There are 12 ways to get from Dresden to Florence by plane, train, bus, night train, train (Trenitalia), car, or car train
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Fly Dresden Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane DRS - FLR
5h 51m€154–433Bus via Prague
cheapest- Take the bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus : Berlin Central Bus Station - Berlin Südkreuz Train Station / ...
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus : Prague Central Bus Station - Rome Tiburtina Bus Station / ...
19h 50m€81–130Train, bus
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the bus from München Hackerbrücke to Verona Porta Nuova Stationbus
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
12h 6m€191–478Bus
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Leipzig central train stationbus N67 / ...
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus N452
17h 40m€94–154Train, night train
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Hof Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to München Hbftrain Re2
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Hbf to Firenze Campo Martenighttrain Nj
19h 4m€135–426Fly Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DRS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h 16m€106–423Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane PRG - FLR
6h 17m€99–287Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane PRG - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h 52m€91–267Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Pisa International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane PRG - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
7h 40m€96–275Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Kufsteintrain 91
- Take the train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozentrain Re
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
14h 54m€199–482Drive 1,079.1 km
- Drive from Dresden to Florencecar 1,079.1 km
10h 1m€174–252Drive, car train
- Drive from Dresden to Göttingencar
- Take the cartrain from Göttingen to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Florencecar
15h 19m€237–337
Dresden to Florence by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Florence is to bus via Prague which costs €80 - €130 and takes 19h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Florence is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €150 - €440.
No, there is no direct bus from Dresden station to Florence station. However, there are services departing from Dresden central station and arriving at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station via Leipzig central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Dresden to Florence. However, there are services departing from Dresden Hbf and arriving at Firenze Campo Marte via Hof Hbf and Muenchen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 4m.
The distance between Dresden and Florence is 856 km. The road distance is 1079.1 km.
The best way to get from Dresden to Florence without a car is to train and bus which takes 12h 6m and costs €190 - €480.
It takes approximately 5h 51m to get from Dresden to Florence, including transfers.
Dresden to Florence bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dresden central station.
Dresden to Florence train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Dresden to Florence is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €150 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €160 and takes 17h 40m, you could also train, which costs €190 - €490 and takes 14h 54m.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Florence, Italy?
Lufthansa City, Air Dolomiti, and two other airlines fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Dresden central station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station via Leipzig central train station in around 17h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Dresden Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–900
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–750
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–490
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Pisa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €200–460
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hof Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Dresden Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Firenze Campo Marte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Göttingen to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from München Hackerbrücke to Verona Porta Nuova Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–23
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–23
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–23
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19
- Website
- Arda Tur
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Booking & Getting There
Dresden to Florence bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Leipzig central train station.
Dresden to Florence train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dresden to Florence is 1079 km. It takes approximately 10h 1m to drive from Dresden to Florence.
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