There are 11 ways to get from Padova to Catania by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, shuttle, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport
best- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VCE - CTA
3h 26m€32–190Train, ferry (Trenitalia)
- Take the train from Padova to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain Re
13h 1mBus
- Take the bus from Padua Bus Station to Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Stationbus Autolinee Federico 202NBERG / ...
- Take the bus from Villa San Giovanni to Catania, Via D'Amicobus
18h 22m€56–80Train, night train
- Take the train from Padova to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the night train from Bologna Centrale to Catania Centralenighttrain Ini
17h 30m€89–160Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly
- Take the train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VRN - CTA
3h 52m€34–243Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Padova to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BLQ - CTA
3h 55m€33–160Shuttle to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Padova to Orio al Serio Airport
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BGY - CTA
4h 57m€76–433Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly
- Take the train from Padova to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FLR - CTA
4h 41m€63–191Train to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airporttrain
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TRS - CTA
5h 6m€51–215Bus via Bologna
- Take the bus from Padua to Bologna Centralebus N1533 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Stationbus Autoservizi Salemi S121 / ...
18h 25m€52–142Drive, ferry
- Drive from Padova to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
- Drive from Messina Marittima to Cataniacar
12h 3m€193–280
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Padova to Catania is to bus which costs €55 - €80 and takes 18h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Padova to Catania is to fly which takes 3h 26m and costs €30 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Padova station to Catania. However, there are services departing from Padua Bus Station and arriving at Catania, Via D'Amico via Villa San Giovanni. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from Padova to Catania. However, there are services departing from Padova and arriving at Catania Centrale via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 30m.
The distance between Padova and Catania is 961 km.
The best way to get from Padova to Catania without a car is to train and ferry which takes 13h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 26m to get from Padova to Catania, including transfers.
Padova to Catania bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Padua station.
Padova to Catania train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Padova station.
The best way to get from Padova to Catania is to fly which takes 3h 26m and costs €30 - €190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €80 and takes 18h 22m.
What companies run services between Padova, Italy and Catania, Italy?
Ryanair, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Padua Bus Station to Catania, Via D'Amico via Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station and Villa San Giovanni in around 18h 22m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–95
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–100
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–95
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €20–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–85
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–170
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–480
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–480
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–420
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €28–160
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–310
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €30–40
- Smart Flex
- €30–40
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €27–35
- Smart Flex
- €28–35
Train from Padova to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €40–55
- Smart Flex
- €40–55
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €30–40
- Smart Flex
- €30–40
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Bologna Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €25–35
Bus from Padua Bus Station to Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
- Phone
- +39 0912742800
- info@saistrasporti.it
- Website
- saistrasporti.it
Bus from Villa San Giovanni to Catania, Via D'Amico
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Padova to Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–280
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–39
- Private
- €150–280
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Padua to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.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
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