There are 12 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 27m€86–258Fly 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 40m€74–226Train, 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 via Bologna
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bologna Centralebus N521
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messinabus N597
30h 15m€109–226Drive, 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€233–403Bus 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 31m€95–302Fly 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
9h 57m€90–279Bus 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 2m€94–303Fly Paris Orly Airport to Naples Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane ORY - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
11h 6mFly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Naples Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane CDG - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
11h 14mTrain
- 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€185–296Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Caserta Viale Vittorio Veneto to Messina Piazza della Repubblicabus Autoservizi Salemi S201
31h 47m€120–168
Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Messina is to fly and train which costs €70 - €230 and takes 8h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Paris to Messina is to fly and train which takes 8h 27m and costs €85 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Paris to Messina. However, there are services departing from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and arriving at Messina via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 15m.
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 27m to get from Paris to Messina, including transfers.
Paris to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) 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 via Bologna which takes 30h 15m and costs €100 - €230. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €300 and takes 25h 43m.
What companies run services between Paris, France and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Messina via Bologna Centrale in around 30h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Messina Centrale via Torino Porta Nuova in around 25h 43m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
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
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Naples Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- 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 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Naples Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
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
- €80–180
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Naples Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Naples Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- 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 Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- 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
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 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- 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
- +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
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
- 1st Class
- €150–190
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
- 1st Class
- €150–190
- 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
- €190–380
- 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
- €150–200
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €150–190
- Smart Flex
- €160–200
Train from Napoli Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €60–80
- Smart Flex
- €65–80
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- 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
Bus from Caserta Viale Vittorio Veneto to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €70–160
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- €70–110
- Cabin
- €130–160
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Paris to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Paris to Messina train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Torino Porta Nuova station.
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