There are 10 ways to get from Nantes to Catania by plane, train, ferry, car, car ferry, bus, or night train
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Fly Nantes Atlantique Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane NTE - CTA
5h 2m€71–222Train, ferry
- Take the train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa 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
23h 51mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Nantes to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Cataniacar
34h 22m€309–459Bus
- Take the bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Metz - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from METZ - Gare Routiere to Catania Central Bus Stationbus
40h 6m€297–428Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Nantes to Massy Tgvtrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ORY - CTA
6h 57m€138–334Fly Nantes Atlantique Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane NTE - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
10h 43mFly Nantes Atlantique Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane NTE - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossatrain
9h 51m€93–409Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BVA - CTA
9h 5m€136–307Bus via Turin
- Take the bus from Nantes to Thiersbus 724
- Take the bus from Thiers to Lyonbus 776 / ...
- Take the bus from Lione to Turin Stura Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Turin Stura Bus Station to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stopbus
41h 30m€155–270Train, night train
- Take the train from Nantes to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the nighttrain from Milano Centrale to Catania Centralenighttrain Ini
30h€298–510
Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nantes to Catania is to fly which costs €70 - €230 and takes 5h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Nantes to Catania is to fly which takes 5h 2m and costs €70 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Nantes to Catania station. However, there are services departing from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub and arriving at Catania Central Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and METZ - Gare Routiere. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Nantes to Catania. However, there are services departing from Nantes and arriving at Catania Centrale via Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h.
The distance between Nantes and Catania is 1748 km.
The best way to get from Nantes to Catania without a car is to train and ferry which takes 23h 51m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 2m to get from Nantes to Catania, including transfers.
Nantes to Catania bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub station.
Nantes to Catania train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Nantes station.
The best way to get from Nantes to Catania is to fly which takes 5h 2m and costs €70 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €290 - €430 and takes 40h 6m.
What companies run services between Nantes, France and Catania, Italy?
Volotea and easyJet fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Catania Central Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Metz - Bus Station, and METZ - Gare Routiere in around 40h 6m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Palermo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–390
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nantes to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nantes to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Milano Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Metz - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Metz - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nantes to Thiers
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Thiers to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from METZ - Gare Routiere to Catania Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €250–340
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- [email protected].
- Website
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Lione to Turin Stura Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Turin Stura Bus Station to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- 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
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Booking & Getting There
Nantes to Catania bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Nantes to Catania train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
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