There are 10 ways to get from Cluj-Napoca to Messina by bus, plane, train, 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.
Bus to Tirgu Mures, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca Calea Turzii to Târgu Mures Airportbus
- Fly from Tirgu Mures (TGM) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TGM - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 13mBus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Ic
35h 6m€67–205Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Venezia, Piazzale Romabus
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
24h 10mTrain, ferry
- Take the train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
31h 59mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Cluj-Napoca to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
23h 34m€361–522Fly Cluj-Napoca to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CLJ - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 54m€102–248Fly Cluj-Napoca to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane CLJ - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
11hBus, train to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Braşovbus
- Take the train from Brașov to Bucharesttrain
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane OTP - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
14h 34m€89–295Bus, train, train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Oradeabus
- Take the train from Oradea to Puespoekladanytrain
- Take the train from Puespoekladany to Ferihegytrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BUD - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
14h 19mBus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the bus from Bologna Autostazione to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
31h 10m€72–278
Tirgu Mures (TGM) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Messina is to bus and train and fly which costs €85 - €300 and takes 14h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Messina is to fly and train which takes 7h 54m and costs €100 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Cluj-Napoca to Messina station. However, there are services departing from Cluj-Napoca and arriving at Messina Main Train Station via Bologna Autostazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 10m.
The distance between Cluj-Napoca and Messina is 1456 km.
The best way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Messina without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 24h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 13m to get from Cluj-Napoca to Messina, including transfers.
Cluj-Napoca to Messina bus services, operated by Romfour, depart from Cluj-Napoca station.
Cluj-Napoca to Messina bus services, operated by Romfour, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Messina is 1h behind Cluj-Napoca. It is currently 11:06 PM in Cluj-Napoca and 10:06 PM in Messina.
Book your Cluj-Napoca to Messina bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Cluj-Napoca to Messina Main Train Station via Bologna Centrale and Bologna Autostazione in around 31h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tirgu Mures to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Tirgu Mures to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Tirgu Mures to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Tirgu Mures to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Tirgu Mures to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Reggio Calabria Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Tirgu Mures to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €43–47
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Oradea to Puespoekladany
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Puespoekladany to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- *
- €35–60
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- +40 238 434 380
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transferoviar Călători (TFC)
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–18
- Schedules at
- Transferoviar Călători (TFC)
- 2nd Class
- €6–11
- 1st Class
- €12–18
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Regio Călători
- Phone
- +40 751 525 520
- [email protected]
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- +40 351 409 153
- [email protected]
- Website
- S.C. Softrans S.R.L.
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–8
- Schedules at
- S.C. Softrans S.R.L.
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Napoli Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +4-0729-770.870
- [email protected]
- Website
- transolteanu.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca Calea Turzii to Târgu Mures Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- transolteanu.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Venezia, Piazzale Roma
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40751335335
- Website
- edimond.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Braşov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €33
- Schedules at
- edimond.ro
- Phone
- +40743919764
- Website
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Braşov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Bologna Autostazione to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- 3409848540
- [email protected]
- 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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