There are 9 ways to get from Riga to Messina by plane, ferry, train, bus, car ferry, or car
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 Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane RIX - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
10h 36m€116–333Fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane RIX - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 3m€102–240Train, ferry
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Vilniustrain 12
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Graz Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Graz 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 / ...
42h 54mBus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
47h 53m€369–685Drive, ferry
- Drive from Riga to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
30h 34m€469–677Fly 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
16h 49mFly 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
13h 43m€102–291Bus via Bologna
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messinabus
2d€197–415Bus
- 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€204–469
Riga International Airport (RIX) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Messina is to fly and train which costs €100 - €240 and takes 9h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Messina is to fly and train which takes 9h 3m and costs €100 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga station to Messina. However, there are services departing from Riga, Bus Station and arriving at Messina via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Riga and Messina is 2216 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 42h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 36m 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 Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Messina is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 8:31 AM in Riga and 7:31 AM in Messina.
Book your Riga to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Riga, Bus Station to Messina via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Bologna Centrale in around 2d.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Riga International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Riga International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Graz Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €65–100
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €75–120
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- 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 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- 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
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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 Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Rīga to Wrocław
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Battipaglia Ospedale to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- 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
- 28h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- 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
- €4–8
- Schedules at
- libertylines.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
- 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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