There are 9 ways to get from Nice to Dresden by plane, train (TGV), bus, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Dresden Airport
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Dresden Airport (DRS)NCE - DRS
6h 42m€181–424Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)NCE - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
8h 20m€68–186Train via Paris
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof50
16h 36m€138–438Bus
- Take the bus from Nice to Munich central bus station492
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Dresden central stationN1230 / ...
19h 30m€69–181Drive 1,197.3 km
- Drive from Nice to Dresden1,197.3 km
11h 46m€183–264Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)NCE - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
7h 17m€72–259Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)NCE - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
8h 25m€159–345Train
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Mulhouse VilleTgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhof12N
19h 31m€200–509Bus, train
- Take the bus from NICE, Avenue Thiers, GARE SNCF NICE VILLE to JELENIA GÓRA, ul. Teatralna
- Take the train from Jelenia Gora to GoerlitzOs
- Take the train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden HauptbahnhofRe1
30h 3m€140–173
Nice to Dresden by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Dresden is to bus which costs €65 - €190 and takes 19h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Dresden is to fly which takes 6h 42m and costs €180 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Nice to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Nice and arriving at Dresden central station via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Nice to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Nice Ville and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Est and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 36m.
The distance between Nice and Dresden is 989 km. The road distance is 1197.3 km.
The best way to get from Nice to Dresden without a car is to train via Paris which takes 16h 36m and costs €130 - €440.
It takes approximately 6h 42m to get from Nice to Dresden, including transfers.
Nice to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Nice station.
Nice to Dresden train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Nice Ville station.
The best way to get from Nice to Dresden is to fly which takes 6h 42m and costs €180 - €430. Alternatively, you can train via Paris, which costs €130 - €440 and takes 16h 36m, you could also bus, which costs €65 - €190 and takes 19h 30m.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Dresden, Germany?
Lufthansa flies from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Dresden Airport (DRS) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Nice Ville to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Gare Du Nord, Paris Est, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 16h 36m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–370
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–370
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nice Ville to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Nice to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from NICE, Avenue Thiers, GARE SNCF NICE VILLE to JELENIA GÓRA, ul. Teatralna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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More Questions & Answers
Nice to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Nice to Dresden train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Nice to Dresden is 1197 km. It takes approximately 11h 46m to drive from Nice to Dresden.
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