There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Varna by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, 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
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LYS - VAR
8h 28m$212–467Bus 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 Varnabus
35h 40m$171–305Train, bus
- 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 Varnabus
33h 31m$314–553Train, bus via Sofia
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Varnatrain
33h 44m$246–382Drive 2,256.4 km
- Drive from Lyon to Varnacar 2,256.4 km
22h 25m$405–584Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane GVA - VAR
9h 18m$224–455Fly 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 Varna
9h 45m$317–577Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Burgas Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane LYS - BOJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Varna
10h 8m$219–530Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bucharestbus FlixBus 1921
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Varnabus 984 / ...
42h 5m$192–327Bus via Innsbruck
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Innsbruckbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Innsbruck Ice Stadium to Varna Central Bus Stationbus Citylines 28 / ...
2d$193–295Drive, 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 Varnacar
24h 18m$509–716
Lyon to Varna by train, bus, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Varna is to bus via Bratislava which costs $170 - $310 and takes 35h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Varna is to fly which takes 8h 28m and costs $210 - $470.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Varna. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Varna via Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 40m.
The distance between Lyon and Varna is 1850 km. The road distance is 2256.4 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Varna without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 31m and costs $310 - $600.
It takes approximately 8h 28m to get from Lyon to Varna, including transfers.
Lyon to Varna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Varna is to fly which takes 8h 28m and costs $210 - $470. Alternatively, you can bus via Bratislava, which costs $170 - $310 and takes 35h 40m.
Lyon to Varna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bucharest station.
Varna is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 5:23 PM in Lyon and 6:23 PM in Varna.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Varna, Bulgaria?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and five other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Varna Airport (VAR) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Varna via Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy in around 35h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–480
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–460
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- 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
- airserbia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–360
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Burgas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–360
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Burgas Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
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
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
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 Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- 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 Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from 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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–27
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $15–22
- 1st Class
- $21–27
- 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 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- 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
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240–330
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Sunny Beach to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- 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
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Innsbruck
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Innsbruck Ice Stadium to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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