There are 10 ways to get from Metz to Messina by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Luxembourg, fly, train
best- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LUX - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 49m€72–252Train, ferry
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
19h 57mBus
- Take the bus from Metz to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N473
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Messinabus N597 / ...
27h 10m€72–255Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Metz to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Messinacar
31h 33m€208–358Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane STR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 53m€144–462Train, bus to Hahn, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Take the train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Trier central train station to Frankfurt-Hahn Airportbus
- Fly from Hahn (HHN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HHN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 56m€92–308Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ZRH - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 7m€164–420Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CRL - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 7m€98–258Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Metz Boulevard Poincare to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milan San Donato to Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
27h 59mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Mulhouse Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the night train from Milano Centrale to Messina Centralenighttrain Ini
25h 58m€168–424
Luxembourg (LUX) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Messina is to bus which costs €70 - €260 and takes 27h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Messina is to train and fly which takes 8h 49m and costs €70 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Metz to Messina. However, there are services departing from Metz and arriving at Messina via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Metz to Messina. However, there are services departing from Metz Ville and arriving at Messina Centrale via Mulhouse Ville, Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 58m.
The distance between Metz and Messina is 1698 km.
The best way to get from Metz to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 19h 57m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 49m to get from Metz to Messina, including transfers.
Metz to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Metz station.
Metz to Messina train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Metz Ville station.
Metz to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Metz to Messina via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 27h 10m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Hahn to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Hahn to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Hahn to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €33–34
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–30
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €12–19
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Milano Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Metz to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trier central train station to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Metz to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–26
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Metz Boulevard Poincare to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
Bus from Milan San Donato to Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
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