There are 10 ways to get from Udine to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, shuttle, or car ferry
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Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TRS - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
6h 15m€56–152Train, ferry
- Take the train from Udine to Venezia Mestretrain Re
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
12h 50mBus
- Take the bus from Udine to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus 403 / ...
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Bologna Centralebus 482 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Messinabus
19h 10m€106–185Drive, ferry
- Drive from Udine to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
12h 36m€204–295Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Udine to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane VCE - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
6h 15mShuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Udine to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VCE - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 16m€205–564Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane TRS - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 12m€77–216Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Udine to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane VCE - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 13m€213–608Train, train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Udine to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VRN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 13m€74–313Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Udine - Autostazione to Sapribus
- Take the train from Sapri to Villa S.Giovannitrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
19h 42m€84–192
Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Udine to Messina is to bus and train and car ferry which costs €80 - €200 and takes 19h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Udine to Messina is to fly and train which takes 6h 15m and costs €55 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Udine to Messina. However, there are services departing from Udine and arriving at Messina via Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 10m.
The distance between Udine and Messina is 1077 km.
The best way to get from Udine to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 12h 50m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 15m to get from Udine to Messina, including transfers.
Udine to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Udine station.
Udine to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) station.
Book your Udine to Messina bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1222+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Udine, Italy and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Udine to Messina via Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) and Bologna Centrale in around 19h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–95
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €12–110
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–140
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Udine to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Udine to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Sapri to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Udine to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Udine to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Sapri to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Udine to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €23–35
Train from Udine to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €23–35
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Udine to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Udine to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Sapri to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–40
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Udine to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Udine to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Udine to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Udine to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +39 089 233 899
- salerno@autolineecurcio.it
- Website
- autolineecurcio.it
Bus from Udine - Autostazione to Sapri
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.autolineecurcio.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
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- 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
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