There are 9 ways to get from Romania to Messina by plane, train, bus, ferry, car, car ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Bucharest Otopeni, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane OTP - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 57m€52–242Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BBU - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 34m€47–222Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Venezia, Viale Stazionebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
34h 31mDrive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Port Of Vloracar
- Take the carferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisicarferry
- Drive from Porto Di Brindisi to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
25h 18m€269–405Fly from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, train
- Fly from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TSR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 37m€77–222Fly from Cluj-Napoca, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CLJ - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 33m€77–251Train, train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Arad to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Ferihegytrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BUD - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 59m€82–201Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
45h 49mBus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Avezzanobus
- Take the bus from Avezzano to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus 556
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Messinabus
2d 13h€186–269
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Romania to Messina is to fly and train which costs €50 - €250 and takes 7h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Romania to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 33m and costs €75 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Romania to Messina. However, there are services departing from Piata Unirii and arriving at Messina via Bucharest, Avezzano and Napoli P.zza Garibaldi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
The distance between Romania and Messina is 1335 km.
The best way to get from Romania to Messina without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 34h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Romania to Messina, including transfers.
Romania to Messina bus services, operated by Romfour, depart from Bucharest station.
Romania to Messina bus services, operated by Romfour, arrive at Avezzano station.
Messina is 1h behind Romania. It is currently 10:23 PM in Romania and 9:23 PM in Messina.
There are 1170+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Romania and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Piata Unirii to Messina via Gara de Nord, Bucharest, Avezzano, and Napoli P.zza Garibaldi in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Arad to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €39–43
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–5
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Venezia, Viale Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Bucharest to Avezzano
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Avezzano to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 0831 575289
- Website
- Starlines
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- Starlines
- Phone
- +30 210 9561630
- info@europeanseaways.com
- Website
- European Seaways
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- European Seaways
- Phone
- +39 0836 801578
- info@elladeviaggi.it
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €62
- Schedules at
- European Ferries
- 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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