There are 9 ways to get from Portugal to Messina by plane, train, bus, ferry, or car ferry
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Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane OPO - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 40m€70–247Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Bordeaux Saint-Jean Terres de Bordebus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Venice - Mestre Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
46h 21mFly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane OPO - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
10h 41m€77–468Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane LIS - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
10h 14m€103–316Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LIS - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 27m€81–265Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padovabus
- Take the train from Padova to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
2d€229–472Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Porto Campanhatrain Ic
- Take the train from Porto Campanha to Redondela De Galiciatrain Ic
- Take the train from Redondela De Galicia to Miranda De Ebrotrain Alv
- Take the bus from Miranda De Ebro to Padovabus
- Take the train from Padova to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
2d 4hBus
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Sete Rios to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Geneva to Aostabus
- Take the bus from Aosta to Messinabus
2d 7h€205–338Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Geneva - Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Geneve, Gare Routiere to Genova Brignolebus
- Take the bus from Genoa Piazza della Vittoria to Villa S. Giovannibus
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
2d 9h€264–497
Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portugal to Messina is to fly and train which costs €70 - €250 and takes 10h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Portugal to Messina is to fly and ferry which takes 10h 14m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Portugal to Messina. However, there are services departing from Sapadores and arriving at Messina via Lisbon - Sete Rios, Geneva and Aosta. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Portugal and Messina is 2191 km.
The best way to get from Portugal to Messina without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 46h 21m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 40m to get from Portugal to Messina, including transfers.
Portugal to Messina bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lisbon - Sete Rios station.
Portugal to Messina bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Geneva - Bus Station.
There are 1031+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Portugal and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Sapadores to Messina via Estação Sete Rios, Lisbon - Sete Rios, Geneva, and Aosta in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–1,200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–1,200
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–1,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–310
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Porto Campanha
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–55
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
- Urban - Single Ticket
- €12–14
- Regional - Single Ticket
- €20–26
- Intercity - Single Ticket
- €29–40
- Alfa Pendular - Single Ticket
- €35–55
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Porto Campanha to Redondela De Galicia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Redondela De Galicia to Miranda De Ebro
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 6 31 09 82 47
- contact@euroscoach.com
- Website
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Bordeaux Saint-Jean Terres de Borde
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Venice - Mestre Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lisbon - Sete Rios to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Geneva to Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–35
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Online ticket
- €5–35
- hello@gipsyy.com
- Website
- gipsyy.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Schedules at
- gipsyy.com
- Online Ticket
- €10–45
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Miranda De Ebro to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Geneva to Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Aosta to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Geneva - Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Geneve, Gare Routiere to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- 0966 57552
- info@lirosiautoservizi.com
- Website
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
Bus from Genoa Piazza della Vittoria to Villa S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Schedules at
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
- 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 Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- 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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