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)plane ALA - LYS
14h 25m€329–521Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane ALA - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieutrain
19h 45m€254–1,013Train, bus
- Take the train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieutrain
5d 13h€411–972Drive 6,781.2 km
- Drive from Almaty to Lyoncar 6,781.2 km
3d 3h€1,031–1,489Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ALA - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
16h 21m€270–507Fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane ALA - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Lyon Part Dieutrain
16h 21m€321–824
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 €270 - €550 and takes 16h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Lyon is to fly which takes 14h 25m and costs €320 - €550.
The distance between Almaty and Lyon is 5545 km. The road distance is 6781.2 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 €410 - €1000.
It takes approximately 14h 25m to get from Almaty to Lyon, including transfers.
Lyon is 4h behind Almaty. It is currently 10:56 AM in Almaty and 6:56 AM in Lyon.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Lyon is 6781 km. It takes approximately 3 days 3h to drive from Almaty to Lyon.
There are 3764+ 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 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–800
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
- €230–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- 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
- €190–750
- 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
- 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
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €250–600
- 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
- €190–360
- 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)
- €190–260
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- €260–360
- 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
- €45–75
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- €180–260
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- €45–65
- 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
- €20–50
- 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
- €50–280
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
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 Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €45–60
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- 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
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- 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
- €60
- 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
- €50–130
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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