Cheapest€34.83
- BlaBlaCar BB788616:5710h 46m03:43Firenze Villa CostanzaCatania Autostazione
Door to door 11h 30mCO2 20.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Florence to Catania bus
Buses from Florence to Catania start at €36.48 and take 11h 30m at their fastest.
The Buses from Florence to Catania starts at €36.48 and takes 11h 30m door to door, run by 1 operator over 770 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 11h 30mDoor to door
- 10h 46mMoving
- €36.48From
- 20.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €34.83 | 10h 44m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Catania Centrale. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Catania for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Florence to Catania
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €36.4890 days
- €32.0860 days
- €35.3845 days
- €34.2830 days
- €35.3821 days
- €36.4814 days
- €43.087 days
- €72.783 days
- €79.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 149 percent. The most expensive point is €79.93, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €49.68Sun
- €41.43Mon
- €44.18Tue
- €36.48Wed
- €55.73Thu
- €56.83Fri
- €50.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Florence
Bus
- Firenze Villa Costanza
- Hub Vittorio Veneto
Catania
Bus
- Catania Autostazione
- Catania
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 770 km against 770 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Perugia, Rome, Civitavecchia, Naples. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Florence at 06:14 and the last at 19:50, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 37m | 1h 27m | 3h 10m | €73.89 | 195.1 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 11h 30m | 10h 46m | 44m | €36.48 | 20.8 kg | 6 |
Questions about Florence to Catania
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Florence to Catania take?
The Coach from Florence to Catania takes 11h 30m door to door, of which 10h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 770 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Florence to Catania cost?
The Coach from Florence to Catania starts at €36.48 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €37.86. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Florence to Catania?
1 operators run the Coach from Florence to Catania: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Florence to Catania use?
The Coach from Florence to Catania leaves from Firenze Villa Costanza and arrives at Catania Autostazione. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Florence to Catania?
Traveling from Florence to Catania by Flight costs €73.89 and takes 4h 37m door to door, against 11h 30m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Florence to Catania?
Fares for the Coach from Florence to Catania bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 149 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Florence to Catania produce?
The Coach from Florence to Catania produces about 20.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 770 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Florence to Catania?
Operators on the Coach from Florence to Catania publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 30m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Florence to Catania on September 9, 2026: 770 km of route against 770 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.48, and 11h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Day trips out of Catania and across Italy
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Catania, with free cancellation on most of it.
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