There are 12 ways to get from Lyon to Patras by plane, train, bus, busferry, car, car ferry, or ferry
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LYS - ATH
- Take the train from Ano Liosia to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
10h 4m€96–245Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GVA - ATH
- Take the train from Ano Liosia to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
11h 57m€90–283Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Brindisitrain Fr
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Patrabus
27h 40mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Port of Anconacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
29h 41m€250–377Bus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Patrasbus
35h 54mTrain to Geneva International Airport, fly to Patras Araxos Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane GVA - GPA
14h 42m€274–795Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ioannina National Airport, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane LYS - IOA
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Aigiobus
15h 33m€176–468Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane LYS - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
14h 5m€202–370Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Anconatrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
32h 28m€217–402Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
40h 47mTrain, line 2 ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Luciatrain
- Take the ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
44h 25m€251–400Drive 2,207.7 km
- Drive from Lyon to Patrascar 2,207.7 km
26h 52m€397–574
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €95 - €250 and takes 10h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Patras is to fly and train and bus which takes 10h 4m and costs €95 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Patras. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Patras via Terminal D and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 54m.
The distance between Lyon and Patras is 2044 km. The road distance is 2207.7 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Patras without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus which takes 27h 40m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 4m to get from Lyon to Patras, including transfers.
Lyon to Patras bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
Lyon to Patras bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 2:02 PM in Lyon and 3:02 PM in Patras.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Patras is 2208 km. It takes approximately 26h 52m to drive from Lyon to Patras.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Patras, Greece?
You can take a bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Patras via Tirana, Terminal D, Materniteti, and Tirana in around 35h 54m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Nice, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Dubrovnik, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Corfu, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Preveza Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Preveza Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Ano Liosia to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- 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
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Kiato to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €33
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +302651083071
- ktelioamagazine@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Aigio
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://ktelioannina.gr/en/index.html
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
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