There are 11 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 6m€91–286Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
cheapest- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane SKG - LYS
8h 38m€87–277Bus, 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 9mDrive 2,498.2 km
- Drive from Athens to Lyoncar 2,498.2 km
24h 43m€451–651Fly Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane ATH - LYS
6h 29m€94–234Fly 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€112–247Fly 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 24m€98–296Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larisa to Elbasanbus
- Take the busferry from Elbasan to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabusferry
- Take the train from Roma Tiburtina to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
30h 5mBus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lyon Part Dieubus
34h 12mBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lyon, Perrache Bus Stationbus
42h 17mBus #2
- Take the bus from Athens to Leskovac , Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Leskovac , Autobuska stanica to Lyon, Ibis Hotelbus
2d 1h€325–378
Greece to Lyon by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Lyon is to fly which costs €90 - €290 and takes 6h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Lyon is to fly which takes 6h 6m and costs €90 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 12m.
The distance between Greece and Lyon is 2071 km. The road distance is 2498.2 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 9m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Greece to Lyon, including transfers.
Greece to Lyon bus services, operated by Saimiri Tours, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Greece to Lyon is to fly which takes 6h 6m and costs €90 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus via Tirana, which costs and takes 34h 12m.
Greece to Lyon bus services, operated by Saimiri Tours, arrive at Tirana station.
Lyon is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 11:21 PM in Greece and 10:21 PM in Lyon.
What companies run services between Greece and Lyon, France?
Volotea, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Lyon Part Dieu via Tirana and Tirana in around 34h 12m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–310
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–310
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Athens International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Tiburtina to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- 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
- 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
Busferry from Elbasan to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Larisa to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +302110120492
- saimiritoursandtravels@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.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 17m
- Frequency
- Twice 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 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- €75–90
- 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
- €250–290
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
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