There are 6 ways to get from Almaty to Lyon by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)ALA - LYS
14h 10m€286–487Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)ALA - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
16h 15m€250–421Train, bus
- Take the train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Pass
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminal
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu
5d 13h€441–937Drive 6,779 km
- Drive from Almaty to Lyon6,779 km
3d 3h€1,036–1,497Fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)ALA - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
16h 22m€380–544Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)ALA - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
19h 53m€303–932
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Lyon is to fly and train which costs €250 - €430 and takes 16h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Lyon is to fly which takes 14h 10m and costs €280 - €490.
The distance between Almaty and Lyon is 5545 km. The road distance is 6779 km.
The best way to get from Almaty to Lyon without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 13h and costs €440 - €950.
It takes approximately 14h 10m to get from Almaty to Lyon, including transfers.
Lyon is 4h behind Almaty. It is currently 9:20 AM in Almaty and 5:20 AM in Lyon.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Lyon is 6779 km. It takes approximately 3 days 3h to drive from Almaty to Lyon.
There are 3623+ hotels available in Lyon.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Lyon, France?
Air Astana, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €180–350
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- €180–250
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- €250–350
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- €180–250
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- €40–60
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- €50–75
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Rail 1st Class
- €40–60
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €50–75
- Rail 1st Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €58
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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