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)OTP - DRS
7h 34m€190–425Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Dresden central station1926
26h 55m€55–160Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station060 / ...
17h 51mTrain
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Dresden HbfRj
27h 2m€100–110Night train, train
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien HbfNight Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Dresden HbfRj
25h 33m€165–211Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)OTP - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
7h 10m€121–340Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)OTP - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
8h 23m€117–237Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)OTP - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
9h 13m€198–376Drive 1,480.7 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Dresden1,480.7 km
14h 27m€208–300
Bucharest to Dresden by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Dresden is to train which costs €100 - €110 and takes 27h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Dresden is to fly and train which takes 7h 10m and costs €120 - €340.
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, Saturday and Sunday. 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 2m.
The distance between Bucharest and Dresden is 1204 km. The road distance is 1480.7 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Dresden without a car is to bus via Prague which takes 17h 51m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 34m 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 34m and costs €190 - €430. Alternatively, you can bus via Prague, which costs and takes 17h 51m, you could also train, which costs €100 - €110 and takes 27h 2m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Dresden, Germany?
Lufthansa, Lufthansa City, and two other airlines 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 51m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–470
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- 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
- €40–220
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- 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
- Twice 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €80–120
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €34–39
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
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
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- 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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
- 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
- +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
- €14–40
- 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
- €55–120
- 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 1:25 PM in Bucharest and 12:25 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 27m to drive from Bucharest to Dresden.
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