There are 11 ways to get from Barcelona to Taormina by plane, train, bus, ferry, car ferry, car, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BCN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
6h 31m€48–155Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Florencebus FlixBus N758
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Taorminabus Catania– Dortmund
30h 9m€246–361Ferry, car ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoaferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Taorminacar
37h 10m€224–327Train, night train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Mannheim Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Hbf to Firenze Campo Martenighttrain Nj
- Take the nighttrain from Firenze Campo Marte to Taormina-Giardininighttrain Ini
41h 33m€389–738Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane BCN - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
8h 21m€78–283Bus to Girona–Costa Brava Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Barcelona - Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airportbus
- Fly from Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane GRO - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
11h 7m€74–257Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VLC - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
9h 41m€101–281Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BCN - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
11h 5m€55–224Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Venice Mestrebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain Re
30h 14mBus via Milan
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milan Lampugnano to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandellobus
36h 57m€153–267Car ferry, night train, train
- Take the carferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the nighttrain from Genova P.Za Principe to Villa S.Giovanninighttrain Ini
- Take the carferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimacarferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain Re
39h 55m€190–405
Barcelona to Taormina by train and night train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Taormina is to fly and train which costs €45 - €160 and takes 6h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Taormina is to fly and train which takes 6h 31m and costs €45 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Barcelona to Taormina. However, there are services departing from Barcelona and arriving at Taormina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from Barcelona to Taormina. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Sants and arriving at Taormina-Giardini via Avignon Tgv, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Muenchen Hbf and Firenze Campo Marte. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 33m.
The distance between Barcelona and Taormina is 1262 km.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Taormina without a car is to bus which takes 30h 9m and costs €240 - €370.
It takes approximately 6h 31m to get from Barcelona to Taormina, including transfers.
Barcelona to Taormina bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Barcelona - North Bus Station.
Barcelona to Taormina train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
Barcelona to Taormina bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Taormina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Barcelona to Taormina via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 30h 9m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pescara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €22–140
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €22–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €10–140
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Firenze Campo Marte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Firenze Campo Marte to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Genova P.Za Principe to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona to Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona to Venice Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Taormina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +34 902 13 00 14
- [email protected]
- Website
- sagales.com
Bus from Barcelona - Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Schedules at
- sagales.com
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Milan Lampugnano to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39 0935 22 460
- Website
- interbus.it
Bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–7
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- [email protected]
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- [email protected]
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–100
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €35–100
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