There are 10 ways to get from Messina to Dresden by bus, plane, ferry, train, car, car ferry, or night train
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Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
best- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)CTA - DRS
8h 13m€134–329Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)CTA - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
9h 51m€76–231Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.GiovanniM1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to München Hbf89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf25 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf29 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof50 / ...
21h 51mBus
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Leipzig central train station
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Dresden central station012 / ...
32h 20m€99–270Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Dresden
18h 49m€302–452Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)CTA - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
8h 44m€77–284Ferry, train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)SUF - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
10h 27mTrain to Palermo Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Dresden Airport (DRS)PMO - DRS
12h 53m€145–352Car ferry, train, night train
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia S. LuciaFr
- Take the night train from Venezia S. Lucia to Linz HbfNj
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni NadraziEc
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden HbfEc
28h 45m€190–564Bus, train
- Take the bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Battipaglia Ospedale
- Take the bus from BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8 to JELENIA GÓRA, ul. Teatralna
- Take the train from Jelenia Gora to GoerlitzOs
- Take the train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden HauptbahnhofRe1
40h 12m€158–199
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Dresden Airport (DRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Dresden is to bus and fly and train which costs €75 - €240 and takes 9h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Dresden is to bus and fly which takes 8h 13m and costs €130 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina station to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Messina Main Train Station and arriving at Dresden central station via Bologna Centrale and Leipzig central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 20m.
The distance between Messina and Dresden is 1638 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Dresden without a car is to ferry and train which takes 21h 51m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 13m to get from Messina to Dresden, including transfers.
Messina to Dresden bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Messina Main Train Station.
Messina to Dresden bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Messina to Dresden bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1951+ hotels available in Dresden.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a bus from Messina Main Train Station to Dresden central station via Bologna Centrale and Leipzig central train station in around 32h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- skyalps.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Bolzano/Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–750
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Venezia S. Lucia to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–265
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–265
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–160
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €40–65
Train from Jelenia Gora to Goerlitz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €32–34
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Battipaglia Ospedale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8 to JELENIA GÓRA, ul. Teatralna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–40
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €2–7
- Moto
- €16–22
- Car
- €30–40
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