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 calls 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 S1 from Meißen via Dresden runs at least once every hour. Bad Schandau is three stations away from the line's terminus, Schöna. Czech regional trains from Decin also calls here.
- 1 Bad Schandau railway station, Am Bahnhof 5.
By plane
From Prague airport (PRG IATA) take the bus to the main station and from there the Eurocity
From Dresden airport (DRS IATA) take the S-Bahn to the main station and from there either the Eurocity or S-Bahn
From Leipzig/Halle airport (LEJ IATA) 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 (WRO IATA) 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
By car
By bus
Get around
All information about public transport is available at the homepage of the Public transport authority Upper Elbe (VVO).
See
- 1 Lichtenhain Waterfall. a waterfall which can be "pushed"!
Do
- Kirnitzsch Valley Railway (Kirnitzschtalbahn). A metre-gauge heritage tram to Lichtenhain Waterfall
- Bad Schandau Elevator (Personenaufzug). Germany's only interurban elevator
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
Budget
- Campingplatz "Ostrauer Mühle", Kirnitzschtal, ☏ 49 35022 42742, ✉[email protected].
- Pension Elbblick, Elbufer 29, ☏ 49 35022 42627, ✉[email protected].
- Pension & Apartment Menge, Badallee 12/13, ☏ 49 35022 5830, ✉[email protected].
- Pension Villa Anna, Kirnitzschtalstraße 85, ☏ 49 35022 42497, ✉[email protected].
- Pension Grenz-Eck, Schmilka Nr.23, ☏ 49 35022 42029, ✉[email protected].
Mid-range
- Hotel Garni Grundmühle, Friedrich-Gottlob-Keller-Straße 69, ☏ 49 35028 86190, ✉[email protected].
- Hotel Garni Elbgarten, Dresdner Straße 9, ☏ 49 35022 484-0, ✉[email protected].
- Hotel Villa Waldfrieden, Schmilka Nr. 10, ☏ 49 35022 9223-0, ✉[email protected].
- Hotel - Gasthof "Zum Bären", Zaukenstraße 10, ☏ 49 35022 42073, ✉[email protected].
- Hotel Elbpromenade, Elbufer 10, ☏ 49 35022 5470, ✉[email protected].
- Panoramahotel Wolfsberg, Zum Wolfsberg 102, ☏ 49 35028 859900, ✉[email protected].
- Parkhotel Bad Schandau, Rudolf-Sendig-Straße 12, ☏ 49 35022 520, ✉[email protected].
- Hotel Dekorahaus, Kirnitzschtalstraße 87, ☏ 49 35022 42497, ✉[email protected].
Splurge
- Elbhotel Bad Schandau, An der Elbe 2, ☏ 49 35022 921-0, ✉[email protected].
- Hotel Lindenhof, Rudolf-Sendig-Staße 11, ☏ 49 35022 489-0, ✉[email protected].
- Apparthotel Steiger Bad Schandau, Elbstraße 6, ☏ 49 35022 925100, ✉[email protected].
- Hotel Helvetia, Schmilka Nr. 11, ☏ 49 35022 92230, ✉[email protected].
- Hotel Elbresidenz, Markt 1-11, ☏ 49 35022 9190, ✉[email protected].
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)
| Routes through Bad Schandau |
| Dresden ← | Hamburg  Prague | → Děčín → Prague |