Dresden
Getting There/Around

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Getting There:

By Air:

The Dresden International Airport ( DRS ) is a bustling international airport serviced by many carriers, including:

Air Berlin ( http://www.airberlin.com )

Air Europa ( http://www.air-europa.com )

Austrian Air ( http://www.aua.com )

BMI ( http://www.bmibaby.com )

Bulgarian Air Charter ( http://www.bulgarianaircharter.com )

Condor Airlines ( http://www.condor-airlines.ru )

German Wings ( http://www.germanwings.com )

Hapag Fly ( http://www.hapagfly.com )

Inter Airlines ( http://www.interairlines.de )

LGW ( http://www.lgw.com )

Lufthansa ( http://www.lufthansa.com )

Nordic Leisure ( http://www.worldairroutes.com/Nordic.html )

Sky Airlines ( http://www.skyairlines.net )

South African Airways ( http://www.flysaa.com )

Sun Express ( +45 30 0180 59 59 59 0/ http://www.sunexpress.com.tr )

Tunisair ( http://www.tunisair.com.tn )

United Airlines ( +1 800 538 2929 / http://www.united.com )


For a list of other carriers, visit the Dresden International Airport webpage ( http://www.dresden-airport.de )

By Train:

As part of the main Deutsche Bahn network, there are daily connections to all major German and European cities. A regional network of services ( S-Bahn ) also connects Dresden with important communities throughout the upper Elbe valley. All express trains arrive either at the central railway station ( Hauptbahnhof ) on the southern edge of the city center ( at the end of Prager Strasse, within easy walking distance of the city center ) or at Dresden-Neustadt station ( two tram route connections to the city center and the central railway station ).

By Car:

The motorway A13 connects Dresden and Berlin. From Görlitz in the East, from Leipzig, Bavaria or Hessen in the West and South, you can reach Dresden via the motorway A4. A further motorway to Prague is currently under construction. The existing motorways skirt Dresden on its western fringe. Four junctions provide access to the City. Dresden can also be reached on the trunk roads B6, B97, B170, B172 and B173. It is recommended that day visitors leave their cars on the edges of the city and travel into the center by bus, suburban train or tram.


Getting Around:

Dresden has an excellent public transportation system. You can choose to travel around by bus, tram, or suburban train. There are also cable railways and Elbe steamers available.

Bus and tram:

Dresden offers 18 tram routes and 26 bus routes that travel to almost every corner of the City. The dense network of routes serves almost 200 tram stops and 300 bus stops, many of which have been recently modernized. If you know German, you can visit the Dresden public transport corporation website for more information ( http://www.dvbag.de ).

Cable railways and Elbe ferries:

Two of special attractions that Dresden boasts are the Loschwitz cable railways. The 563-meter long Loschwitz Funicular Railway has connected Loschwitz with the Weisser Hirsch district ( 95 meters higher ) since 1895. The cable cars between Loschwitz and Oberloschwitz have been running since 1901. The valley stations of both railways are situated at Körnerplatz. Since Dresden possesses relatively few bridges, the Elbe ferries have an important role to play in the city's transport system. There are three passenger ferries and one car ferry.