There are 8 ways to get from Ireland to Dresden by plane, car ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Dublin Airport to Dresden Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane DUB - DRS
7h 16m€136–450Fly Dublin Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane DUB - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
9h 8m€76–281Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the carferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
- Take the carferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 27 / ...
37h 4m€206–647Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Lillebus
- Take the bus from Lille to Dresden central stationbus
46h 44m€553–922Fly Dublin Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane DUB - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 41m€140–414Fly Dublin Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane DUB - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 36m€77–272Fly Cork Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ORK - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 58m€106–298Train, car ferry, bus via Magdeburg
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Ghent Dampoort to Magdeburg central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
47h 11m€549–977
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Dresden Airport (DRS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Dresden is to fly and train which costs €75 - €280 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Dresden is to fly which takes 7h 16m and costs €130 - €450.
The distance between Ireland and Dresden is 1421 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Dresden without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 37h 4m and costs €200 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Ireland to Dresden, including transfers.
Dresden is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 11:38 PM in Ireland and 12:38 AM in Dresden.
There are 2086+ hotels available in Dresden.
What companies run services between Ireland and Dresden, Germany?
Lufthansa and Aer Lingus fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Dresden Airport (DRS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Dublin Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Cork Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Dublin Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Dublin Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Cork Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €48
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €48
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ghent Dampoort to Magdeburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 8722 992 992
- IOM.Reservations@steam-packet.com
- Website
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–325
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
- Foot Passanger
- €46
- Motorcycle&Adult
- €166
- Car&Adult
- €325
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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