There are 8 ways to get from Kraków to Dresden by bus, train, car 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.
Recommended option
Bus Polski Bus • 7 h 30 min
$27 - $45
7 alternative options
Train • 7 h 49 min
$32 - $51
Bus FlixBus • 7 h 50 min
$32 - $54
Drive • 4 h 48 min
$65 - $100
Fly to Dresden • 6 h 52 min
$125 - $288
Fly to Prague, train • 7 h 49 min
$111 - $369
Fly to Leipzig, train • 7 h 54 min
$139 - $386
Fly to Berlin Schoenefeld, train • 7 h 4 min
$111 - $465
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Dresden, Germany?
Polski Bus operates a bus from Kraków to Dresden once daily. Tickets cost $27 - $45 and the journey takes 7 h 30 min. Alternatively, you can take a train from Kraków to Dresden via Wroclaw Glowny in around 7 h 49 min.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Krakow to Dresden via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 21 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380 - $1,200
Flights from Krakow to Dresden via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380 - $1,200
Flights from Krakow to Dresden via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380 - $1,200
Flights from Krakow to Dresden via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 27 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380 - $1,200
Flights from Krakow to Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 2 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $850
Flights from Krakow to Leipzig via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220 - $550
Flights from Krakow to Leipzig via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $550
Flights from Krakow to Leipzig via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $550
Flights from Krakow to Leipzig via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220 - $550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Krakow to Dresden via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $280
Flights from Krakow to Dresden via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $280
Flights from Krakow to Leipzig via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $330
Flights from Krakow to Leipzig via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70 - $300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Krakow to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 5 min
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $17 - $140
Flights from Krakow to Leipzig via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 5 min
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50 - $230
Flights from Krakow to Berlin Schoenefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45 - $160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Krakow to Dresden via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 22 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Krakow to Dresden via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 35 min
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Krakow to Leipzig via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $700
- Phone
- 703 200 200
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11 - $16
- Website
- Intercity.pl
- Purchase a
- eurail.com
- 2nd Class
- $11 - $16
- 1st Class
- $15 - $23
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Dresden Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 34 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21 - $35
- Website
- Intercity.pl
- Purchase a
- eurail.com
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha hl.n. to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $20 - $30
- Website
- cd.cz
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35 - $50
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Südkreuz to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45 - $65
- Website
- bahn.de
- Phone
- +48 22 417 62 27
- info@polskibus.com
- Website
- polskibus.com
Bus from Kraków to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27 - $45
- Schedules at
- polskibus.com
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Kraków, Kraków MDA to Wrocław, Wrocław DA
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $16 - $27
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Wrocław, Wrocław DA to Dresden, Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16 - $27
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
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Questions & Answers
The distance between Kraków and Dresden is 451 km. The road distance is 521 km.
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Dresden is to bus which costs 90 zł - 140 zł and takes 7 h 30 min.
The quickest way to get from Kraków to Dresden is to drive which takes 4 h 48 min and costs 230 zł - 340 zł.
No, there is no direct train from Kraków to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Krakow Glowny and arriving at Dresden Mitte via Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7 h 49 min.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Kraków and arriving at Dresden. Services depart once daily. The journey takes approximately 7 h 30 min.
The bus from Kraków to Dresden takes 7 h 30 min including transfers and departs once daily.