There are 5 ways to get from Lyon to Marrakesh by plane, bus, ferry, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Marrakech (RAK)plane LYS - RAK
5h 50mMAD 878–2,601Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Burgosbus
- Take the bus from Burgos to Tarifabus
- Take the ferry from Tarifa to Tanger Villeferry
- Take the bus from Tanger to Marrakeshbus
43h 26mMAD 2,145–4,047Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the car ferry from Port of Sete to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Casa Voyageurstrain
- Take the train from Casablanca to Marrakechtrain
2d 13hMAD 1,807–4,132Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Marrakech (RAK)plane GVA - RAK
7h 55mMAD 1,122–3,705Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Marrakech (RAK)plane MRS - RAK
6h 51mMAD 1,093–3,698
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Marrakech (RAK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Marrakesh is to fly which costs MAD 850 - MAD 2,600 and takes 5h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Marrakesh is to fly which takes 5h 50m and costs MAD 850 - MAD 2,600.
The distance between Lyon and Marrakesh is 1966 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Marrakesh without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 43h 26m and costs MAD 2,100 - MAD 4,100.
It takes approximately 5h 50m to get from Lyon to Marrakesh, including transfers.
Marrakesh is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 3:48 PM in Lyon and 2:48 PM in Marrakesh.
There are 9916+ hotels available in Marrakesh.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Marrakesh, Morocco?
Volotea, Royal Air Maroc, and two other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Marrakech (RAK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–2,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–2,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–2,300
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–2,900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–2,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,300–6,000
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 950–2,900
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Marrakech via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 950–2,900
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 850–4,100
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 750–3,700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 550–1,800
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 500–2,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–3,200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 360–600
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 390–650
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 550–1,200
- 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
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 290–650
- 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 Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 500–1,200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 2255
- communication.digitale@oncf.ma
- Website
- oncf.ma
Train from Nador to Casa Voyageurs
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 270–550
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 270–370
- 1st Class
- MAD 390–550
Train from Casablanca to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 100–200
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 100–140
- 1st Class
- MAD 140–200
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 400–700
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Burgos
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 900–1,800
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Burgos to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–1,300
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
- Phone
- 0 800 0900 30
- ctmweb.ma@gmail.com
- Website
- ctm.ma
Bus from Tanger to Marrakesh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 240–480
- Schedules at
- ctm.ma
- Confort
- MAD 240–250
- Phone
- +34-956 63 63 63
- aml@aml.ma
- Website
- aml.ma
Ferry from Tarifa to Tanger Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 140–500
- Schedules at
- aml.ma
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Sete to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,000–2,100
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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