Bad Schandau

Bad Schandau is a spa town in Saxony, Germany.

Get in
Bad Schandau is served by the Elbe valley rail line connecting Dresden and Prague and therefore the two hourly Eurocity train stops there. There are also hourly S-Bahn train services from Dresden, which are slower but more frequent and accept regional travel passes. The main Bad Schandau railway station is some distance from the historic town centre and on the opposite side of the Elbe, and is linked to it by a half-hourly ferry or less-frequent and less direct bus services. Krippen railway station is almost opposite the historic town centre and is also linked to it by a ferry, but has a less frequent rail service.

By train
Long-distance EuroCity trains between Berlin and Prague call here, with a few trains per day continuing to Bratislava and Budapest, at least for the foreseeable future until at new bypass tunnel is scheduled to be completed in the early 2030s. Additionally, regional line from Meißen via Dresden runs at the least once every hour. Bad Schandau is three stations away from the line's terminus, Schöna. Czech regional trainss from Decin also call here.



By plane
From Prague airport take the bus to the main station and from there the Eurocity

From Dresden airport take the S-Bahn to the main station and from there either the Eurocity or S-Bahn

From Leipzig/Halle airport take the S-Bahn to Leipzig then regional train or IC(E) to Dresden main station and from there the S-Bahn

From Wroclaw airport take the train to Dresden main station and from there the S-Bahn

By boat
During the summer season there are touristic steam boats from/to Dresden and several other places along the Elbe. They take longer than the train ride and are more expensive, but the views of the river and the Elbe valley are spectacular

Get around
All information about public transport is available at the homepage of the Public transport authority Upper Elbe (VVO).

Go next

 * Königstein with its 16th-century mountain fortress, one of the biggest in Europe (7 km to the west, 3 minutes by train)
 * Rathen with its mountain theatre and the spectacular Bastei rock formation (8 km to the northeast, 9 minutes by train)
 * Děčín, Czech Republic (23 km to the south, 27 minutes by train)