There are 11 ways to get from Grenoble to Dresden by train, plane, train (TGV), 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.
Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
best- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane LYS - DRS
7h 3m€182–527Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LYS - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus
7h 38m€83–253Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
13h 50m€244–429Bus
- Take the bus from Grenoble to Praguebus FlixBus N872
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
18h 22m€112–165Drive 1,083.9 km
- Drive from Grenoble to Dresdencar 1,083.9 km
10h 24m€204–294Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Grenoble to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane GVA - DRS
8h 32m€184–546Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the train from Grenoble to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane GVA - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus
9h 11m€110–292Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Grenoble to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane GVA - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 1m€130–303Drive, car train
- Drive from Grenoble to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Dresdencar
15h 46m€234–327Train
- Take the train from Grenoble to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Renens VDtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 12N
16h 54m€234–449Bus via Geneva
- Take the bus from Grenoble to Genevabus
- Take the bus from Geneva Bus Station to Pilsen Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží to Dresdenbus
19h€85–135
Grenoble to Dresden by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Grenoble to Dresden is to bus via Geneva which costs €85 - €140 and takes 19h.
The fastest way to get from Grenoble to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 7h 3m and costs €180 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Grenoble to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Grenoble and arriving at Dresden central station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from Grenoble to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Grenoble and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Lyon Part Dieu and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 50m.
The distance between Grenoble and Dresden is 1007 km. The road distance is 1083.9 km.
The best way to get from Grenoble to Dresden without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 13h 50m and costs €240 - €430.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Grenoble to Dresden, including transfers.
Grenoble to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Grenoble station.
Grenoble to Dresden train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Grenoble station.
The best way to get from Grenoble to Dresden is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 13h 50m and costs €240 - €430. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €170 and takes 18h 22m.
What companies run services between Grenoble, France and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Grenoble to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Lyon Part Dieu, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 13h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Grenoble to Dresden central station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 18h 22m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–450
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €23–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Train from Genève to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Grenoble to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Grenoble to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Grenoble to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Geneva Bus Station to Pilsen Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Grenoble to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Prague station.
Grenoble to Dresden train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Yes, the driving distance between Grenoble to Dresden is 1084 km. It takes approximately 10h 24m to drive from Grenoble to Dresden.
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