There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Samos by plane, train, bus, ferry, car, or car ferry
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI)plane LYS - SMI
8h 36m€135–265Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Ikaria Island National Airport (JIK)plane LYS - JIK
- Take the ferry from Ag. Kirykos to Vathy Samouferry
18h 9m€127–382Train, bus, ferry via Bologna
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Vathy Samouferry Bsf
43h 34m€318–507Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Geneva to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Vathy Samouferry Bsf
2d 2h€212–366Drive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mykonoscarferry
- Take the ferry from Mykonos to Karlovasiferry Bsf
33h 24m€563–912Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Samos Aristarchos International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI)plane GVA - SMI
11h 29m€139–763Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport, ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chios Airport (JKH)plane LYS - JKH
- Take the ferry from Chios to Vathy Samouferry
10h 59m€148–421Bus, ferry via Bursa
- Take the bus from Lyon Part Dieu to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Xánthibus
- Take the bus from Xánthi to Bursabus
- Take the bus from Bursa to Kuşadasıbus
- Take the ferry from Kusadasi to Samosferry
2d 9hBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Vathy Samouferry Bsf
2d 11h
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Samos is to fly which costs €130 - €270 and takes 8h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Samos is to fly which takes 8h 36m and costs €130 - €270.
The distance between Lyon and Samos is 2048 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Samos without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Bologna which takes 43h 34m and costs €310 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 36m to get from Lyon to Samos, including transfers.
Samos is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 12:52 PM in Lyon and 1:52 PM in Samos.
There are 140+ hotels available in Samos.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Samos, Greece?
Austrian Airlines, Volotea, and four other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Nice, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Dubrovnik, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Corfu, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chios Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €250–650
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ikaria Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Geneva to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Geneva to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 553 550
- gmica_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Geneva to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/gmicaofficial
- 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
- +355 699 605501
- startravel@live.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Xánthi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Xánthi to Bursa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- 0850 202 22 22
- sikayet@uludagturizm.com.tr
- Website
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
Bus from Bursa to Kuşadası
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21
- Schedules at
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
- 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 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Mykonos to Karlovasi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Chios to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Ag. Kirykos to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +90 2327121808
- cesme@turyol.com
- Website
- turyolonline.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.turyolonline.com/en
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–55
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- Phone
- 0 850 222 44 36
- info@ido.com.tr
- Website
- ido.com.tr
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Website
- https://www.ido.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +30 694 415 6070
- info@makritravel.com
- Website
- makritravel.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–45
- Website
- https://www.makritravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 (256) 612 88 88
- contact@meandertravel.com
- Website
- meandertravel.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.meandertravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 252 316 22 22
- info@turkishsealines.com.tr
- Website
- turkishsealines.com.tr
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.turkishsealines.com.tr/
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