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€185–331Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chios Airport (JKH)plane LYS - JKH
- Take the ferry from Chios to Mytileneferry
12h 6m€168–515Train, 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
44h 19m€199–331Train 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€209–427Train, bus, ferry via Trieste
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Ter
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa 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
44h 42m€297–528Train, 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
2d 1hBus, 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 9h€366–504
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 €180 - €340 and takes 9h.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Lesbos is to fly which takes 9h and costs €180 - €340.
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 44h 19m and costs €190 - €340.
It takes approximately 9h to get from Lyon to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 10:42 PM in Lyon and 11:42 PM in Lesbos.
There are 602+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Lesbos, Greece?
Brussels Airlines, Volotea, and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) once 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
- €100–380
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
- €130–500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Dubrovnik, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Split, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Bari, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Corfu, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- 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
- €120–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- 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
- €110–410
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +383 49 871 234
- ardititours@hotmail.com
- Website
- sr-rs.facebook.com
Bus from Geneva - Bus station to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://sr-rs.facebook.com/ardititours/
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Geneva to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- 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
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- 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
- https://www.facebook.com/gmicaofficial
- 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
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Chios to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Chios to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €35–50
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €45–65
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