There are 11 ways to get from Riga to Messina by plane, ferry, bus, train, car, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Riga International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane RIX - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
10h 56m€80–266Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- 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 / ...
38h 3mBus, train, ferry via Hamburg
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Bologna Centraletrain 89
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Villa San Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
47h 3mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Riga to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
30h 35m€468–675Fly Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane RIX - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovannitrain
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
10h 32mFly Riga International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane RIX - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 2m€111–251Fly Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane RIX - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 56m€84–273Train to Vilnius Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Rīgas to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VNO - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
13h€98–245Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)bus
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtinanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Messina Centraletrain
2d€178–421Bus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich to Cosenzabus
- Take the bus from Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabus
2d 4h€188–269Bus via Wrocław
- Take the bus from Rīga to Wrocławbus
- Take the bus from WROCŁAW, Dworzec autobusowy - Galeria Wroclavia, ul.Sucha 1 to BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8bus
- Take the bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Messina Piazza della Repubblicabus
2d 6h€152–213
Riga International Airport (RIX) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Messina is to train and fly which costs €95 - €250 and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Messina is to fly and train which takes 9h 2m and costs €110 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga station to Messina. However, there are services departing from Riga, Bus Station and arriving at Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via Munich and Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Riga and Messina is 2215 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Messina without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 38h 3m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 56m to get from Riga to Messina, including transfers.
Riga to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Riga, Bus Station.
Riga to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Messina is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 11:02 PM in Riga and 10:02 PM in Messina.
There are 1014+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Riga, Bus Station to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via Munich central bus station, Munich, Cosenza, and Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Riga International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Riga International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Riga International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Riga International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Innsbruck
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €21–30
- 1st Class
- €27–35
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
- €80–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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 Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Rīgas to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €85–110
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Munich to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–130
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +39 0912742800
- info@saistrasporti.it
- Website
- saistrasporti.it
Bus from Cosenza - Piazza Maestri del Lavoro to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Wrocław
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from WROCŁAW, Dworzec autobusowy - Galeria Wroclavia, ul.Sucha 1 to BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- 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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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