Bad Schandau

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.

Train

• EuroCity Berlin - Prag
• S-Bahn: Meißen - Dresden - Bad Schandau - Schöna
• Regionalbahn: Regionalbahn Rumburk − Sebnitz(Sachsen) − Bad Schandau − Schöna − Decin hl.n.

Plane

From Prague airport (PRG) take the bus to the main station and from there the Eurocity
From Dresden airport (DRS) take the S-Bahn to the main station and from there either the Eurocity or S-Bahn
From Leipzig/Halle airport (LEJ) 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) take the train to Dresden main station and from there the S-Bahn

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

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

• Lichtenhain Waterfalla waterfall which can be "pushed"!

• Kirnitzsch Valley RailwayA metre-gauge heritage tram to Lichtenhain Waterfall

• Bad Schandau ElevatorGermany's only interurban elevator

Budget

• Campingplatz "Ostrauer Mühle"

  phone: +49 35022 42742
  address: Kirnitzschtal

• Pension Elbblick

  phone: +49 35022 42627
  address: Elbufer 29

• Pension & Apartment Menge

  phone: +49 35022 5830
  address: Badallee 12/13

• Pension Villa Anna

  phone: +49 35022 42497
  address: Kirnitzschtalstraße 85

• Pension Grenz-Eck

  phone: +49 35022 42029
  address: Schmilka Nr.23

Mid-range

• Hotel Garni Grundmühle

  phone: +49 35028 86190
  address: Friedrich-Gottlob-Keller-Straße 69

• Hotel Garni Elbgarten

  phone: +49 35022 484-0
  address: Dresdner Straße 9

• Hotel Villa Waldfrieden

  phone: +49 35022 9223-0
  address: Schmilka Nr. 10

• Hotel - Gasthof "Zum Bären"

  phone: +49 35022 42073
  address: Zaukenstraße 10

• Hotel Elbpromenade

  phone: +49 35022 5470
  address: Elbufer 10

• Panoramahotel Wolfsberg

  phone: +49 35028 859900
  address: Zum Wolfsberg 102

• Parkhotel Bad Schandau

  phone: +49 35022 520
  address: Rudolf-Sendig-Straße 12

• Hotel Dekorahaus

  phone: +49 35022 42497
  address: Kirnitzschtalstraße 87

Splurge

• Elbhotel Bad Schandau

  phone: +49 35022 921-0
  address: An der Elbe 2

• Hotel Lindenhof

  phone: +49 35022 489-0
  address: Rudolf-Sendig-Staße 11

• Apparthotel Steiger Bad Schandau

  phone: +49 35022 925100
  address: Elbstraße 6

• Hotel Helvetia

  phone: +49 35022 92230
  address: Schmilka Nr. 11

• Hotel Elbresidenz

  phone: +49 35022 9190
  address: Markt 1-11

• 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)