There are 7 ways to get from Lyon to Lesbos by plane, train, bus, or ferry
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane LYS - MJT
9h€175–391Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus station to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
41h 19m€198–329Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane GVA - MJT
11h 35m€208–425Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport, ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chios Airport (JKH)plane LYS - JKH
- Take the ferry from Chios to Mytileneferry
11h 31m€178–414Train, bus, ferry via Trieste
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Vicenzatrain Fr
- Take the train from Vicenza to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Mytileneferry Bsf
41h 47m€295–508Train, bus, ferry via Prizren
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Geneva to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
46h 45mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Aleksinac, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Aleksinac, Autobuska stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
2d 6h€372–482
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Lesbos is to fly which costs €170 - €400 and takes 9h.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Lesbos is to fly which takes 9h and costs €170 - €400.
The distance between Lyon and Lesbos is 1965 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Lesbos without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 41h 19m and costs €190 - €330.
It takes approximately 9h to get from Lyon to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 10:41 PM in Lyon and 11:41 PM in Lesbos.
There are 603+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Lesbos, Greece?
Brussels Airlines, Volotea, and five other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–480
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Dubrovnik, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Split, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Bari, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Corfu, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Vicenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Vicenza to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Vicenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +383 49 871 234
- ardititours@hotmail.com
- Website
- Arditi Tours
Bus from Geneva - Bus station to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- Arditi Tours
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Geneva to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Geneva to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- +383 44 553 550
- gmica_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Geneva to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- Gmica Travel
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Aleksinac, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €250–280
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Aleksinac, Autobuska stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €44
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Chios to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- hellenicseaways@hellenicseaways.gr
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Chios to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €35–50
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €45–65
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