There are 8 ways to get from Alicante to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, or night train
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Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ALC - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 37m€62–169Train, ferry
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Santstrain Eur / ...
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
27h 20mBus
- Take the bus from Alicante to Perpignan - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Perpignan to Florencebus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messinabus
36h 16m€214–382Train, car ferry, night train, ferry
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Santstrain Eur / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the night train from Genova P.Za Principe to Villa S.Giovanninighttrain Ini
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
44h 45mFly Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane ALC - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
9h 51mTrain to Valencia Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VLC - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 47m€83–213Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ALC - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 29m€93–203Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Alicante to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchiaferry
- Take the bus from CIVITAVECCHIA | Piazza V. Emanuele II # f232 to FIUMICINO | Aeroportobus
- Take the bus from Rome Fiumicino Airport Bus Station to Messina Main Train Stationbus
2d€184–346
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Messina is to fly and train which costs €60 - €170 and takes 7h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 37m and costs €60 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Messina. However, there are services departing from Alicante and arriving at Messina via Perpignan and Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 16m.
The distance between Alicante and Messina is 1484 km.
The best way to get from Alicante to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 27h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 37m to get from Alicante to Messina, including transfers.
Alicante to Messina bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Alicante station.
Alicante to Messina bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Perpignan - Bus Station.
Book your Alicante to Messina bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 1231+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Alicante to Messina via Perpignan and Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 36h 16m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–140
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Palermo Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- 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 Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- 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
- 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 Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- 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
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–350
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Genova P.Za Principe to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Alicante to Perpignan - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Perpignan to Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 800 174 471
- Website
- servizi.cotralspa.it
Bus from CIVITAVECCHIA | Piazza V. Emanuele II # f232 to FIUMICINO | Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- servizi.cotralspa.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Rome Fiumicino Airport Bus Station to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- 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
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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