There are 11 ways to get from Croatia to Lyon by plane, bus, train, car, shuttle, or train (Trenitalia)
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Fly Split Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane SPU - LYS
4h 51m€75–248Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestrebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
14h 28m€463–1,412Bus
- Take the bus from Zagreb - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
16h 30m€80–170Drive 1,037.5 km
- Drive from Zagreb to Lyoncar 1,037.5 km
10h 22m€160–232Fly Zadar Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Zadar Airport (ZAD) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane ZAD - LYS
8h 41m€88–321Fly Pula Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane PUY - LYS
7h 4m€127–255Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane ZAG - LYS
7h 36m€118–330Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane VCE - LYS
7h 38m€90–1,108Fly Split Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SPU - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieutrain
7h 19m€78–283Train
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljanatrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
17h 14m€173–324Bus via Bregana
- Take the bus from Bregana to Lyon, Perrache Bus Stationbus
19h 16m€115–118
Croatia to Lyon by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Croatia to Lyon is to bus which costs €80 - €170 and takes 16h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Croatia to Lyon is to fly which takes 4h 51m and costs €75 - €250.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Zagreb - Bus Station station and arriving at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 16h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Croatia to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Zagreb Glavni Kol. and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Ljubljana, Villach Hbf, Venezia Mestre and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 14m.
The distance between Croatia and Lyon is 964 km. The road distance is 1037.5 km.
The best way to get from Croatia to Lyon without a car is to bus and train which takes 14h 28m and costs €460 - €1500.
It takes approximately 4h 51m to get from Croatia to Lyon, including transfers.
Croatia to Lyon bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Zagreb - Bus Station.
Croatia to Lyon train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
The best way to get from Croatia to Lyon is to fly which takes 4h 51m and costs €75 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €170 and takes 16h 30m, you could also train, which costs €170 - €330 and takes 17h 14m.
What companies run services between Croatia and Lyon, France?
Volotea, Croatia Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) once daily. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Zagreb - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station once daily. Tickets cost €90–170 and the journey takes 16h 30m. FlixBus also services this route once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Split Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Zadar Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Zadar Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Pula Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Pula Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zadar Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Pula Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Split Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zadar Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Pula Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Split Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Split Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–130
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Split Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–260
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €350–950
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–900
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Zagreb - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 011 761-4693
- bstours@verat.net
- Website
- BS Tours
Bus from Bregana to Lyon, Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- BS Tours
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More Questions & Answers
Croatia to Lyon bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Croatia to Lyon train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Ljubljana station.
Yes, the driving distance between Croatia to Lyon is 1037 km. It takes approximately 10h 22m to drive from Croatia to Lyon.
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