There are 6 ways to get from Lyon to Santorini caldera by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, or busferry
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santorini
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Santorini (JTR)LYS - JTR
5h 30m€125–225Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
40h 58mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Port of Piraeus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
30h 17m€533–732Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Santorini
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Santorini (JTR)GVA - JTR
7h 20m€125–314Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, car ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)LYS - HER
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
8h 51m€233–392Train, bus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-RochTgv
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
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Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Santorini caldera is to fly which costs €120 - €230 and takes 5h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Santorini caldera is to fly which takes 5h 30m and costs €120 - €230.
The distance between Lyon and Santorini caldera is 2012 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Santorini caldera without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 40h 58m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 30m to get from Lyon to Santorini caldera, including transfers.
There are 2202+ hotels available in Santorini caldera.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Santorini caldera, Greece?
Transavia France and Sky Express fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Santorini (JTR) 4 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
- €27–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Rail 1st Class
- €40–60
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €50–80
- Rail 1st Class
- €80–120
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €75–120
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €89–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €92–95
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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