There are 6 ways to get from Rotterdam to Malta by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane AMS - MLA
5h 32m€113–262Train to Brussels Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane BRU - MLA
6h 34m€92–270Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Brussels-North train stationbus 813 / ...
- Take the bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Catania Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Catania to Pozzallobus
- Take the busferry from Pozzallo to Vallettabusferry
43h 40mFly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane RTM - MLA
5h 10m€126–418Train, train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane CRL - MLA
7h 40m€117–359Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane DUS - MLA
8h 9m€124–256
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Malta International Airport (MLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Malta is to train and fly which costs €90 - €270 and takes 6h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Malta is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs €120 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Rotterdam station to Malta. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Central Station and arriving at Tonn, San Pawl il-Bahar via Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès, Catania, Pozzallo and Bombi 4, Il-Floriana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 40m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Malta is 2042 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Malta without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 43h 40m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 32m to get from Rotterdam to Malta, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Malta bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rotterdam Central Station.
Rotterdam to Malta bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
There are 7107+ hotels available in Malta.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Malta?
Transavia Holland, Air Malta, and two other airlines fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Malta International Airport (MLA) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Malta International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Malta International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Malta International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Malta International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–800
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Malta International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Malta International Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- airmalta.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Malta International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Malta International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Malta International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Malta International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Malta International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Malta International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Malta International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Malta International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Malta International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Catania to Pozzallo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès to Catania Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- +39 091-6208000
- info@astsicilia.it
- Website
- aziendasicilianatrasporti.it
Bus from Catania to Pozzallo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- aziendasicilianatrasporti.it
- Phone
- (+356) 22069022
- res@virtuferries.com
- Website
- virtuferries.com
Busferry from Pozzallo to Valletta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €73
- Website
- https://www.virtuferries.com/
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