There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Cres by train, bus, ferry, car, car ferry, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus, Catamaran
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airporttrain
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
14h 48m€102–296Bus via Venice
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobusbus
- Take the bus from Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškerabus
22h 35m€66–174Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Rijeka bus stationbus N406
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškerabus Arriva
18h€73–115Drive, line 332 car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Valbiskacar
- Take the car ferry from Valbiska to Meragcarferry 332
10h 30m€151–219Fly to Rijeka Airport, line 332 car ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane LYS - RJK
- Take the car ferry from Valbiska to Meragcarferry
10h 36m€200–696Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the bus from Venice Mestre Central Train Station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškerabus
18h 57m€119–331Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, Catamaran
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LYS - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
11h 7m€83–520Fly to Pula Airport, ferry, line 9308 Catamaran
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane LYS - PUY
- Take the ferry from Port of Pula to Unijeferry
- Take the ferry from Unije to Cresferry
11h 50m€72–274Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle, bus, Catamaran
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane LYS - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
12h 15m€173–560
Lyon to Cres by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Cres is to bus which costs €70 - €120 and takes 18h.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Cres is to drive and line 332 car ferry which takes 10h 30m and costs €150 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Cres. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Cres, Peškera via Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h.
The distance between Lyon and Cres is 962 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Cres without a car is to train and bus and Catamaran which takes 14h 48m and costs €100 - €300.
It takes approximately 14h 48m to get from Lyon to Cres, including transfers.
Lyon to Cres bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Cres bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Rijeka bus station.
There are 4296+ hotels available in Cres.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Cres, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Lyon to Cres, Peškera via Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 18h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pula Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pula Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pula Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport via Milan Malpensa, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €26–160
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pula Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- trade-air.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pula Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/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
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–16
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–29
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- + 385 (0)52 383 000
- fils@fils.hr
- Website
- fils.hr
Bus from Venice Mestre Central Train Station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.fils.hr/
Bus from Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.fils.hr/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–90
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €3–5
Car ferry from Valbiska to Merag
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €2–3
Ferry from Unije to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €3–5
- Phone
- +385 21 645 476
- luka@krilo.hr
- Website
- krilo.hr
Ferry from Port of Pula to Unije
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.krilo.hr/en/
- Normal
- €9–14
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