There are 10 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 6m€77–274Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane PRG - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 50m€74–227Train, 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 via Cosenza
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Munich central bus stationbus 037 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Cosenzabus
- Take the bus from Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabus
26h 1m€132–164Drive, ferry
- Drive from Nuremberg to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
16h 27m€266–384Train 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 11m€109–335Fly 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 30m€88–295Train 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 14m€120–356Train, 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€197–420Bus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Munich central bus stationbus 037 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Mirto Crosiabus
- Take the bus from Mirto Crosia to Messinabus 582
31h 20m€134–206
Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nuremberg to Messina is to bus and fly and train which costs €70 - €230 and takes 10h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Nuremberg to Messina is to train and fly which takes 9h 11m and costs €100 - €340.
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 - Piazza della Repubblica via Munich and Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 1m.
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 6m 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 Munich central bus station.
Book your Nuremberg to Messina bus tickets online with FlixBus.
There are 1012+ 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 - Piazza della Repubblica via Munich central bus station, Munich, Cosenza, and Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro in around 26h 1m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
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
- 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 Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
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
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday 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
- 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
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–160
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- 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 Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Trento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- 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
- +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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trento to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- 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
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
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 Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- 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
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Munich to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–130
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +39 0912742800
- info@saistrasporti.it
- Website
- saistrasporti.it
Bus from Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
- 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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