There are 10 ways to get from Dresden to Tarragona by plane, train, train (Renfe), bus, car, 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 from Dresden Airport, train
best- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane DRS - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
8h 41m€143–369Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly, train
cheapest- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovicetrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane PRG - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
9h 54m€83–229Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieutrain Trn
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain Re / ...
20h 23m€384–673Train, bus
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Barcelonabus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain Re / ...
28h 21m€212–379Drive 1,771 km
- Drive from Dresden to Tarragonacar 1,771 km
17h 8m€288–416Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BER - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
8h 8m€92–282Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LEJ - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
9h 52m€152–467Bus
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N60 / ...
- Take the bus from Prague to Barcelonabus
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Tarragona - Bus Stationbus
30h€168–260Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to München, ZOBbus
- Take the bus from Munich - Bus Station to Girona - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Girona to Barcelona Santstrain R11
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragonatrain R15 / ...
31h 21m€167–269Drive, car train
- Drive from Dresden to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Tarragonacar
22h 2m€318–457
Dresden to Tarragona by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Tarragona is to train and fly which costs €80 - €230 and takes 9h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Tarragona is to train and fly which takes 8h 8m and costs €90 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Dresden station to Tarragona station. However, there are services departing from Dresden central station and arriving at Tarragona - Bus Station via Prague and Barcelona - North Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h.
No, there is no direct train from Dresden to Tarragona. However, there are services departing from Dresden Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Tarragona via Frankfurt, Bruxelles-Midi, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 23m.
The distance between Dresden and Tarragona is 1524 km. The road distance is 1771 km.
The best way to get from Dresden to Tarragona without a car is to train which takes 20h 23m and costs €380 - €700.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from Dresden to Tarragona, including transfers.
Dresden to Tarragona bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dresden central station.
Dresden to Tarragona train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Dresden to Tarragona is to train which takes 20h 23m and costs €380 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €160 - €260 and takes 30h.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Tarragona, Spain?
You can take a train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Tarragona via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Bruxelles-Midi, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona-Sants in around 20h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Dresden central station to Tarragona - Bus Station via Prague, Barcelona, and Barcelona - North Bus Station in around 30h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–350
Flights from Dresden Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–470
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- 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)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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
- €18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +34 900 41 00 41
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
Train from Girona to Barcelona Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Tarragona - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Munich - Bus Station to Girona - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dresden to München, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €51–55
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Dresden to Tarragona bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Dresden to Tarragona train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dresden to Tarragona is 1771 km. It takes approximately 17h 8m to drive from Dresden to Tarragona.
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