There are 10 ways to get from Paris to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or train (TGV, Trenitalia)
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Fly Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ORY - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 11m€92–264Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CDG - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 24m€76–233Train, ferry
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
18h 21mBus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messinabus N597 / ...
29h 55m€88–160Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Paris to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Messinacar
32h 51m€228–382Bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BVA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 15m€117–299Fly Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ORY - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 4m€94–254Bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BVA - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 9m€98–359Train
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuovatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Messina Centraletrain 96701
25h 43m€144–279Bus via Milan Bergamo Airport (BGY)
- Take the bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Station to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Bergamo Airport Bus Station to Piacenza-Via Portapugliabus
- Take the bus from Piacenza-Via Portapuglia to Messina Piazza della Repubblicabus
34h 10m€82–127
Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Messina is to bus via Milan Bergamo Airport (BGY) which costs €80 - €130 and takes 34h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Paris to Messina is to fly and train which takes 8h 11m and costs €90 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Paris station to Messina. However, there are services departing from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and arriving at Messina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Paris to Messina. However, there are services departing from Paris Gare De Lyon and arriving at Messina Centrale via Torino Porta Nuova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 43m.
The distance between Paris and Messina is 1735 km.
The best way to get from Paris to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 18h 21m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 11m to get from Paris to Messina, including transfers.
Paris to Messina bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Paris to Messina train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Paris Gare De Lyon station.
The best way to get from Paris to Messina is to bus which takes 29h 55m and costs €85 - €160. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €140 - €280 and takes 25h 43m.
What companies run services between Paris, France and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Messina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 29h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Messina Centrale via Torino Porta Nuova in around 25h 43m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- 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 Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- 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
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- 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 Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Station to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Bergamo Airport Bus Station to Piacenza-Via Portapuglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Piacenza-Via Portapuglia to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- 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
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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