There are 9 ways to get from Pisa to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, car ferry, or car
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Fly Pisa International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane PSA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
4h 43m€49–158Train, ferry (Trenitalia)
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
10h 20mBus
- Take the bus from Pisa Airport to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messinabus N597 / ...
14h 20m€82–142Night train, car ferry
- Take the night train from Pisa Centrale to Villa S.Giovanninighttrain Ini
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
13h 7m€96–220Fly Pisa International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane PSA - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
3h 40m€54–201Fly Pisa International Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PSA - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
6h 32m€55–226Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Pisa International Airport to Florence Airportbus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FLR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
6h 55m€62–217Bus via Florence
- Take the bus from Pisa Airport to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
15h 45m€67–132Drive, ferry
- Drive from Pisa to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
9h 57m€163–235
Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pisa to Messina is to bus via Florence which costs €65 - €140 and takes 15h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Pisa to Messina is to fly and ferry which takes 3h 40m and costs €50 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Pisa to Messina. However, there are services departing from Pisa Airport and arriving at Messina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 20m.
The distance between Pisa and Messina is 896 km.
The best way to get from Pisa to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 10h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 43m to get from Pisa to Messina, including transfers.
Pisa to Messina bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Pisa Airport station.
Pisa to Messina bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
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There are 1210+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Pisa, Italy and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Pisa Airport to Messina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 14h 20m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–160
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–140
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- 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
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Pisa Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Pisa Airport to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Pisa Airport to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Pisa International Airport to Florence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://onebus.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
- +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
- €1–39
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €39
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- 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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