There are 9 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 48m€95–281Bus to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- 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 35m€43–258Train, 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 Re
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
16h 54mBus
- Take the bus from Munich to Bivio Cantinellabus
- Take the bus from Bivio Cantinella to Messinabus 582
21h 41m€120–146Drive, ferry
- Drive from Munich to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
14h 58m€241–348Fly Munich International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane MUC - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
8h 57m€95–239Fly 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 52m€106–305Train, car ferry
- Take the train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Stationtrain 89
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
18h 19m€183–369Bus via Crosia
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Mirto Crosiabus N422
- Take the bus from Mirto Crosia to Messinabus 582
28h 20m€134–190
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Messina is to bus and fly and train which costs €40 - €260 and takes 8h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 48m and costs €90 - €290.
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 1376 km.
The best way to get from Munich to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 16h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 48m 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 1013+ 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €21–80
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- 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
- €60–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- 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
- €75–190
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- 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
- €23–35
- 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
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +39.06.5210550
- 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
Ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- 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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