There are 9 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 Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane CTA - DRS
7h 54m€134–399Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane CTA - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 44m€70–259Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to München Hbftrain 89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
22h 20mBus
- Take the bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Leipzig central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Dresden central stationbus N23 / ...
30h 49m€99–194Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Dresdencar
18h 57m€302–452Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the bus from Messina Viale Boccetta to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane CTA - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus
8h 40m€75–207Ferry, train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.train
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane SUF - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus
9h 30mCar ferry, train, night train
- Take the car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
- Take the night train from Venezia S. Lucia to Linz Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ec
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
28h 55m€168–629Bus, train
- Take the bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Battipaglia Ospedalebus
- Take the bus from BATTIPAGLIA, Via Belvedere, 26A , naprzeciw stacji Q8 to JELENIA GÓRA, ul. Teatralnabus
- Take the train from Jelenia Gora to Goerlitztrain Os
- Take the train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
40h 12m€166–203
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 which costs €70 - €210 and takes 8h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Dresden is to bus and fly which takes 7h 54m and costs €130 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at Dresden central station via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Leipzig central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 49m.
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 22h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 54m to get from Messina to Dresden, including transfers.
Messina to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Book your Messina to Dresden bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 1995+ hotels available in Dresden.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a bus from Messina to Dresden central station via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Leipzig central train station in around 30h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- skyalps.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Bolzano/Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,100
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- 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 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- 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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- 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
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €40–65
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Jelenia Gora to Goerlitz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €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
- €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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- 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
- €16–24
- 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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