There are 9 ways to get from Hamburg to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, night train, or busferry
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Fly Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HAM - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 22m€84–367Train, ferry
- Take the train from Hamburg Dammtor to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bellinzonatrain Ec
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Milano Porta Garibalditrain S11
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
25h 26mBus
- Take the bus from Hamburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N24
- Take the bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabus
33h 17mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Hamburg to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
21h 50m€358–518Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BRE - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 3m€142–580Fly Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane HAM - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 36m€101–321Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane HAJ - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
11h 42m€183–509Train, night train, ferry
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Pasingtrain 42 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen-Pasing to Venezia Mestrenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
28h 55mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
2d 5h
Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hamburg to Messina is to fly and train which costs €80 - €370 and takes 8h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Hamburg to Messina is to fly and train which takes 8h 22m and costs €80 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Hamburg station to Messina. However, there are services departing from Hamburg central bus station and arriving at Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 17m.
The distance between Hamburg and Messina is 1953 km.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 25h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Hamburg to Messina, including transfers.
Hamburg to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hamburg central bus station.
Hamburg to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Book your Hamburg to Messina bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 1230+ hotels available in Messina.
What companies run services between Hamburg, Germany and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Hamburg central bus station to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai in around 33h 17m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Bremen Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €180–800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Bellinzona to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–350
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–330
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Schedules at
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
Night train from Muenchen-Pasing to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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
- 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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