There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Sliven by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or car train
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Fly to Sofia Airport, train
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LYS - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliventrain
10h 42m$95–262Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Sliventrain
31h 7m$202–274Train, bus via Trieste
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Sliventrain
31h 22m$236–371Drive 2,121.5 km
- Drive from Lyon to Slivencar 2,121.5 km
20h 16m$380–549Fly to Varna Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LYS - VAR
- Take the train from Varna to Zimnitsatrain
13h 37m$219–479Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LYS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Razgrad
- Take the bus from Razgrad to Kotelbus
- Take the bus from Kotel to Slivenbus
11h 27mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Sliventrain
32h 10m$180–229Bus via Verona
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Verona - Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Slivenbus
32h 51m$167–205Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Nisbus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Slivenbus
43h 22m$323–501Drive, 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 Slivencar
22h 9m$479–676
Lyon to Sliven by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Sliven is to fly and train which costs $95 - $270 and takes 10h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Sliven is to fly and train which takes 10h 42m and costs $95 - $270.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon station to Sliven. However, there are services departing from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station and arriving at Sliven via Verona Porta Nuova and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 51m.
The distance between Lyon and Sliven is 1804 km. The road distance is 2121.5 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Sliven without a car is to train and bus which takes 31h 7m and costs $200 - $280.
It takes approximately 10h 42m to get from Lyon to Sliven, including transfers.
Lyon to Sliven bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station.
Lyon to Sliven bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Verona - Bus Stop station.
Sliven is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 3:27 PM in Lyon and 4:27 PM in Sliven.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Sliven is 2121 km. It takes approximately 20h 16m to drive from Lyon to Sliven.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Sliven, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Sliven via Verona - Bus Stop, Verona Porta Nuova, and Sofia in around 32h 51m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
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
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
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
- 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
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–360
- 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
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $8–13
- 1st Class
- $12–15
Train from Sofia to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $12–15
Train from Varna to Zimnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $9–10
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $104
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $101
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $104
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Razgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $150–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 0700 1 2222
- Website
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Kotel to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Sofia to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Verona - Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 044/62 48 83
- globuses@abv.bg
- Website
- globuses.com
Bus from Sofia to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.globuses.com/index.html
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Nis
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $280–460
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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