There are 7 ways to get from Lyon to Kos by plane, bus, ferry, car, train, car ferry, or busferry
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 Kos
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Kos (KGS)plane LYS - KGS
9h 10m€157–268Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Kos
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Kos (KGS)plane GVA - KGS
10h 58m€131–296Bus, ferry via Tirana
- Take the bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf
2dDrive, ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf
37h 32m€503–780Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane LYS - RHO
- Take the car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Koscarferry
10h 13m€131–318Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf
2d 6hBus, bus and ferry, ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Turin - Vittorio Emanuele Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Torino - Corso Vittorio Emanuele to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf
2d 17h
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Kos (KGS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Kos is to fly and car ferry which costs €130 - €320 and takes 10h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Kos is to fly which takes 9h 10m and costs €150 - €270.
The distance between Lyon and Kos is 2129 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Kos without a car is to bus and ferry via Tirana which takes 2 days 0h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 10m to get from Lyon to Kos, including transfers.
Kos is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 5:15 PM in Lyon and 6:15 PM in Kos.
There are 830+ hotels available in Kos.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Kos, Greece?
easyJet, Volotea, and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Kos (KGS) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kos via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kos via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kos via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- 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
- €30–55
- 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 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Turin - Vittorio Emanuele Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Turin - Vittorio Emanuele Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Turin - Vittorio Emanuele Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Torino - Corso Vittorio Emanuele to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Durrës to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
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