There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Pontevedra by train (Renfe, Ouigo), bus, car, plane, towncar, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Pontevedratrain Ave
12h 29m€125–278Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valençabus Linha Lyon Express
- Take the bus from Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valença to Pontevedrabus
24h 19m€71–96Drive 1,474.3 km
- Drive from Lyon to Pontevedracar 1,474.3 km
14h 50m€226–326Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane LYS - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Pontevedratowncar
8h 8m€255–405Bus, towncar
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Porto - TIC Campanhãbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Pontevedratowncar
24h 47m€254–358Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vigo
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Vigo (VGO)plane LYS - VGO
8h 30m€108–311Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane LYS - SCQ
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Pontevedratrain
10h 35m€148–349Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to A Coruña Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to A Coruña Airport (LCG)plane LYS - LCG
- Take the train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Pontevedratrain
10h 10m€100–234Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane GVA - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Pontevedratowncar
10h 3m€264–462Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane GVA - SCQ
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Pontevedratrain
9h 40m€122–396
Lyon to Pontevedra by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Pontevedra is to bus which costs €70 - €100 and takes 24h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Pontevedra is to fly and towncar which takes 8h 8m and costs €250 - €410.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon station to Pontevedra. However, there are services departing from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station and arriving at Pontevedra via Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valença. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Pontevedra. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Pontevedra via Barcelona-Sants, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Chamartín. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 29m.
The distance between Lyon and Pontevedra is 1869 km. The road distance is 1474.3 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Pontevedra without a car is to train which takes 12h 29m and costs €120 - €280.
It takes approximately 12h 29m to get from Lyon to Pontevedra, including transfers.
Lyon to Pontevedra bus services, operated by Transportes Barquense, depart from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station.
Lyon to Pontevedra train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Pontevedra is to train which takes 12h 29m and costs €120 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €100 and takes 24h 19m, you could also fly, which costs €100 - €320 and takes 8h 30m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Pontevedra, Spain?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Pontevedra via Barcelona-Sants, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, and Madrid Chamartín in around 12h 29m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Pontevedra via Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valença in around 24h 19m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to A Coruña Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to A Coruña Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to A Coruña Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to A Coruña Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to A Coruña Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- 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 Chamartín to Pontevedra
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Pontevedra
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Pontevedra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–17
- 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
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Pontevedra
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Pontevedra
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- 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
- €35–100
- 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
- €29–60
- 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
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €55–70
- Phone
- (+351) 258 454 303
- info@barquense.com
- Website
- barquense.pt
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valença
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Schedules at
- barquense.pt
- Book at
- barquense.pt
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valença to Pontevedra
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–9
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €1–9
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Porto - TIC Campanhã
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- info@vmtransfers.com
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Pontevedra
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €200
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Pontevedra bus services, operated by Transportes Barquense, arrive at Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valença station.
Lyon to Pontevedra train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Pontevedra is 1474 km. It takes approximately 14h 50m to drive from Lyon to Pontevedra.
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