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 816–2,589Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Marrakech (RAK)plane GVA - RAK
7h 53mMAD 804–3,131Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Meridabus
- Take the bus from Merida to Tarifabus
- Take the ferry from Tarifa to Tanger Villeferry
- Take the bus from Tanger to Marrakeshbus
43h 31mMAD 2,529–4,783Train, 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 1,804–4,292Train 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 50mMAD 1,097–3,156
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 800 - 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 800 - 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 31m and costs MAD 2,500 - MAD 4,800.
It takes approximately 5h 50m to get from Lyon to Marrakesh, including transfers.
Marrakesh is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 11:55 AM in Lyon and 10:55 AM in Marrakesh.
There are 9692+ hotels available in Marrakesh.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Marrakesh, Morocco?
Royal Air Maroc, Volotea, and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Marrakech (RAK) 5 times a day.
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–2,800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–2,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,000–4,900
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 750–2,500
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Marrakech via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 750–2,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 450–1,900
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 750–3,900
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–3,600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 500–1,500
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 500–2,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–2,600
- 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 700–1,200
- 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 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 380–650
- 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 500–1,300
- 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
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 270–650
- 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 29m
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,500–3,100
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
Bus from Merida to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 370–750
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/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 220–480
- Schedules at
- ctm.ma
- Confort
- MAD 220–230
- 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 400–500
- 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 1,000–2,200
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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