There are 9 ways to get from Bucharest to Dresden by plane, bus, train, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Dresden Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane OTP - DRS
7h 35m€190–465Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Dresden central stationbus 1926
26h 55m€55–160Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
17h 52mTrain
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
27h 3m€166–231Night train, train
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain Night Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
25h 33m€165–211Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane OTP - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 49m€228–411Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane OTP - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 18m€145–284Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane OTP - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 10m€116–350Drive 1,480.6 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Dresdencar 1,480.6 km
14h 34m€210–303
Bucharest to Dresden by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Dresden is to bus which costs €55 - €160 and takes 26h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Dresden is to fly and train which takes 7h 10m and costs €110 - €350.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from București, Autogara Militari and arriving at Dresden central station station. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 26h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Dresden Hbf via Keleti pályaudvar M and Budapest-Nyugati. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 3m.
The distance between Bucharest and Dresden is 1204 km. The road distance is 1480.6 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Dresden without a car is to bus via Prague which takes 17h 52m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 35m to get from Bucharest to Dresden, including transfers.
Bucharest to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest to Dresden train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Dresden is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs €190 - €470. Alternatively, you can bus via Prague, which costs and takes 17h 52m, you could also train, which costs €160 - €240 and takes 27h 3m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Dresden, Germany?
Lufthansa, Lufthansa City, and Tarom fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dresden Airport (DRS) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bucharest to Dresden central station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 17h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–90
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–220
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €64–69
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €100–160
Train from Wien Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €80–120
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- info@comati-psg.ro
- Website
- comati-psg.ro
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–160
- Schedules at
- comati-psg.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dresden central station.
Dresden is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 3:39 PM in Bucharest and 2:39 PM in Dresden.
Bucharest to Dresden train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Dresden is 1481 km. It takes approximately 14h 34m to drive from Bucharest to Dresden.
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