There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Tallinn by plane, train, bus, train (TGV), night train, car ferry, ferry, or car
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane LYS - TLL
7h 27m€86–277Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurttrain 84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
34h 11m€201–460Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glownytrain 411 / ...
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain 144
- Take the train from Vilnius to Kitsekulatrain 181
2d 1h€189–499Train, night train, car ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the night train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralnighttrain 304
- Take the car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinncarferry
2d 8h€396–895Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane GVA - TLL
7h 37m€115–356Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport, ferry
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane LYS - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
11h 9m€122–366Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane CDG - TLL
7h 16m€106–321Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Berlin Airport BERbus N235 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus N1324 / ...
42h 5m€155–316Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Vana Paaskulabus
42h 50m€123–441Drive 2,649.6 km
- Drive from Lyon to Tallinncar 2,649.6 km
26h 30m€417–603
Lyon to Tallinn by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Tallinn is to fly which costs €85 - €280 and takes 7h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Tallinn is to train and fly which takes 7h 16m and costs €100 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Tallinn station. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Tallinn, Bus Station via Berlin Airport BER. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Tallinn. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Kitsekula via Brussel-Zuid, Praha Hlavni Nadrazi, Kraków Główny and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Lyon and Tallinn is 2032 km. The road distance is 2649.6 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Tallinn without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 34h 11m and costs €200 - €460.
It takes approximately 7h 27m to get from Lyon to Tallinn, including transfers.
Lyon to Tallinn bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Tallinn train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Tallinn is to fly which takes 7h 27m and costs €85 - €280. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €500 and takes 2 days 1h, you could also bus, which costs €150 - €320 and takes 42h 5m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Tallinn, Estonia?
Lufthansa and Air Baltic fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Kitsekula via Brussels-Midi, Brussel-Zuid, Praha hl.n., Praha Hlavni Nadrazi, Krakow Glowny, Kraków Główny, and Vilnius in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- 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 Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Kitsekula
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/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
- €25–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €40–65
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Night train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Vana Paaskula
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Adult
- €100–170
- Vehicle
- €230–320
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–75
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Tallinn bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin Airport BER station.
Tallinn is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 7:35 AM in Lyon and 8:35 AM in Tallinn.
Lyon to Tallinn train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Tallinn is 2650 km. It takes approximately 26h 30m to drive from Lyon to Tallinn.
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