There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Plitvice by train, car, bus, plane, or shuttle
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Train, drive
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Drive from Bosavizza scuola to Plitvicecar
12h 12m€90–259Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon Gare Perrache to Ljubljana Central Bus Stationbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3419 / ...
- Take the bus from Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana to Cerknicabus Ljubljana - Lož / ...
16h 3m€49–77Drive 893.8 km
- Drive from Lyon to Plitvicecar 893.8 km
8h 56m€136–196Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane LYS - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Postojna
8h 10m€183–368Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airporttrain
- Take the bus from Avtobusna postaja Nova Gorica to Postojnabus
13h 56m€112–288Bus via Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Ljubljanabus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana to Cerknicabus Ljubljana - Lož / ...
16h 33m€63–125Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane GVA - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Postojna
9h 30m€192–405Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport, drive
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane LYS - RJK
- Drive from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Plitvicecar
9h 57m€178–635Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LYS - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Rakektrain
9h 25m€96–542Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane LYS - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb Airport to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Rakektrain
11h 1m€141–492Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane LYS - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Rakektrain
11h€120–469
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Ljubljana (LJU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Plitvice is to bus which costs €45 - €80 and takes 16h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Plitvice is to fly and shuttle which takes 8h 10m and costs €180 - €370.
The distance between Lyon and Plitvice is 979 km. The road distance is 893.8 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Plitvice without a car is to bus which takes 16h 3m and costs €45 - €80.
It takes approximately 12h 12m to get from Lyon to Plitvice, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Plitvice is 894 km. It takes approximately 8h 56m to drive from Lyon to Plitvice.
There are 1141+ hotels available in Plitvice.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Plitvice, Slovenia?
You can take a bus from Lyon Gare Perrache to Plitvice via Ljubljana Central Bus Station, Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana, and Cerknica in around 16h 3m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport via Milan Malpensa, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €24–160
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €55–70
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Ljubljana to Rakek
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–11
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- €4–7
- Regional Train Ticket
- €6–7
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- €9–11
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Ljubljana to Rakek
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Lyon Gare Perrache to Ljubljana Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +386 1 431 77 00
- info@nomago.si
- Website
- nomago.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana to Cerknica
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.nomago.si/en
- Economy
- €5–15
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Nova Gorica to Postojna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.nomago.si/en
- Economy
- €6–16
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Postojna
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €50–65
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- arriva.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Nova Gorica to Postojna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–7
- Website
- https://arriva.si/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- info@easydrive.si
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–330
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–50
- Private
- €180–330
Shuttle from Zagreb Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €32–220
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €32–36
- Private
- €120–220
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €30–32
- Private
- €70–140
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