There are 8 ways to get from Prague to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, night train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane PRG - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 46m€77–256Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bologna Centralebus N538 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
29h 25m€75–244Train, ferry
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain Rj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
23h 36mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Prague to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
19h 2m€296–427Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane PRG - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
7h 46mFly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PRG - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 18m€80–326Train, night train, car ferry
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbftrain Ec
- Take the night train from Linz Hbf to Venezia S. Lucianighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
25h 35m€179–682Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Padua Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Padua Bus Station to Villa San Giovanni Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
29h 59m€111–190
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 €75 - €260 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Prague to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 46m and costs €75 - €260.
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 29h 25m.
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 36m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 46m 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 1012+ 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 29h 25m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- 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 Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- 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
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- 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 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 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 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- 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 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–265
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–265
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–160
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
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
- 13h 15m
- 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 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- 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 Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Padua Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–80
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- €35–120
- 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
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
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
- 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
- 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
- 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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