Sicily Forum: Ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina

Ferries leave Villa San Giovanni in Reggio Calabria for Messina every 20 minutes.

The crossing takes 20 minutes.

Caronte runs the ferry service.

Caronte:

http://www.carontetourist.it/v2.0_us/

www.carontetourist.it/caronteeng/Index.mvd

You won’t need reservations for the crossing. Just buy your ticket and queue.

Best Wishes!

Vagabonda

Hi the cost for the ferry is 33 euro if you return within 3 days, you dont pay for the passengers.

It is correct you dont need to book but you can not buy the ticket sitting in the car while you are in the queue as you could do somewhere else. You or your passenger have to run to the ticket counter while the driver carry on stay on the queue with the car! if you dont have a passenger you need to stop the car and run to the ticket counter! I heard that is possible to buy ticket also at petrol stations on the motorway before to get to the ferries but i can not confirmed this.

The ferries run continuosly therefore the waitng time it is normally quite short, at the end of July we waited just half an hour to get on board.

I suggest to take the private ferry, the Caronte & Tourist because the state ferry often have to wait for the train before to leave and if the train is late, the ferry will not leave.

You can view more information and pictures of the ferry and the ticket counter in this page:

and also view the Gallery 2 (inn the same page) for pictures taken at the ferry in July and August 2009

ciao

Davide

studioitalia@manx.net

Davide - thanks so much for the Ferry infomation. My trip was wonderful. I returned two weeks ago. The ferry was extremely easy to catch and we got on quickly. Everything you told me was on target.

My next trip will be to the Lake region up North and I'm planning it now.

Thanks again.

Mary

Hi Mary

i m glad all went fine! if you need any help or advise on the Lake Region in the North of Italy, let me know because i am originally from there and therefore i know the area from Maggiore Lake to Garda Lake very well.

Ciao

Davide

I will definitely be in touch.

Mary

Here are some beautiful photos of the ferry crossing:

www.faktaomfartyg.se/tremestieri_1993_b_5.htm

www.faktaomfartyg.se/tremestieri_1993_b_3.htm

www.faktaomfartyg.se/acciarello_1997_b_6.htm

www.faktaomfartyg.se/acciarello_1997_b_2.htm

www.faktaomfartyg.se/acciarello_1997_b_7.htm

The ferry measures 373 feet in length, 61 feet in width, and displaces 7900 tons. Passenger capacity 1000.

It’s beautiful to see these ferries on the crossing, but their size is mesmerizing in port. If the bridge is ever completed, it will mark the end of an era with these crossings.

Vagabonda

-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-

This topic has been closed to new posts due to inactivity. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.

To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html

We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.