There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Rabat by plane, train, bus, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rabat-Salé
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane LYS - RBA
5h 45mMAD 1,015–4,583Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG)plane LYS - TNG
- Take the train from Tanger Ville station to Rabat Agdaltrain
7h 34mMAD 898–3,768Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Gironatrain
- Take the bus from Gerona to Motrilbus
- Take the car ferry from Motril to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Rabat Villetrain
35h 26mBus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Alicantebus
- Take the bus from Alicante to Almeriabus
- Take the car ferry from Almeria to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Rabat Villetrain
41h 6mMAD 1,856–8,572Train, car ferry via Nador
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Rabat Villetrain
47h 56mMAD 1,634–3,167Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mohammed V International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Mohammed V International Airport (CMN)plane LYS - CMN
- Take the train from Casablanca to Rabat Villetrain
8h 5mMAD 957–3,462Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Rabat-Salé
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane GVA - RBA
7h 50mMAD 1,123–5,270Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Fes-Sais Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Fes-Sais Airport (FEZ)plane LYS - FEZ
- Take the train from Fès to Rabat Villetrain
9h 33mMAD 951–3,652Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the car ferry from Port of Sete to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Take the train from Tanger Ville station to Rabat Agdaltrain
2d 6hMAD 1,385–4,449Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Sete to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Take the bus from Tanger to Rabatbus
2d 11hMAD 1,578–3,422
Lyon to Rabat by bus, car ferry, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Rabat is to fly and train which costs MAD 950 - MAD 3,700 and takes 9h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Rabat is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs MAD 1,000 - MAD 4,600.
The distance between Lyon and Rabat is 1675 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Rabat without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 35h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Lyon to Rabat, including transfers.
Rabat is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 2:59 AM in Lyon and 1:59 AM in Rabat.
There are 1610+ hotels available in Rabat.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Rabat, Morocco?
easyJet flies from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rabat-Salé (RBA) 4 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rabat-Salé
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 750–3,700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 500–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rabat-Salé
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–3,300
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mohammed V International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 950–3,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–2,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Fes-Sais Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–3,000
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mohammed V International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 750–2,800
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 500–3,300
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Fes-Sais Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–4,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 500–700
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 550–800
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 280–380
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 2255
- communication.digitale@oncf.ma
- Website
- oncf.ma
Train from Nador to Rabat Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 230–470
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 230–320
- 1st Class
- MAD 340–470
Train from Casablanca to Rabat Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 35–75
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 35–50
- 1st Class
- MAD 50–75
Train from Tanger Ville station to Rabat Agdal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 95–190
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 95–140
- 1st Class
- MAD 140–190
Train from Fès to Rabat Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 90–190
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 90–130
- 1st Class
- MAD 130–190
- 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
- MAD 290–650
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- MAD 290–430
- Rail 1st Class
- MAD 450–650
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 550–1,300
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- MAD 550–850
- Rail 1st Class
- MAD 850–1,300
- 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
- MAD 360–750
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- MAD 360–470
- 1st Class
- MAD 550–750
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- MAD 600–800
- 1st Class
- MAD 850–1,100
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Gerona to Motril
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 750–1,100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 290–400
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante to Almeria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- MAD 250–550
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 0 800 0900 30
- ctmweb.ma@gmail.com
- Website
- ctm.ma
Bus from Tanger to Rabat
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 100–140
- Schedules at
- ctm.ma
- Comfort
- MAD 100–140
- Confort
- MAD 115–120
- Phone
- +34 (0) 902 456 500
- Website
- armastrasmediterranea.com
Car ferry from Motril to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 400–550
- Website
- https://armastrasmediterranea.com/en
Car ferry from Almeria to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–900
- Website
- https://armastrasmediterranea.com/en
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Almeria to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 900–6,324
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Seating
- MAD 900–1,700
- Cabin
- MAD 2,800–4,300
- Car - Seat
- MAD 3,043
- Car - Cabin
- MAD 6,324
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Almeria to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–1,160
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- MAD 600–800
- Cabin
- MAD 1,140–1,160
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–1,900
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- MAD 800–1,300
- Cabin
- MAD 1,500–1,900
Car ferry from Port of Sete to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 950–2,600
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- MAD 950–1,800
- Cabin
- MAD 1,900–2,600
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