There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Zakopane by plane, bus, train, car, shuttle, train (TGV), or car train
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)LYS - KRK
- Take the bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDA
7h 41mzł 267–802Train, drive
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon VilleTer
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich HbTgv
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna StanicaRjx
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Strba615 / ...
- Drive from Strba to Zakopane
21h 25mzł 1,012–2,090Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny411 / ...
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAK1
25h 16mzł 343–914Drive 1,474.1 km
- Drive from Lyon to Zakopane1,474.1 km
16h 26mzł 946–1,366Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)GVA - KRK
- Take the bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDA
9h 21mzł 455–1,312Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LYS - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
11h 17mzł 561–1,091Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Berlin HbfIce / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Kraków Główny96 / ...
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to ZakopaneEip / ...
23h 10mzł 713–2,021Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Krakow, MDA Bus StationN1316 / ...
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAK1
26h 19mzł 368–752Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Zakopane
17h 41mzł 1,349–1,886
Lyon to Zakopane by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Zakopane is to fly and bus which costs 260 zł - 800 zł and takes 7h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Zakopane is to fly and bus which takes 7h 41m and costs 260 zł - 800 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Zakopane ZDA via MDA dworzec autobusowy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Zakopane via Strasbourg, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin and Krakow Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 10m.
The distance between Lyon and Zakopane is 1340 km. The road distance is 1474.1 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Zakopane without a car is to bus and train which takes 25h 16m and costs 340 zł - 950 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 41m to get from Lyon to Zakopane, including transfers.
Lyon to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Zakopane train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Zakopane is to train which takes 23h 10m and costs 700 zł - 2 100 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 360 zł - 750 zł and takes 26h 19m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Zakopane, Poland?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Zakopane via Strasbourg, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin, Kraków Główny, and Krakow Glowny in around 23h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Zakopane ZDA via MDA dworzec autobusowy in around 26h 19m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 250–700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–650
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 110–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,200
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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–150
- 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
- zł 100–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- zł 170–220
- 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
- zł 230–800
- 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
- zł 180–550
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 190–900
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 490–750
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- zł 490–750
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Strba
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 65–120
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Strba
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–330
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 360–480
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- booking@uz.gov.ua
- Website
- uz.gov.ua
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Strba
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 180–250
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- Coupe
- zł 180–250
- 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
- zł 50–180
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 60–200
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 250–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 75–130
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 75–110
- 1st Class
- zł 95–130
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 110–140
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 410–480
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +48 669 060 060
- biuro@majerbus.pl
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 22–35
- Website
- https://www.majerbus.pl/en/
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 22–35
- Website
- https://www.majerbus.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- zł 270–400
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Budapest to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 220–300
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 340–750
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Lyon to Zakopane train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Zakopane is 1474 km. It takes approximately 16h 26m to drive from Lyon to Zakopane.
There are 6604+ hotels available in Zakopane.


















































