There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Croatia by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, train (Trenitalia), or car train
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane LYS - ZAG
7h 24m€107–259Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Zagrebbus N953
20h 25m€45–130Train, bus
- 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 Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste to Zagrebbus 402
15h 23m€103–318Bus via Bregana
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Breganabus
18h 52m€100–105Drive 1,038.8 km
- Drive from Lyon to Zagrebcar 1,038.8 km
10h 25m€160–231Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Split Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Split Airport (SPU)plane LYS - SPU
5h€88–294Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane GVA - ZAG
8h 44m€116–368Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- 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 Pula railway Stattion
7h 53m€85–585Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane LYS - RJK
9h 45m€175–665Train
- 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 Graz Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
17h 56m€172–394Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Zagrebcar
12h 18m€241–330
Lyon to Croatia by train, bus, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Croatia is to bus which costs €45 - €130 and takes 20h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Croatia is to fly which takes 5h and costs €85 - €300.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart six times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 20h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Trg bana J. Jelačića via Milano Centrale, Venezia Mestre, Graz Hbf and Glavni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 56m.
The distance between Lyon and Croatia is 890 km. The road distance is 1038.8 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Croatia without a car is to train and bus which takes 15h 23m and costs €100 - €320.
It takes approximately 7h 24m to get from Lyon to Croatia, including transfers.
Lyon to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Croatia train services, operated by Trenitalia S.p.A., depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Croatia is to fly which takes 7h 24m and costs €100 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus via Bregana, which costs €95 - €105 and takes 18h 52m, you could also train, which costs €170 - €400 and takes 17h 56m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Croatia?
Lufthansa, Croatia Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) 3 times a day. Alternatively, BS Tours operates a bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Bregana once a week, and the journey takes 17h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
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 Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport via Milan Malpensa, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €26–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- 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 Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- 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 Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- 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 Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- 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 Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- 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
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €65–100
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Trieste to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 011 761-4693
- bstours@verat.net
- Website
- bstours.rs
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Bregana
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- http://bstours.rs/en/
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–390
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €210–390
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Lyon to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Lyon to Croatia train services, operated by Trenitalia S.p.A., arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Croatia is 1039 km. It takes approximately 10h 25m to drive from Lyon to Croatia.
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