There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Nerja by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train, bus via Madrid
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAve
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria ZambranoAve
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
11h 51m€122–358Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Málaga Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Málaga Airport (AGP)LYS - AGP
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
6h 8m€76–224Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station
- Take the bus from Nimes Parking Du Parnasse to Malaga Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
25h 5m€83–152Drive 1,517 km
- Drive from Lyon to Nerja1,517 km
15h 18m€237–342Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, drive
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)LYS - GRX
- Drive from Granada-Jaén-Airport-GRX to Nerja
7h 29m€100–268Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria ZambranoAve
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
12h 57m€143–318Bus via Murcia
- Take the bus from Lyon to Murcia
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Granada to Maro Empalme
25h 43m€100–235Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, drive
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)GVA - GRX
- Drive from Granada-Jaén-Airport-GRX to Nerja
9h 39m€124–387Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Málaga Airport (AGP)GVA - AGP
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
8h 3m€100–333
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Nerja is to bus which costs €80 - €160 and takes 25h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Nerja is to fly and bus which takes 6h 8m and costs €75 - €230.
The distance between Lyon and Nerja is 1838 km. The road distance is 1517 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Nerja without a car is to train and bus via Madrid which takes 11h 51m and costs €120 - €360.
It takes approximately 11h 51m to get from Lyon to Nerja, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Nerja is 1517 km. It takes approximately 15h 18m to drive from Lyon to Nerja.
There are 5635+ hotels available in Nerja.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Nerja, Spain?
You can take a bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Nerja via Nimes Parking Du Parnasse, Estación de Autobuses de Málaga, and Maro Empalme in around 25h 5m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–75
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- 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
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Maro Empalme
- Ave. Duration
- 3 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Granada to Maro Empalme
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon to Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Nimes Parking Du Parnasse to Malaga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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