There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Shumen by plane, shuttle, train, bus, car, or car train
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 Varna Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LYS - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Shumen
10h 25m$237–547Bus via Bratislava
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus FlixBus N882 / ...
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Shumenbus
34h 10m$169–302Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Shumenbus
27h 30m$241–416Drive 2,176.3 km
- Drive from Lyon to Shumencar 2,176.3 km
21h 48m$390–563Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LYS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Shumen
8h 45m$262–527Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane GVA - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Shumen
11h 5m$249–546Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane GVA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Shumen
10h 35m$294–576Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Shumenbus
32h 1m$310–545Bus, shuttle
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Brescia - North Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Bresica to Bucureştibus
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest to Shumen
38h 9m$285–445Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bucharestbus FlixBus 1921
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Shumenbus N984
41h 55m$193–332Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Shumencar
23h 40m$489–696
Lyon to Shumen by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Shumen is to bus via Bratislava which costs $160 - $310 and takes 34h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Shumen is to fly and shuttle which takes 8h 45m and costs $260 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Shumen. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Shumen via Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 10m.
The distance between Lyon and Shumen is 1940 km. The road distance is 2176.3 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Shumen without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 30m and costs $240 - $420.
It takes approximately 10h 25m to get from Lyon to Shumen, including transfers.
Lyon to Shumen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Shumen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bucharest station.
Shumen is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 7:16 AM in Lyon and 8:16 AM in Shumen.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Shumen is 2176 km. It takes approximately 21h 48m to drive from Lyon to Shumen.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Shumen, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Lyon to Shumen via Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy in around 34h 10m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–490
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–190
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $70–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–360
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–260
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $160–270
- 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
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- 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
- $27–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $130–200
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Bucharest to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $170–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–310
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Brescia - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bresica to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70–85
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
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