There are 9 ways to get from Messina to Dresden by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or night 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane CTA - DRS
11h 3m€154–390Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane CTA - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
11h 5m€83–242Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
23h 53mBus
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Nürnberg, Zobbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Dresden central stationbus FlixBus N1304 / ...
30h€245–323Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Dresdencar
18h 59m€322–472Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane PMO - DRS
13h 18m€200–422Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane CTA - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 33m€101–333Car ferry, train, night train
- Take the carferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovannicarferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
- Take the nighttrain from Venezia S. Lucia to Linz/Donau Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ec
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
28h 54m€243–608Bus via Rome
- Take the bus from Messina to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
33h 38m€195–301
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Dresden Airport (DRS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Dresden is to train and fly which costs €80 - €250 and takes 11h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 9h 33m and costs €100 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica and arriving at Dresden central station via Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h.
The distance between Messina and Dresden is 1636 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Dresden without a car is to ferry and train which takes 23h 53m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 3m to get from Messina to Dresden, including transfers.
Messina to Dresden bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica station.
Messina to Dresden bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Nürnberg, Zob station.
Book your Messina to Dresden bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 2104+ hotels available in Dresden.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Dresden central station via Nuremberg central bus station in around 30h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
Flights from Palermo Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €140–200
- 2nd Class
- €130–180
- 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
- €85–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €43–49
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–80
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €44–50
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- *
- €40–65
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Venezia S. Lucia to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Nürnberg, Zob
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–290
- Website
- Onebus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Messina to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- East West Eurolines
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- East West Eurolines
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €33–36
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- 3409848540
- [email protected]
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- [email protected]
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Car ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–100
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Passenger
- €3
- Car
- €35–100
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