There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Rab by train, bus, ferry, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus, ferry
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 Airporttrain
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
15h 13m€104–298Bus, ferry via Venice
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobusbus
- Take the bus from Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus to Rijeka Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
18h 44m€47–114Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon to Rijeka bus stationbus N406
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry 9309
17h 54m€77–106Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
- 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 Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
11h 32m€85–522Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane LYS - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
12h 40m€136–297Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport, ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane LYS - RJK
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
12h 40m€180–672Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle, bus, ferry
- 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 Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
12h 40m€175–562Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane LIN - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
13h 1m€158–349Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Split Airport, bus, line 9309 ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Split Airport (SPU)plane LYS - SPU
- Take the bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Šibenik to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Novalja to Rabferry
12h 24m€92–301
Lyon to Rab by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Rab is to bus and ferry via Venice which costs €45 - €120 and takes 18h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Rab is to fly and shuttle and ferry which takes 11h 32m and costs €80 - €550.
The distance between Lyon and Rab is 998 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Rab without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 15h 13m and costs €100 - €300.
It takes approximately 15h 13m to get from Lyon to Rab, including transfers.
There are 3260+ hotels available in Rab.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Rab, Croatia?
There is no direct connection from Lyon to Rab. However, you can take the train to Milano Centrale, take the train to Venezia Mestre, take the train to Trieste Airport, walk to Trieste Airport, take the bus to Rijeka bus station, walk to Rijeka, then take the ferry to Rab. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Rab via Rijeka bus station and Rijeka in around 17h 54m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
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
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €26–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–450
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rijeka Airport via Milan Malpensa, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–450
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- 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 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 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 Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–90
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus to Rijeka Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–7
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Šibenik to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €5–7
Ferry from Novalja to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €3–4
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