There are 7 ways to get from Cork to Taormina by plane, train, bus, 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 Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ORK - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
10h 33m€86–295Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Cork Bus Stn to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane KIR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
12h 14m€58–164Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus
- Take the nighttrain from Napoli Centrale to Taormina-Giardininighttrain
3d 21h€129–444Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Stn to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SNN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
12h 13m€100–176Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUB - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
11h 3m€95–243Fly Cork Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ORK - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
16h 15m€123–274Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Liegebus
- Take the bus from Liege - Rue Varin to Taorminabus
4d 18h€335–669
Cork Airport (ORK) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Taormina is to bus and fly and train which costs €55 - €170 and takes 12h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Taormina is to fly and train which takes 10h 33m and costs €85 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to Taormina. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred St and arriving at Taormina via Aston Quay, Dublin, Rădăuţi and Liege - Rue Varin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 18h.
The distance between Cork and Taormina is 2496 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Taormina without a car is to bus and night train which takes 3 days 21h and costs €120 - €450.
It takes approximately 10h 33m to get from Cork to Taormina, including transfers.
Cork to Taormina bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Cork Alfred St station.
Cork to Taormina bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Bachelors Walk station.
Taormina is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 11:04 AM in Cork and 12:04 PM in Taormina.
There are 3181+ hotels available in Taormina.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Taormina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred St to Taormina via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Liege, and Liege - Rue Varin in around 4d 18h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Shannon Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Shannon Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Kerry Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Kerry Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Kerry Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- 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 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 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
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Napoli Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €22–35
- 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
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Cork Bus Stn to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Cork Bus Stn to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- [email protected]
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Liege
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–60
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Liege - Rue Varin to Taormina
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €260–360
- Website
- Onebus
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