Basel, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Basel (BSL)CTA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
7h 31mCHF 88–253Bus, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)CTA - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
9h 14mCHF 100–283Bus, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)CTA - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singen
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HB
10h 1mCHF 129–345Bus, train
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Milan Malpensa Terminal 2 Arrivals
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T2 to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBEc / ...
25h 1mCHF 74–130Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Messina to Port of Salerno
- Drive from Port of Salerno to Zurich
19h 27mCHF 197–393
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 55 - SFr 170 and takes 21h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Zurich is to bus and fly which takes 5h 57m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 230.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Messina to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Messina Centrale and arriving at Zuerich Hb via Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 39m.
The distance between Messina and Zurich is 1344 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Zurich without a car is to ferry and train which takes 13h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Messina to Zurich, including transfers.
Messina to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Zurich train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity Night, depart from Messina Centrale station.
Messina to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Messina to Zurich Bus Station via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 21h 51m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Pescara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–110
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–400
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–490
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–130
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–380
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–400
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–400
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–400
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–190
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Messina Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T2 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- 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
- CHF 6–9
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Milan Malpensa Terminal 2 Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–28
- Website
- https://regiojet.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
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Messina to Port of Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–150
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- CHF 26–40
- Moto
- CHF 40–60
- Car
- CHF 120–150
- Cars
- CHF 56
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