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 175–295Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus RegioJet 263
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Luganobus N1308 / ...
15h 44mCHF 54–113Night 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 56mCHF 127–183Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Locarnotrain Ir46
16h 45mCHF 174–249Drive, car train
- Drive from Dresden to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Asconacar
9h 43mCHF 195–270Fly 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 26mCHF 126–401Fly 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 145–396Fly 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
8h 52mCHF 166–365Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- 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
8h 38mBus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
8h 38mBus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane PRG - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
9h 21m
Dresden to Ascona by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Ascona is to bus which costs SFr 50 - SFr 120 and takes 15h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Ascona is to fly and train which takes 6h 51m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 400.
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.
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 50 - SFr 120 and takes 15h 44m.
Yes, the driving distance between Dresden to Ascona is 808 km. It takes approximately 7h 56m to drive from Dresden to Ascona.
There are 2877+ hotels available in 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 Bayrische Strasse to Ascona, Centro via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Lugano, Via Ciani/Cornaredo, Lugano, Stazione, Lugano, Locarno, and Locarno, Piazza Stazione in around 15h 44m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–400
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–370
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–170
- 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 60–150
- 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 80–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
- 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 60–250
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 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
- Once 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
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- 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 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- 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 2 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 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/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse 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/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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