There are 8 ways to get from Ljubljana to Catania by shuttle, plane, bus, train, ferry, night train, car, or car ferry
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Shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
best- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane TRS - CTA
4h 1m€59–527Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Dolgi most to Venezia Mestrebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain Re
15h 28mBus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Hotel Union to Venezia, Viale Stazionebus
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Bologna Centralebus 482 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Cataniabus
22h€140–219Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Triestebus 297 / ...
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain Re
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the night train from Bologna Centrale to Catania Centralenighttrain Ini
23h 54m€153–319Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VCE - CTA
5h 25m€59–816Fly from Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane LJU - CTA
6h 40m€73–282Bus via Naples
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Naples Metropark Central Parkingbus Itabus
- Take the bus from Naples Metropark Central Parking to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stopbus Itabus
23h 50m€98–199Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Ljubljana to Villa S. Giovannicar
- Take the car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestiericarferry
- Drive from Tresmestieri to Cataniacar
14h 38m€251–370
Ljubljana to Catania by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ljubljana to Catania is to bus via Naples which costs €95 - €200 and takes 23h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Ljubljana to Catania is to shuttle and fly which takes 4h 1m and costs €55 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Ljubljana to Catania. However, there are services departing from Ljubljana Hotel Union and arriving at Catania via Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h.
The distance between Ljubljana and Catania is 1066 km.
The best way to get from Ljubljana to Catania without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 15h 28m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 1m to get from Ljubljana to Catania, including transfers.
Ljubljana to Catania bus services, operated by DRD Turizem, depart from Ljubljana Hotel Union station.
The best way to get from Ljubljana to Catania is to bus which takes 22h and costs €140 - €220. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €70 - €290 and takes 6h 40m.
Ljubljana to Catania bus services, operated by DRD Turizem, arrive at Venezia, Viale Stazione station.
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What companies run services between Ljubljana, Slovenia and Catania, Italy?
You can take a bus from Ljubljana Hotel Union to Catania via Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) and Bologna Centrale in around 22h. Alternatively, Air Serbia, Swiss, and five other airlines fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
Flights from Ljubljana to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Ljubljana to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
Flights from Ljubljana to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Ljubljana to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–95
Flights from Ljubljana to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Podgorica
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Bologna Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €49–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €49
- Private
- €199
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- €170
- 4-8 persons
- €220
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- €250
- 4-8 persons
- €300
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- Phone
- +38670511611
- [email protected]
- Website
- tripstair.com
Bus from Ljubljana Dolgi most to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://tripstair.com/
- Phone
- +386 (0)51 224 222
- [email protected]
- Website
- drd.si
Bus from Ljubljana Hotel Union to Venezia, Viale Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://www.drd.si/
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- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Naples Metropark Central Parking
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Naples Metropark Central Parking to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- 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
- Phone
- 090774409
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestieri
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
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