There are 7 ways to get from Corfu to Messina by car ferry, bus, train, ferry, plane, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Car ferry, bus
best- Take the car ferry from Port of Corfu to Porto di Brindisicarferry
- Take the bus from Brindisi to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabus
15h 17m€52–81Car ferry, train, ferry via Sibari
- Take the car ferry from Port of Corfu to Porto di Brindisicarferry
- Take the train from Brindisi to Sibaritrain Ic
- Take the train from Sibari to Paolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Paola to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
15h 28mCar ferry, train, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Corfu to Porto di Brindisicarferry
- Take the train from Brindisi to Reggio Calabria C.Letrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
17h 31mFly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane CFU - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
9h 43mFerry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Corfu to Sarandëferry
- Take the bus from Sarandë to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
22h 36mFly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Fly from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CFU - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 44m€70–171Fly to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CFU - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 31m€92–221
Corfu to Messina by car ferry, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Corfu to Messina is to car ferry and bus which costs €50 - €85 and takes 15h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Corfu to Messina is to fly and train which takes 8h 44m and costs €70 - €180.
The distance between Corfu and Messina is 712 km.
The best way to get from Corfu to Messina without a car is to car ferry and bus which takes 15h 17m and costs €50 - €85.
It takes approximately 15h 17m to get from Corfu to Messina, including transfers.
Messina is 1h behind Corfu. It is currently 12:31 PM in Corfu and 11:31 AM in Messina.
There are 1148+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Corfu, Greece and Messina, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Corfu to Messina. However, you can take the car ferry to Porto di Brindisi, walk to Brindisi - Costa Morena, take the bus to Brindisi - p.zza Crispi, walk to Brindisi, then take the bus to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica. Alternatively, you can take a car ferry from Port of Corfu to Messina Marittima via Porto di Brindisi, Brindisi - Costa Morena, Brindisi - Corso Umberto I, Brindisi, Sibari, Paola, Villa S.Giovanni, and Villa S.Giovanni in around 15h 28m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Palermo Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brindisi to Sibari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Brindisi to Reggio Calabria C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- 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
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Sibari to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- 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 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Paola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 0912742800
- [email protected]
- Website
- saistrasporti.it
Bus from Brindisi to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
- Phone
- +355 69 22 76 426
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Sarandë to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 69 587 3466
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Sarandë to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 163 492
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Sarandë to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en/blogs/boraku
- Phone
- +7 916 321-96-39
- [email protected]
- Website
- rivierabus.com
Bus from Sarandë to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Website
- https://www.rivierabus.com/albania/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Corfu to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
Car ferry from Port of Corfu to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
Car ferry from Port of Corfu to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/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
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
- +355 69 377 7474
- [email protected]
- Website
- sarandaport.al
Ferry from Port of Corfu to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- sarandaport.al
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