There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Chania by plane, shuttle, train, car ferry, busferry, or bus
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LYS - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
7h 20m€211–516Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MRS - CHQ
8h€108–349Train, car ferry, bus and ferry via Ancona
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Avtrain Fr
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Anconatrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the busferry from Patra to Chaniabusferry
45h 54m€281–468Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion to Chaniabus
2d 3hFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LYS - CHQ
6h 50m€128–309Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane GVA - CHQ
8h 39m€140–354Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GVA - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
9h 25m€248–561Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, Private transfer
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MRS - HER
- Take a shuttle bus from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
8h 30m€231–636Bus, bus and ferry via Aígio
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Aígiobus
- Take the busferry from Aigio to Chaniabusferry
2d 5hTrain, car ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the busferry from Patra to Chaniabusferry
2d 10h€287–501
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Chania is to train and fly which costs €100 - €350 and takes 8h.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Chania is to fly which takes 6h 50m and costs €120 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Chania. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Chania via Tirana and Heraklion. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Lyon and Chania is 2204 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Chania without a car is to train and car ferry and bus and ferry via Ancona which takes 45h 54m and costs €280 - €470.
It takes approximately 7h 20m to get from Lyon to Chania, including transfers.
Lyon to Chania bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
Lyon to Chania bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Chania is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 7:24 AM in Lyon and 8:24 AM in Chania.
There are 4840+ hotels available in Chania.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Chania, Greece?
easyJet, Transavia France, and two other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–470
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- 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 Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Heraklion Airport to Chania - Casa Delfino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.cretetaxitransfers.gr/
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–180
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–220
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €220–240
- Phone
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Busferry from Patra to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Bus from Heraklion to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Aigio to Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €37
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Aígio
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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