There are 11 ways to get from Livorno to Messina by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, night train, 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.
Fly Pisa International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane PSA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
5h 53m€58–244Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Livorno Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BLQ - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
8h 9m€51–284Train, ferry
- Take the train from Livorno Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Napoli Afragolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
10h 25mBus
- Take the bus from Livorno to Fiumicino Aeroporto T3bus N548
- Take the bus from Fiumicino Aeroporto T3 to Messinabus N590
15h 35m€92–155Car ferry, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Livorno to Port of Palermocarferry
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Rinellaferry
- Take the ferry from Rinella to Messina Marittimaferry
26h 53m€150–278Fly Pisa International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane PSA - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
4h 49mTrain to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the train from Livorno Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FLR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 31m€60–216Fly Pisa International Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PSA - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
7h 26m€64–328Train, bus
- Take the train from Livorno Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Re / ...
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina Main Train Stationbus Itabus
16h 49m€74–152Night train, ferry
- Take the night train from Livorno Centrale to Villa S.Giovanninighttrain Ini
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
12h 38mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Livorno to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
10h 18m€158–228
Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Livorno to Messina is to train and bus which costs €70 - €160 and takes 16h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Livorno to Messina is to fly and train which takes 5h 53m and costs €55 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Livorno to Messina. However, there are services departing from Livorno and arriving at Messina via Fiumicino Aeroporto T3. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 35m.
No, there is no direct ferry from Livorno to Messina. However, there are services departing from Livorno and arriving at Messina Marittima via Palermo and Rinella. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 53m.
The distance between Livorno and Messina is 916 km.
Book your Livorno to Messina ferry tickets online with Omio.
The best way to get from Livorno to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 10h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 53m to get from Livorno to Messina, including transfers.
Livorno to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Livorno station.
Livorno to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Fiumicino Aeroporto T3 station.
What companies run services between Livorno, Italy and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Livorno to Messina via Fiumicino Aeroporto T3 in around 15h 35m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–140
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €17–85
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Livorno Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Livorno Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Livorno Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Livorno Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- 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
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Afragola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli Afragola to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Livorno Centrale to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Livorno to Fiumicino Aeroporto T3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Fiumicino Aeroporto T3 to Messina
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- 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
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Livorno to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- [email protected]
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Palermo to Rinella
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Rinella to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- 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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