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 40m€154–439Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane OTP - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
7h 9m€65–259Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
17h 46mTrain
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati pu to Dresden Hbftrain rj 174
27h 5m€99–139Night train, train
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain Night Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
26h 10m€162–208Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane OTP - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 54m€156–374Fly 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-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 51m€69–223Bus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Dresden central stationbus 1926
26h 55m€110–190Drive 1,480.6 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Dresdencar 1,480.6 km
14h 34m€215–310
Bucharest to Dresden by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Dresden is to train which costs €95 - €140 and takes 27h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Dresden is to fly and train which takes 7h 9m and costs €65 - €260.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from București, Autogara Militari and arriving at Dresden central station station. Services depart four 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 pu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 5m.
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 46m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Bucharest to Dresden, including transfers.
Bucharest to Dresden bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest 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 40m and costs €150 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus via Prague, which costs and takes 17h 46m, you could also train, which costs €95 - €140 and takes 27h 5m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Dresden, Germany?
Lufthansa, SunExpress, and Anima Wings fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dresden Airport (DRS) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bucharest to Dresden central station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 17h 46m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–460
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dresden Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–750
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €62–67
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Budapest-Nyugati pu to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €80–120
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- 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 Maxibus Travel, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Dresden is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 8:07 AM in Bucharest and 7:07 AM 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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