There are 8 ways to get from Vienna to Catania by plane, train, ferry, bus, night train, 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 from Vienna International Airport
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)VIE - CTA
4h 16m€44–215Train, ferry
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia MestreRjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.GiovanniFr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina MarittimaV1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania CentraleRe
20h 52mBus
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Roma, Autostazione TiburtinaN1533
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to CataniaN590 / ...
27h 50m€63–267Night train, train
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Roma TiburtinaNj
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Catania Centrale96701
26h 16m€180–387Train to Bratislava Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)BTS - CTA
7h 30m€53–205Train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)BUD - CTA
7h 12m€52–205Bus via Naples
- Take the bus from Flughafen Wien to Graz Girardigasse Thalia QX96
- Take the bus from Graz Fernbusbahnhof P+R Webling B to Napoli Metropark CentraleIta
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop
32h 6mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Vienna to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Drive from Messina Marittima to Catania
20h 17m€280–406
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Catania is to fly which costs €40 - €220 and takes 4h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Catania is to fly which takes 4h 16m and costs €40 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Vienna station to Catania. However, there are services departing from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz and arriving at Catania via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Vienna to Catania. However, there are services departing from Wien Hbf and arriving at Catania Centrale via Roma Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 16m.
The distance between Vienna and Catania is 1210 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to Catania without a car is to train and ferry which takes 20h 52m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 16m to get from Vienna to Catania, including transfers.
Vienna to Catania bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz.
Vienna to Catania train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Wien Hbf station.
The best way to get from Vienna to Catania is to fly which takes 4h 16m and costs €40 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €270 and takes 27h 50m.
What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Catania, Italy?
Ryanair and Austrian Airlines fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Catania via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 27h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–90
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €90–140
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €15–23
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Super Economy
- €75–110
- Base Standard
- €120–170
- Base Premium
- €150–210
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €85–110
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +43 1 33 100-355
- kraftfahrlinien@richard.at
- Website
- richard.at
Bus from Flughafen Wien to Graz Girardigasse Thalia Q
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://richard.at/en/home/
- Phone
- +43 50 678910
- service@verbundlinie.at
- Website
- verbundlinie.at
Bus from Graz Fernbusbahnhof P+R Webling B to Napoli Metropark Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.verbundlinie.at/en/
- 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
- 342 32 55 869
- 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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Vienna to Catania bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Vienna to Catania train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Roma Tiburtina station.
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