There are 11 ways to get from Mostar to Messina by car, car ferry, ferry, bus, train, plane, busferry, or shuttle
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Drive, car ferry, ferry
best- Drive from Mostar to Dubrovnikcar
- Take the car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Baricarferry 54
- Drive from Port of Bari to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
16h 35m€147–235Bus to Dubrovnik Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Fly from Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DBV - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
13h 21m€68–331Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Baricarferry 54
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
23h€129–338Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Baricarferry 54
- Take the bus from Bari to Messinabus
26h 11m€108–233Bus, car ferry, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnikbus
- Take the car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Baricarferry 54
- Take the bus from Bari Porto to Ferraris-Circumvesuvianabus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
23h 1mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Tivat, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Tivat, Autobuska stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
32h 25mTrain, bus to Split Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Mostar to Plocetrain
- Take the bus from Ploce to Split, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SPU - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
14h 8m€93–304Fly Mostar International Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Mostar International Airport (OMO) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane OMO - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 2m€214–409Drive, car ferry to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Drive from Mostar to Dubrovnikcar
- Take the car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Baricarferry
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BRI - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
16h 4m€127–269Bus, bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Tivat, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Tivat, Autobuska stanica to Tirana Airportbus
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TIA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
15h 51m€82–239Train, shuttle to Podgorica Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Mostar to Sarajevotrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Sarajevo, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus station
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TGD - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
13h 25m
Mostar to Messina by bus, car ferry, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mostar to Messina is to bus and fly and train which costs €65 - €340 and takes 13h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Mostar to Messina is to fly and train which takes 9h 2m and costs €210 - €410.
No, there is no direct bus from Mostar to Messina. However, there are services departing from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica and arriving at Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via Tivat, Autobuska stanica and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 25m.
The distance between Mostar and Messina is 750 km.
The best way to get from Mostar to Messina without a car is to bus and car ferry and train which takes 23h and costs €120 - €340.
It takes approximately 16h 35m to get from Mostar to Messina, including transfers.
Mostar to Messina bus services, operated by Centrotrans Eurolines, depart from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica station.
Mostar to Messina bus services, operated by Centrotrans Eurolines, arrive at Tivat, Autobuska stanica station.
There are 1108+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Messina, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Mostar to Messina. However, you can drive to Dubrovnik, take the car ferry to Port of Bari, drive to Villa San Giovanni, then take the ferry to Messina Marittima. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Messina Marittima via Kantafig, Luka Gruz, Dubrovnik, Port of Bari, Stazione Marittima, Bari Centrale, Bari Centrale, Villa S.Giovanni, and Villa San Giovanni in around 23h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–100
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–420
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–260
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €12–130
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €11–95
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dubrovnik Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Split Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- skyalps.com
Flights from Mostar International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–500
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +387 33 655 330
- info@zfbh.ba
- Website
- zfbh.ba
Train from Mostar to Ploce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.zfbh.ba/en/
Train from Mostar to Sarajevo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- https://www.zfbh.ba/en/
- Phone
- +387 33 770 889
- info@centrotrans.com
- Website
- centrotrans.com
Bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–45
- Website
- https://centrotrans.com/en
Bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Tivat, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://centrotrans.com/en
- Phone
- +387 (0)36 653 250
- globtour@globtour.com
- Website
- globtour.com
Bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–13
- Website
- https://www.globtour.com/
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–26
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €39
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +387 35 320-321
- info@transturist.ba
- Website
- transturist.ba
Bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- transturist.ba
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bari to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari Porto to Ferraris-Circumvesuviana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- +387 53 961-714
- taglobusturist@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Mostar, Autobuska Stanica to Tivat, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/bosnaturist
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tivat, Autobuska stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tivat, Autobuska stanica to Tirana Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ploce to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@montemaretravel.com
- Website
- montemaretravel.com
Shuttle from Sarajevo, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- montemaretravel.com
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Dubrovnik to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- 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
- €1–39
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €39
- 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
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