There are 10 ways to get from Munich to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MUC - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 55m€93–274Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Bologna Centralebus N422 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
23h 10m€77–191Train, ferry
- Take the train from München Hbf to Bolzano-Bozentrain 89
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Paolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Paola to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr / ...
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
17h 1mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Munich to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
14h 58m€243–351Fly Munich International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane MUC - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
7h 36mFly Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MUC - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 45m€124–328Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane STR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 58m€105–352Bus to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from München to Memmingen Airportbus
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FMM - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 37m€84–344Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
18h 42m€239–475Train, bus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain 89
- Take the bus from Venezia Mestre to Messinabus Venezia Mestre
31h 40m€167–366
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Messina is to bus which costs €75 - €200 and takes 23h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 55m and costs €90 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Munich station to Messina station. However, there are services departing from Munich central bus station and arriving at Messina Main Train Station via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 10m.
The distance between Munich and Messina is 1376 km.
The best way to get from Munich to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 17h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 55m to get from Munich to Messina, including transfers.
Munich to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Munich central bus station.
Munich to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Munich to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1122+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Munich central bus station to Messina Main Train Station via Bologna Centrale in around 23h 10m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–380
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–380
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
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 Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- 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
- €160–310
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- 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
- €45–80
- 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
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €75–120
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +49 (0) 8331 9842 00 509
- info@aaexpress.de
- Website
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
Bus from München to Memmingen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–30
- Schedules at
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
- On Board Fare
- €22
- Internet fare
- €9
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Venezia Mestre to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- 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
- 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
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