Frequent trains run from [wiki=8191692ba6c002b14b07549113e62125]Palermo[/wiki], [wiki=30723ed95c54849d4ae685728058b38e]Cefalu[/wiki] and [wiki=1569f8f32be7ae04898403c550b47b82]Messina[/wiki] - from where you can connect to [wiki=e01585f07dba8bd0e6a1e3c2e14bf208]Taormina[/wiki], [wiki=557cafad824cf42623a4124c2eeb60f2]Catania[/wiki] and [wiki=866f0aee219a317e89a5909c9cc9e541]Naples[/wiki] and [wiki=1f49f770adc6c84629f50ce3ca2a2109]Rome[/wiki]. The train station is about 3km South of the centre - buses run to the centre frequently and there are taxis.
Frequent buses run from [wiki=1569f8f32be7ae04898403c550b47b82]Messina[/wiki] to the town centre and stop right by the passenger ferry port.
The are frequent car ferries and much quicker hydrofoils from to the [wiki=46dc7f1c380345013adbe575d535e583]Aeolian Islands[/wiki] (most go to [wiki=393eb4c583fe791228e8e0954e48ea4c]Vulcano[/wiki] and [wiki=bf3b5bbfbaafda3acabf1e473cd8d3da]Lipari[/wiki]) - lots in Summer, with fewer during Spring, Autumn and Winter and on Sundays. For timetables see [url=http://www.siremar.it]SIREMAR[/url], [url=http://www.usticalines.it]Ustica Lines[/url] and [url=http://www.ngi-spa.it/home.html]NGI[/url]
A few car ferries a week also continue on to [wiki=866f0aee219a317e89a5909c9cc9e541]Naples[/wiki] (see [url=http://www.snav.it]SNAV[/url]).