There are 7 ways to get from Messina to Málaga by ferry, plane, train, bus, car ferry, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry to Reggio Calabria Airport, fly
best- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabriaferry
- Fly from Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane REG - AGP
9h 7m€73–252Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane CTA - AGP
9h 39m€68–200Ferry, 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 Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain Ave
28h 29mBus
- Take the bus from Messina to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milan to Madridbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Granada Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Malaga Eeaabus
2d 1h€299–459Car ferry, night train, ferry, bus
- Take the carferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the nighttrain from Villa S.Giovanni to Genova P.Za Principenighttrain Ini
- Take the ferry from Port of Genoa to Port de Tanger Medferry
- Take the carferry from Port de Tanger Med to Port of Algecirascarferry
- Take the bus from Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
3d 4h€334–823Train to Palermo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane PMO - AGP
11h 24m€79–242Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Milan Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Malaga Eeaabus
2d 2h€229–389
Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Málaga Airport (AGP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Málaga is to train and fly which costs €65 - €200 and takes 9h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Málaga is to ferry and fly which takes 9h 7m and costs €70 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Málaga. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Malaga Eeaa via Milan, Estación Sur de Autobuses and Granada Estación de Autobuses. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Messina and Málaga is 1814 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Málaga without a car is to ferry and train which takes 28h 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 7m to get from Messina to Málaga, including transfers.
Messina to Málaga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Málaga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Book your Messina to Málaga bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 12216+ hotels available in Málaga.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Málaga, Spain?
You can take a bus from Messina to Malaga Eeaa via Milan, Madrid, Estación Sur de Autobuses, and Granada Estación de Autobuses in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Málaga Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Málaga Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Málaga Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Málaga Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Málaga Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Málaga Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Málaga Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Málaga Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Palermo Airport to Málaga Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Málaga Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–310
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Villa S.Giovanni to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Messina to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Granada Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Malaga Eeaa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Malaga Eeaa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- [email protected]
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Milan Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- [email protected]
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabria
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- [email protected]
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–100
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €35–100
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Port of Genoa to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €210–300
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Port of Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Phone
- +34 956 68 18 30
- [email protected]
- Website
- FRS Ferries
Car ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Port of Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- FRS Ferries
- Phone
- +34 (0) 917369957
- Website
- Trasmediterránea S.A.
Car ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Port of Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–23
- Website
- Trasmediterránea S.A.
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