There are 8 ways to get from Dresden to Bucharest by plane, bus, train, car, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Dresden Airport
best- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DRS - OTP
7h 7m$233–552Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dresden central station to București, Autogara Militaribus 1926
25h 40m$60–100Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus RegioJet 263
- Take the bus from Praga to Buchurestbus
17h 55m$92–187Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádražítrain 27
- Take the train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain Rj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
26h 2m$284–438Drive 1,481.1 km
- Drive from Dresden to Bucharestcar 1,481.1 km
14h 34m$244–353Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PRG - OTP
6h 19mTrain to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BER - OTP
6h 9m$136–383Night train, train
- Take the night train from Dresden Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
27h 20m$303–663
Dresden to Bucharest by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Bucharest is to bus which costs $60 - $100 and takes 25h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 6h 9m and costs $130 - $390.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Dresden central station station and arriving at București, Autogara Militari. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 25h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Dresden to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Dresden Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Decin Hlavni Nadrazi and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 2m.
The distance between Dresden and Bucharest is 1206 km. The road distance is 1481.1 km.
The best way to get from Dresden to Bucharest without a car is to bus via Prague which takes 17h 55m and costs $90 - $190.
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Dresden to Bucharest, including transfers.
Dresden to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dresden central station.
Dresden to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Dresden to Bucharest is to fly which takes 7h 7m and costs $230 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus via Prague, which costs $90 - $190 and takes 17h 55m, you could also train, which costs $280 - $440 and takes 26h 2m.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
Lufthansa, Lufthansa City, and Swiss fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Buchurest via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Praga in around 17h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–100
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–180
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–350
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Dresden Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–315
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $305–315
- Couchette Carriage
- $160–200
- Seating Carriage
- $60–80
- 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
- $9–15
- 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
- $14–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden central station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- 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
- $15
- 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
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Praga to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- 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
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Dresden central station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Dresden to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Dresden. It is currently 3:02 AM in Dresden and 4:02 AM in Bucharest.
Dresden to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Děčín hlavní nádraží station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dresden to Bucharest is 1481 km. It takes approximately 14h 34m to drive from Dresden to Bucharest.
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