Transfer~0h 44 est. drive
Messinaany addressTaorminaany address
door to door
Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer
Route
Messina to Taormina
2 ways to get from Messina to Taormina
Messinaany addressTaorminaany address
- Regional train
- 0h 58 published
- Distance
- 49.8 km by road
- Operators
- Trenitalia
- Frequency
- ~32 regional train a day
- Transfer ~0h 44 est. drive
- Regional train 0h 58
MessinaTaormina
- Transfer~0h 44 est.any addressany address
- Regional train0h 58Messina CentraleTaormina-Giardini
Which one to take
- You need a journey time you can plan around
- Regional train
- the only option here with a published time — 0h 58
- You land outside the hours the timetable covers
- Transfer
- after the last regional train at 21:34 — door to door, no interchange
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Options by mode
Journey times and carriers on this route.
Regional train0h 58
MessinaMessina CentraleTaorminaTaormina-Giardini
direct regional train down the Ionian coast, about an hour
Trenitalia · ~32/day
typically runs 05:13–21:34
Before you land
The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.
Hours
About 32 direct regional trains a day link Messina Centrale and Taormina-Giardini, first at 05:13 and last at 21:34, averaging under an hour; cross-checked across aggregators since Trenitalia's own route pages block automated fetching.
omio.it · checked 2026-09-06
Easy to get wrong
The station is called Taormina-Giardini and sits down at sea level in Giardini Naxos, not in hilltop Taormina itself - a bus or funicular still separates the platform from the town centre.
omio.it · checked 2026-09-06