There are 9 ways to get from Messina to Brussels by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane CTA - BRU
7h 36m€83–217Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane CTA - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Bruxelles-Centraltrain
8h 50m€73–256Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
19h 26mBus
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Bruxelles - Rue du Progrèsbus
31h 21mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Messina to Port of Palermocar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Brusselscar
33h 33m€280–431Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane PMO - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Bruxelles-Centraltrain
10h 17m€85–309Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CTA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
9h 33m€166–373Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane CTA - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Bruxelles-Centraltrain
10h 34m€95–293Bus via Bologna
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Autostazionebus Itabus
- Take the bus from Bologna to Brussels-North Stationbus
34h 40m
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Brussels Airport (BRU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Brussels is to train and fly which costs €70 - €260 and takes 8h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Brussels is to train and fly which takes 7h 36m and costs €80 - €220.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica and arriving at Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès. Services depart once a week. The journey takes approximately 31h 21m.
The distance between Messina and Brussels is 1823 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Brussels without a car is to ferry and train which takes 19h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Messina to Brussels, including transfers.
Messina to Brussels bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica station.
Messina to Brussels bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès station.
Book your Messina to Brussels bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 1754+ hotels available in Brussels.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Brussels, Belgium?
Onebus operates a bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès once a week, and the journey takes 31h 21m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- 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 Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €200–390
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–330
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Charleroi-Central to Bruxelles-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Charleroi-Central to Bruxelles-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Breda to Bruxelles-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Bruxelles-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Bruxelles - Rue du Progrès
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Bologna to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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