There are 12 ways to get from Dresden to Ascona by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Fulda
best- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain 50
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 12
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Bellinzonatrain Ec
13h 39mCHF 176–298Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 082 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Luganobus 456
- Take the bus from Lugano, Stazione/Via Basilea to Locarno, Stazionebus Ev2
17h 2mCHF 49–130Night train, train
- Take the night train from Dresden Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zug to Locarnotrain Ir46
17h 24mDrive 807.7 km
- Drive from Dresden to Asconacar 807.7 km
7h 57mCHF 130–188Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Locarnotrain Ir46
16h 45mCHF 181–252Drive, car train
- Drive from Dresden to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Asconacar
9h 43mCHF 196–277Fly Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DRS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
8h 35mCHF 137–371Fly Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
6h 51mCHF 156–408Fly Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DRS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
9h 12mCHF 167–365Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PRG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
9h 19mCHF 68–219Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
9h 20mCHF 119–296Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane PRG - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
10h 3mCHF 63–246
Dresden to Ascona by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Ascona is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 130 and takes 17h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Ascona is to fly and train which takes 6h 51m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 410.
No, there is no direct bus from Dresden station to Ascona. However, there are services departing from Dresden central station and arriving at Ascona, Centro via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Lugano, Gerra, Lugano, Stazione/Via Basilea and Locarno, Piazza Stazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 2m.
The distance between Dresden and Ascona is 1087 km. The road distance is 807.7 km.
The best way to get from Dresden to Ascona without a car is to train via Fulda which takes 13h 39m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 300.
It takes approximately 13h 39m to get from Dresden to Ascona, including transfers.
Dresden to Ascona bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dresden central station.
The best way to get from Dresden to Ascona is to train via Fulda which takes 13h 39m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 130 and takes 17h 2m.
Dresden to Ascona bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dresden to Ascona is 808 km. It takes approximately 7h 57m to drive from Dresden to Ascona.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Ascona, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Ascona, Scuole via Fulda Bahnhof, Basel Bad Bf, Bellinzona, Locarno, and Locarno, Piazza Stazione in around 13h 39m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Dresden central station to Ascona, Centro via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Lugano, Lugano, Gerra, Lugano, Centro, Lugano, Stazione/Via Basilea, Locarno, Stazione, and Locarno, Piazza Stazione in around 17h 2m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–410
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–360
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–360
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–480
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–370
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–480
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–370
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–23
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Dresden Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zug to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–12
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Lugano, Stazione/Via Basilea to Locarno, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
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