There are 8 ways to get from Lyon to Czechia by plane, train, bus, night train, train (TGV), or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LYS - PRG
4h 47mKč 1,612–4,734Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Prague - Florenc Main Bus Terminalbus BlaBlaCar Bus
16h 55mKč 1,500–2,300Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
- Take the bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
13h 41mKč 2,013–6,631Train, night train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazinighttrain En
19h 55mKč 7,021–10,751Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane GVA - PRG
6h 32mKč 1,699–5,716Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane LYS - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
7h 11mKč 2,324–6,554Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain 61
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorftrain
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
15h 18mKč 3,920–9,303Drive 1,055.3 km
- Drive from Lyon to Praguecar 1,055.3 km
9h 37mKč 3,863–5,580
Lyon to Czechia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Czechia is to bus which costs 1 500 Kč - 2 300 Kč and takes 16h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Czechia is to fly which takes 4h 47m and costs 1 600 Kč - 4 800 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station station and arriving at Prague - Florenc Main Bus Terminal. Services depart four times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 16h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Czechia. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Genève and Zuerich Hb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 55m.
The distance between Lyon and Czechia is 876 km. The road distance is 1055.3 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Czechia without a car is to train and bus which takes 13h 41m and costs 2 000 Kč - 7 000 Kč.
It takes approximately 4h 47m to get from Lyon to Czechia, including transfers.
Lyon to Czechia bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station.
Lyon to Czechia train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Czechia is to fly which takes 4h 47m and costs 1 600 Kč - 4 800 Kč. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 1 500 Kč - 2 300 Kč and takes 16h 55m, you could also train, which costs 3 900 Kč - 9 500 Kč and takes 15h 18m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Czechia?
Volotea, easyJet, and Lufthansa fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) 5 times a day. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Prague - Florenc Main Bus Terminal 4 times a week. Tickets cost Kč 1,600–2,200 and the journey takes 16h 55m. RegioJet also services this route once a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–9,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–9,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–7,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–8,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–7,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–5,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–3,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–3,400
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–3,900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–3,900
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 800–1,700
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- Kč 800–1,100
- 1st Class
- Kč 1,300–1,700
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–5,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–2,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–2,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- Kč 600–850
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–2,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 5,000–7,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–950
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Kč 600–950
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 240–440
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 400–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,609
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 200–300
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Prague - Florenc Main Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–2,300
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 290–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 291–292
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 150–220
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Prague - Florenc Main Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–2,200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Czechia bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Prague - Florenc Main Bus Terminal station.
Lyon to Czechia train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Karlsruhe Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Czechia is 1055 km. It takes approximately 9h 37m to drive from Lyon to Czechia.
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