There are 11 ways to get from Dresden to Milan by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport
best- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DRS - LIN
5h 29m€168–383Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus RegioJet 263
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus RegioJet 22
16h 55m€56–117Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 50
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
14h 2m€96–408Train, bus
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Mitte to Leipzig Hbftrain Re50
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N95
16h 14m€65–117Drive 885.9 km
- Drive from Dresden to Milancar 885.9 km
8h 43m€136–196Fly 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 Milano Porta Garibalditrain
6h 29m€111–356Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane BER - LIN
5h 27m€59–230Bus 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 Milano Porta Garibalditrain
6h 41mBus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- 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
6h 25mTrain to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane BER - BGY
6h 11m€58–262Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibalditrain S11
16h 57m€242–366
Dresden to Milan by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Milan is to bus which costs €55 - €120 and takes 16h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Milan is to train and fly which takes 5h 27m and costs €55 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Dresden to Milan. However, there are services departing from Dresden Bayrische Strasse and arriving at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano via Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Dresden to Milan. However, there are services departing from Dresden Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Milano Centrale via Frankfurt, Basel SBB and Lugano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 2m.
The distance between Dresden and Milan is 733 km. The road distance is 885.9 km.
The best way to get from Dresden to Milan without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 14h 2m and costs €95 - €410.
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Dresden to Milan, including transfers.
Dresden to Milan bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Dresden Bayrische Strasse station.
Dresden to Milan train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Dresden to Milan is to fly which takes 5h 29m and costs €160 - €390. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs €95 - €410 and takes 14h 2m, you could also bus, which costs €55 - €120 and takes 16h 55m.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Milan, Italy?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and ITA Airways fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Milano Centrale via Frankfurt, Basel SBB, and Lugano in around 14h 2m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–490
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- 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
- €65–120
- 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
- €85–310
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Mitte to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- €140–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +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
- €8–13
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- €12–13
- 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
- €6–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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Dresden to Milan bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Dresden to Milan train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dresden to Milan is 886 km. It takes approximately 8h 43m to drive from Dresden to Milan.
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