There are 12 ways to get from Lyon to Greece by plane, train, busferry, 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)plane LYS - ATH
6h 11m€79–224Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GVA - ATH
8h 1m€73–311Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Brindisitrain Fr
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athensbus
31h 15mDrive 2,494.1 km
- Drive from Lyon to Athenscar 2,494.1 km
24h 54m€444–640Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LYS - HER
5h 48m€111–377Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane LYS - SKG
7h 59m€92–217Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane LYS - RHO
6h 24m€116–278Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LYS - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
7h 35m€225–485Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
32h 38m€225–353Bus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
35h 10mBus
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
42h 17mBus #2
- Take the bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Leskovac , Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Leskovac , Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
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 €75 - €230 and takes 6h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Greece is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs €110 - €380.
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 10m.
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 and ferry and bus which takes 31h 15m 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 €75 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus via Tirana, which costs and takes 35h 10m.
Lyon to Greece bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 1:07 AM in Lyon and 2:07 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) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Athens via Tirana, Mbikalimi Kamez, Doganes, and Tirana in around 35h 10m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
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
- €80–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday 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
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- 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
- €70–200
- 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
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €55–70
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Bus from Leskovac , Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- 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
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- + 21 0524 9268
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- 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
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