There are 10 ways to get from Rotterdam to Lipari by plane, ferry, train, night train, bus, or shuttle
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Fly Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Palermo Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane RTM - PMO
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Lipariferry
8h 27m€307–1,352Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, shuttle, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane EIN - CTA
- Take a shuttle bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
11h 50m€106–343Train, night train, ferry
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano P.Garibalditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Chiavaritrain
- Take the night train from Chiavari to Reggio Calabria Lidonighttrain Ini
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
33h 31m€463–828Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Milazzo Via dei Millebus
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
38h 41m€135–238Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Palermo Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane AMS - PMO
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Lipariferry
10h 58m€141–330Fly Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane RTM - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
9h 9m€194–860Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane AMS - CTA
- Take a shuttle bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
10h 38m€118–299Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BRU - CTA
- Take a shuttle bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
11h 41m€141–372Train, ferry
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Nuovatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Messina Centraletrain
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipariferry
34h 5m€527–903Bus, ferry via Messina
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano to Messinabus
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipariferry
39h€171–320
Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Lipari is to bus and ferry which costs €130 - €240 and takes 38h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Lipari is to fly and ferry which takes 8h 27m and costs €300 - €1400.
The distance between Rotterdam and Lipari is 1889 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Lipari without a car is to train and night train and ferry which takes 33h 31m and costs €460 - €850.
It takes approximately 8h 27m to get from Rotterdam to Lipari, including transfers.
There are 220+ hotels available in Lipari.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Lipari, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Rotterdam to Lipari. However, you can fly to Palermo Airport (PMO), walk to Palermo Airport Bus Stop, take the bus to Palermo Via Filippo Turati, walk to Palermo, then take the ferry to Lipari. Alternatively, you can take a train from Rotterdam Centraal to Lipari via Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, Milano P.Garibaldi, Chiavari, Chiavari, Reggio Calabria Lido, and Reggio di Calabria in around 33h 31m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Trieste, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–850
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Trieste, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–850
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Trieste, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–850
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Brussels Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €290–500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Chiavari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Chiavari to Reggio Calabria Lido
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rotterdam to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Milazzo Via dei Mille
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 3312844763
- info@giardinatour.it
- Website
- giardinatour.it
Shuttle from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–28
- Schedules at
- giardinatour.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Palermo to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Vulcano to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@siremar.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Phone
- 800 250000
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- ngi-spa.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
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