There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Greece by plane, train, bus, car, or shuttle
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LYS - ATH
6h 11m€84–214Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)GVA - ATH
8h 1m€73–303Train, Bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta SusaFr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to BrindisiFr
- Take the bus from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athens
30h 45mDrive 2,494.1 km
- Drive from Lyon to Athens2,494.1 km
24h 40m€445–642Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)LYS - HER
5h 48m€96–237Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)LYS - SKG
8h 4m€87–217Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)LYS - RHO
6h 24m€116–188Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)LYS - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
7h 25m€225–485Bus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athens
35h 55mBus
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
42h 21mBus #2
- Take the bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Leskovac , Autobuska stanica
- Take the bus from Leskovac , Autobuska stanica to Athens
2d 2h€290–325
Lyon to Greece by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Greece is to fly which costs €80 - €220 and takes 6h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Greece is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs €95 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Greece. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Athens via Mbikalimi Kamez and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 55m.
The distance between Lyon and Greece is 1835 km. The road distance is 2494.1 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Greece without a car is to train and Bus which takes 30h 45m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 11m to get from Lyon to Greece, including transfers.
Lyon to Greece bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 11m and costs €80 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus via Tirana, which costs and takes 35h 55m.
Lyon to Greece bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 3:20 AM in Lyon and 4:20 AM in Greece.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Greece?
easyJet, Volotea, and four other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Athens via Tirana, Mbikalimi Kamez, Perball Bankes, and Tirana in around 35h 55m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- 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
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Vlorë to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Book at
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–190
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €230–250
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- 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 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Leskovac , Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €250
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Leskovac , Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
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