There are 9 ways to get from Nuremberg to Catania by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, car ferry, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Nuremberg Airport
best- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane NUE - CTA
6h 31m€72–203Train
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Kufsteintrain Rb
- Take the train from Kufstein to Brennero - Brennertrain 89
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozentrain Re
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Catania Centraletrain Ic
24h 25m€241–722Bus
- Take the bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Catania Central Bus Stationbus
25h 51mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Nuremberg to Villa S. Giovannicar
- Take the car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestiericarferry
- Drive from Tresmestieri to Cataniacar
17h 36m€303–446Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MUC - CTA
6h 12m€123–349Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane STR - CTA
7h 19m€105–356Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane FRA - CTA
6h 49m€123–386Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane PRG - CTA
7h 45m€84–198Train, ferry
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rj
- 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
24h 37m
Nuremberg to Catania by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nuremberg to Catania is to bus and fly which costs €80 - €200 and takes 7h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Nuremberg to Catania is to train and fly which takes 6h 12m and costs €120 - €350.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Nürnberg, Zob and arriving at Catania Central Bus Station station. Services depart once a week, and operate Saturday. The journey takes approximately 25h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Nuremberg to Catania. However, there are services departing from Nürnberg Hbf and arriving at Catania Centrale via Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Kufstein, Brennero - Brenner, Bolzano Bozen and Roma Termini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 25m.
The distance between Nuremberg and Catania is 1382 km.
The best way to get from Nuremberg to Catania without a car is to train which takes 24h 25m and costs €240 - €750.
It takes approximately 6h 31m to get from Nuremberg to Catania, including transfers.
Nuremberg to Catania bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Nürnberg, Zob station.
Nuremberg to Catania train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Nürnberg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Nuremberg to Catania is to fly which takes 6h 31m and costs €70 - €210. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €240 - €750 and takes 24h 25m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 25h 51m.
What companies run services between Nuremberg, Germany and Catania, Italy?
Lufthansa, Ryanair, and Ulendo Airlink fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Nürnberg Hbf to Catania Centrale via München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Kufstein, Brennero - Brenner, Bolzano Bozen, and Roma Termini in around 24h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- [email protected]
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €18–28
Train from Kufstein to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €20–30
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €75–120
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Kufstein to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–90
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €75–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €17–21
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- 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
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- 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
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €29–35
- 1st Class Ticket
- €35–55
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Nürnberg, Zob to Catania Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 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
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Nuremberg to Catania bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Catania Central Bus Station.
Nuremberg to Catania train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
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