There are 10 ways to get from Greece to Lyon by plane, bus, busferry, train, or car
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HER - LYS
6h 11m€111–266Fly Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane ATH - LYS
6h 28m€79–224Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Rrogozhinëbus
- Take the busferry from Rrogozhinë to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
28h 14mDrive 2,498.1 km
- Drive from Athens to Lyoncar 2,498.1 km
24h 36m€450–650Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane SKG - LYS
8h 33m€92–227Fly Rhodes International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane RHO - LYS
6h 42m€117–417Fly Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ATH - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
9h 32m€93–303Bus via Berat
- Take the bus from Athens to Beratbus
- Take the bus from Berat to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lyon Part Dieubus
32h 50mBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lyon, Perrache Bus Stationbus
42h 20mBus #2
- Take the bus from Athens to Leskovac , Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Leskovac , Autobuska stanica to Lyon, Ibis Hotelbus
2d 1h€291–325
Greece to Lyon by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Lyon is to fly which costs €75 - €230 and takes 6h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Lyon is to fly which takes 6h 11m and costs €110 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Berat and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 50m.
The distance between Greece and Lyon is 2071 km. The road distance is 2498.1 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Lyon without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 28h 14m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 11m to get from Greece to Lyon, including transfers.
Greece to Lyon bus services, operated by Art Tour, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Greece to Lyon is to fly which takes 6h 11m and costs €110 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus via Berat, which costs and takes 32h 50m.
Greece to Lyon bus services, operated by Art Tour, arrive at Berat station.
Lyon is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 2:44 PM in Greece and 1:44 PM in Lyon.
What companies run services between Greece and Lyon, France?
easyJet, Volotea, and three other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Lyon Part Dieu via Berat and Tirana in around 32h 50m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Rrogozhinë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Berat
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Rrogozhinë to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Berat to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Lyon, Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Leskovac , Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Leskovac , Autobuska stanica to Lyon, Ibis Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €250
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
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