By Land
If you want to arrive by car the motorway (A20) exit in Sicily is Milazzo and then you have to follow the signs to the port. If you travel by train, you have to reach Milazzo railway station and then catch the public bus or a taxi to the port. Info: www.trenitalia.it
Via Aerea
You can get to Salina, combining a flight with other transfer from the following airports : Catania, Reggio Calabria, Palermo and Naples.
From Catania airport you can reach the islands thanks to all the means that connect with the ports of Messina and Milazzo in particular.
How do I reach the port of Milazzo?
1. With shuttle collective transfer service that varies according to the season and flows. For more details
2. With shuttle private transfer.
3. With Giuntabus bus service which organizes straight journeys from Catania airport to Milazzo (from May to September)
4.With Sais bus service from Catania airport to Messina train station and Giuntabus bus service from Messina train station to Milazzo port
How do I reach Messina port?
1.With Sais bus service from Catania airport to Messina train station and then by taxi to the port
2. With shuttle private transfer.Giuntabus Tel.+39 090.675749 www.giuntabustrasporti.com
Sais autolinee Tel.+39 800 21 10 20 www.saisautolinee.it
Palermo airport is only recommended if you arrive not too late in the morning in order to catch the Ustica Lines hydrofoil to Salina, there is only one very early afternoon (2 pm roughly – it is available only during high season).
How do I reach Palermo port?
By taxi.How do I reach Milazzo port?
1. By train, changing at Palermo Central Station. The solution is not recommended, it takes 4 hours and 30 minutes.
2. By renting a car in Palermo and dropping it off in Milazzo. It is 3 hours drive.Trenitalia Tel.+39 892021 www.trenitalia.it
Napoli airport may be convenient to reach us if you arrive in the morning and in time for the connection with hydrofoil (it runs daily in June, July, August with SNAV), or even if you arrive by mid-afternoon, in time for the ship (it runs a couple of times a week with Siremar) in the days when the service is performed.
How do I reach Naples port?
By taxi.
From Reggio Calabria airport you have to reach Messina port where there are connections available to Salina with Ustica lines.
How do I reach Messina port?
By taxi to Reggio Calabria port and by hydrofoil with Metromare dello Stretto to Messina.Metromare dello Stretto Tel.+ 39 090 771166 www.metromaredellostretto.it oppure www.usticalines.it
NB.Rides and times of the Companies for the islands vary according to the season, we recommend that you always check timetables before choosing the flight.
By Sea
Thanks to its geographical location, Salina is easy to reach from different ports. Connections with the mainland are the ports of Milazzo, Messina, Palermo, Naples and Reggio Calabria.You can book directly from our website page Prenota il traghetto .
From Milazzo port to S.Marina Salina port:
- By hydrofoil with SIREMAR and USTICA LINES companies.
Duration:1hour and 30minutes – Costs and times: to check www.usticalines.it e www.siremar.it
- By ferry with NGI e SIREMAR
Duration:3hours and 30minutes – Costs and times: to check www.ngi-spa.it e www.siremar.it
Dal Messina port to S.Marina Salina port:
- By hydrofoil with USTICA LINES company.
Duration:2hours and 15minutes – Costs and times: to check www.usticalines.it
- By hydrofoil with METROMARE DELLO STRETTO and USTICA LINES companies.
Duration:3hours – Costs and times: to check www.usticalines.it
From Palermo port to S.Marina Salina port:
- By hydrofoil with USTICA LINES.
Duration: 3hours and 30 minutes Costs and times: to check www.usticalines.it
*they run only during summer
From Naples port to S.Marina Salina port:
- By hydrofoil with SNAV company.
Duration: 5hours and 30minutes Costs and times: to check www.snav.it
*they run only during summer
- By ferry with SIREMAR company.
Duration: 14 hours roughly Costs and Times: to check www.siremar.it
*they run only twice a week, leaving in the night and arriving next morning
Help! I’m feeling sea sick already!
In the summertime, the sea is generally extremely calm and so, if you are travelling in high season, you are unlikely to feel sea sick.
- Choose to travel by regular or slow ferry, rather than by high speed ferry
- Always sit towards the back of the boat
- Avoid looking out of the window, and try to focus on an object directly in front of you or, better still, close your eyes and listen to a bit of music