There are 10 ways to get from Nice to Dresden by plane, train (TGV), bus, car, train, or car 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)plane NCE - DRS
6h 43m€151–384Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Nice to Munich central bus stationbus 492
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Dresden central stationbus N1230 / ...
19h 30m€70–185Train via Paris
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
16h 34m€138–577Drive 1,196.7 km
- Drive from Nice to Dresdencar 1,196.7 km
11h 50m€185–267Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane NCE - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 15m€106–253Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane NCE - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 13m€77–269Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane NCE - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 27m€159–380Train
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Mulhouse Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 12N
19h 31m€194–506Bus, train
- Take the bus from NICE, Avenue Thiers, GARE SNCF NICE VILLE to JELENIA GÓRA, ul. Teatralnabus
- Take the train from Jelenia Gora to Goerlitztrain Os
- Take the train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
30h 3m€141–173Drive, car train
- Drive from Nice to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Dresdencar
14h 52m€269–374
Nice to Dresden by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Dresden is to bus which costs €70 - €190 and takes 19h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Dresden is to fly which takes 6h 43m and costs €150 - €390.
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 34m.
The distance between Nice and Dresden is 989 km. The road distance is 1196.7 km.
The best way to get from Nice to Dresden without a car is to train via Paris which takes 16h 34m and costs €130 - €600.
It takes approximately 6h 43m 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 43m and costs €150 - €390. Alternatively, you can train via Paris, which costs €130 - €600 and takes 16h 34m, you could also bus, which costs €70 - €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 34m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, 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
- 4h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- 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
- €55–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- 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
- €55–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- 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
- €55–180
- 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
- 3 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 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–290
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nice Ville to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- 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 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- 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
- €50–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- 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
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 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
- 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
- €33–34
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- €45–120
- 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
- €24–65
- 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 50m to drive from Nice to Dresden.
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