There are 12 ways to get from Nuremberg 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 Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane NUE - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 22m€80–268Train, bus to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- 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
10h 40m€68–308Train, ferry
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Trentotrain 89
- Take the train from Trento to Paolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Paola to Villa S.Giovannitrain Re
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
19h 11mBus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Bologna Centralebus N1385 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messinabus N597
24h 35m€84–184Drive, ferry
- Drive from Nuremberg to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
16h 27m€266–384Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Nürnberg 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
10h 28m€123–333Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MUC - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 26m€118–312Fly Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane NUE - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 23m€89–369Train to Frankfurt, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 5m€135–347Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MUC - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 7m€137–373Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- 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
20h 32m€273–498Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Petershausentrain Re1
- Take the bus from Munich - Bus Station to Brescia - North Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brescia Bus Station Via Solferino to Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
30h 50m€116–219
Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nuremberg to Messina is to bus which costs €80 - €190 and takes 24h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Nuremberg to Messina is to fly and train which takes 9h 23m and costs €85 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Nuremberg station to Messina. However, there are services departing from Nuremberg central bus station and arriving at Messina via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 35m.
The distance between Nuremberg and Messina is 1483 km.
The best way to get from Nuremberg to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 19h 11m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 22m to get from Nuremberg to Messina, including transfers.
Nuremberg to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Nuremberg central bus station.
Nuremberg to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Nuremberg to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1031+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Nuremberg, Germany and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Messina via Bologna Centrale in around 24h 35m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
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
- €70–240
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- 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
- €110–420
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €22–85
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- 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 Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €38–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Trento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €42–47
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €46–52
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Petershausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trento to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €35–45
- Smart Flex
- €35–45
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Munich - Bus Station to Brescia - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Brescia Bus Station Via Solferino to Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- 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
- 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
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
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