Dresden Travel Forum

Hi!

I would like to visit dresden. I will be coming from vienna/wien to prague and then heading to dresden. I have to ultimately get to Bonn. what is the best way to do that? by train? or by flight?
or is it more feasable to get back to vienna and then go to frankfurt/bonn?

Thank you for your time!!

DB timetable
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
From: Vienna
To: Prague
To: Dresden
To: Bonn

Ticket wise you can buy ONE ticket Vienna to Bonn via Dresden. EUR 171,40 via Frankfurt. EUR 182,40 via Berlin. Such an international ticket is valid 2 months and allows stopovers en route (Prague, Dresden). You can buy this ticket on spot in a station in Vienna or order it online through the DB timetable.

Hi

Thank you for your reply.

Would it be cheaper if one broke the journey and went by bus? or is a EURAIL pass a better option? also, does this route include the ICE? will check this one on the site you have mentioned.

warm regards,

Saudamini

This is a fully flexible ticket and the trains run at least 2-hourly on these routes. Towards Bonn both possible routes will include ICE trains.

Buses are not very frequent and only an option for the Vienna to Dresden part.
Prague to Dresden is however in parts are really scenic railroad trip you'll miss if you go by bus.

Dresden - Bonn is available from EUR 29,00 if you buy a non-flexible ticket in advance. I.e. a ticket which is only valid for the booked connection.

An option is to choose from Frankfurt to Bonn the route through the really scenic Middle Rhine Valley, instead of the highspeed link to (Bonn-)Siegburg. Is even cheaper (with normal price tickets) as this route is somewhat slower.
http://www.welterbe-mittelrheintal.de

I'd take the train for the bit from Vienna to Prague to Dresden. However, there is also a daily bus service from Prague to Dresden, which is rather cheap and as fast as the train (www.rvd.de). Probably, there are also bus services from Vienna to Prague (www.eurolines.at ?). Train is rather expensive, as long as you buy tickets in Germany / Austria. It'll be much cheaper to buy tickets at a Czech station or in the train, once you have passed the Czech border.

I'd take the plane to get from Dresden to Bonn. Direct flights from 40 Euro. If you also want to see Leipzig, you can take a plane from there. Direct flights from 20 Euro. Both are operated by Germanwings (www.germanwings.com). Much more convenient than Deutsche Bahn, although train services run more frequently.

I agree with the previous poster that you should fly Dresden-Bonn. It's often cheaper than train. The airport Dresden ist very close to the city centre, small, easy to navigate, good access by commuter train.

I'd probably travel by train Vienna to Prague. Buy another train ticket Prague to Dresden WHEN IN Prague. It's much cheaper there; shouldn't be more than 15 Euro.