There are 12 ways to get from Dublin to Catania by plane, ferry, train, night train, bus, 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.
Fly Dublin Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry, train
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane DUB - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
12h 3m€89–288Fly Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUB - CTA
5h 58m€67–201Ferry, train, night train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the nighttrain from Milano Centrale to Catania Centralenighttrain Ini
2d 2h€671–1,534Ferry, train, bus via Turin
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuovatrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Turin Stura Bus Station to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stopbus
2d 6h€672–1,556Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Mantes La Jolietrain
- Take the train from Mantes La Jolie to Massy - Palaiseautrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Cataniabus
2d 8h€644–1,494Fly Dublin Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DUB - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossatrain
10h 53m€89–258Fly Dublin Airport to Malta International Airport, bus and ferry, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane DUB - MLA
- Take the busferry from Valletta to Pozzallobusferry
- Take the bus from Pozzallo Viale Europa to Catania Airportbus
12h 36m€322–489Fly Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane DUB - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Terminal Busbus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossatrain
15h 29m€106–311Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BFS - CTA
10h 35m€106–234Fly Dublin Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)plane DUB - CIY
- Take the bus from Ragusa Bus Terminal to Aeroporto Vincenzo Bellini/Fontanarossabus
10h 59m€116–338Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from The Gresham Hotel to Belfast Glengallbus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Catania Central Bus Stationbus
2d 11h€380–565Ferry, train, bus, night train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Caentrain Ter
- Take the bus from Caen - Bus Station to Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Florencebus
- Take the nighttrain from Firenze Campo Marte to Catania Centralenighttrain Ini
2d 11h€615–1,447
Dublin to Catania by ferry, train, subway, and night train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Catania is to fly which costs €65 - €210 and takes 5h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Catania is to fly which takes 5h 58m and costs €65 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Dublin to Catania station. However, there are services departing from The Gresham Hotel and arriving at Catania Central Bus Station via Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg Park&Drive. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 11h.
The distance between Dublin and Catania is 2518 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to Catania without a car is to ferry and train and night train which takes 2 days 2h and costs €650 - €1600.
It takes approximately 12h 3m to get from Dublin to Catania, including transfers.
Dublin to Catania bus services, operated by Aircoach, depart from The Gresham Hotel station.
Dublin to Catania bus services, operated by Aircoach, arrive at Belfast Glengall station.
Catania is 1h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 8:50 PM in Dublin and 9:50 PM in Catania.
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What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Catania, Italy?
Aer Lingus flies from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) once a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–440
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cherbourg to Mantes La Jolie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cherbourg to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Milano Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Firenze Campo Marte to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mantes La Jolie to Massy - Palaiseau
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Turin Stura Bus Station to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Caen - Bus Station to Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (+356) 22069022
- [email protected]
- Website
- Virtu Ferries Ltd
Busferry from Valletta to Pozzallo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €73
- Website
- Virtu Ferries Ltd
- Phone
- +39 091-6208000
- [email protected]
- Website
- aziendasicilianatrasporti.it
Bus from Pozzallo Viale Europa to Catania Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Schedules at
- aziendasicilianatrasporti.it
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
- Phone
- +39 0935 22 460
- Website
- interbus.it
Bus from Ragusa Bus Terminal to Aeroporto Vincenzo Bellini/Fontanarossa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from The Gresham Hotel to Belfast Glengall
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Catania Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €250–350
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Caen - Bus Station to Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- 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
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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