There are 6 ways to get from Lyon to Fira by plane, bus, busferry, car ferry, car, train, or shuttle
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santorini
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Santorini (JTR)plane LYS - JTR
6h 40m€116–288Bus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
2d 4hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
30h 33m€582–994Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Santorini
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Santorini (JTR)plane GVA - JTR
8h 30m€117–298Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, car ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LYS - HER
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
9h 32m€142–630Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport, Private transfer, car ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LYS - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania Airport to Rethymno
- Take the car ferry from Rethymno to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
11h 28m
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Fira is to fly which costs €110 - €290 and takes 6h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Fira is to fly which takes 6h 40m and costs €110 - €290.
The distance between Lyon and Fira is 2017 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Fira without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and car ferry which takes 2 days 4h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 40m to get from Lyon to Fira, including transfers.
Fira is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 5:48 AM in Lyon and 6:48 AM in Fira.
There are 2499+ hotels available in Fira.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Fira, Greece?
Transavia France and Aegean Airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Santorini (JTR) 4 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–420
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–470
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- 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
- €40–420
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- 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
- €23–60
- 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
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
- +30 697 32 04 923
- info@crete-taxi-service.com
- Website
- crete-taxi-service.com
Shuttle from Chania Airport to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- crete-taxi-service.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–340
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Rethymno to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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