There are 13 ways to get from Munich to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport, train
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)MUC - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
9h 44m€107–335Train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from München Hbf to Memmingen
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)FMM - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
9h 8m€55–272Train, ferry
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozen89
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to PaolaFr
- Take the train from Paola to Villa S.GiovanniRe
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina MarittimaV1 / ...
16h 41mBus
- Take the bus from Munich to Bivio Cantinella
- Take the bus from Bivio Cantinella to Messina582
21h 41m€115–137Drive, ferry
- Drive from Munich to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
15h 43m€237–342Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)STR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
9h 55m€105–426Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)VRN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
11h 41m€118–332Fly Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)MUC - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
7h 47m€98–296Train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Take the train from München Hbf to Memmingen
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)FMM - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
10h 55m€87–312Train, train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)VCE - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
12h 58m€129–351Fly Munich International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)MUC - CIY
- Take the bus from Coffa Strada Statale 514 to Catania Central Bus Station
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
12h 41m€107–360Train, car ferry
- Take the train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Station89
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.GiovanniFr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
18h 19m€132–472Bus via Crosia
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Mirto CrosiaN422
- Take the bus from Mirto Crosia to Messina582
28h 20m€130–179
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Messina is to bus which costs €110 - €140 and takes 21h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 47m and costs €95 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Munich to Messina. However, there are services departing from Munich and arriving at Messina via Bivio Cantinella. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 41m.
The distance between Munich and Messina is 1429 km.
The best way to get from Munich to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 16h 41m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 44m to get from Munich to Messina, including transfers.
Munich to Messina bus services, operated by Busitalia Simet S.p.A., depart from Munich station.
Munich to Messina bus services, operated by Busitalia Simet S.p.A., arrive at Bivio Cantinella station.
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There are 1000+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Munich to Messina via Bivio Cantinella in around 21h 41m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
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
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–260
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–130
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €21–110
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–800
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–900
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Munich International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–900
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €38–42
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €38–42
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
- Phone
- +49 821 899825-44
- servus@go-ahead.bayern
- Website
- go-ahead.bayern
Train from München Hbf to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- go-ahead.bayern
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–40
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Munich to Bivio Cantinella
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bivio Cantinella to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Mirto Crosia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Mirto Crosia to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 164160
- info@etnatrasporti.it
- Website
- etnatrasporti.it
Bus from Coffa Strada Statale 514 to Catania Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- etnatrasporti.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
- 342 32 55 869
- 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
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
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