There are 8 ways to get from Stuttgart to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane STR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 46m€93–303Train, ferry
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Singentrain 87
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain Ic
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
18h 34mBus
- Take the bus from Fellbach to Policorobus
- Take the bus from Policoro Via Bologna to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
24h 43m€119–148Night train, train, car ferry
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia Mestrenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
23h 8m€128–580Fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane STR - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
8h 56m€143–317Fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane STR - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 38m€106–313Bus via Sibari
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Sibaribus N422
- Take the bus from Sibari to Messinabus 582 / ...
31h€145–209Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Stuttgart to Villa S. Giovannicar
- Take the car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestiericarferry
17h 45m€287–423
Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Messina is to bus which costs €110 - €150 and takes 24h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 46m and costs €90 - €310.
The distance between Stuttgart and Messina is 1455 km.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 18h 34m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 46m to get from Stuttgart to Messina, including transfers.
There are 1011+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Messina, Italy?
You can take a train from Hauptbahnhof to Messina Main Train Station via Fellbach, Fellbach, and Policoro Via Bologna in around 24h 43m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
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 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–26
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €65–80
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Fellbach to Policoro
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Policoro Via Bologna to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Sibari
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sibari to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
- 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
- Phone
- 340 98 48 540
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestieri
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
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