There are 9 ways to get from Prague to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, car, or night train
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Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)PRG - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
7h 19m€69–230Train, ferry
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien HbfRj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia MestreRjx / ...
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.GiovanniFr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina MarittimaV1 / ...
23h 3mBus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Padua Bus Station
- Take the bus from Padua Bus Station to Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Station
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
29h 59m€97–190Drive, ferry
- Drive from Prague to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
19h 36m€288–416Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)PRG - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
7h 39mFly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Palermo Airport (PMO)PRG - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
10h 45m€81–315Fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)PRG - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
9h 38m€76–178Train, night train, car ferry
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz HbfEc
- Take the night train from Linz Hbf to Venezia S. LuciaNj
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.GiovanniFr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
24h 53m€149–642Bus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bologna CentraleN1533 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train StationItabus
31h 45m€80–256
Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Prague to Messina is to fly and train which costs €65 - €230 and takes 7h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Prague to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 19m and costs €65 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Prague to Messina station. However, there are services departing from Praha, ÚAN Florenc and arriving at Messina Main Train Station via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 45m.
The distance between Prague and Messina is 1522 km.
The best way to get from Prague to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 23h 3m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Prague to Messina, including transfers.
Prague to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Prague to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Prague to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1017+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Prague, Czechia and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Messina Main Train Station via Bologna Centrale in around 31h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–460
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–550
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–550
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Aeroporto to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €35–50
- Business
- €40–44
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €27–35
- Business
- €29–32
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Super Economy
- €75–110
- Base Standard
- €120–170
- Base Premium
- €150–210
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Linz Hbf to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–265
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–265
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–170
- Seating Carriage
- €50–70
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Padua Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- 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
- +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
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- 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
Ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
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