There are 7 ways to get from Samos to Lyon by plane, ferry, bus, or 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 to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)SMI - LYS
9h 51m€110–405Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to ThessalonikiBsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bologna Centrale
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part DieuFr
44h 57m€242–380Ferry, bus via Tirana
- Take the ferry from Samos to Kusadasi
- Take the bus from Kuşadası to Keşan
- Take the bus from Kesan Bus Station to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lyon Part Dieu
2dFly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)SMI - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
11h 8m€144–474Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to KavalaBsf
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Lyon Gare Perrache
2d 3hFerry, bus, train via Budapest
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to ThessalonikiBsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Budapest-Nyugati
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich HbRjx
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Dijon VilleTgv
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part DieuTer
2d 5hFerry, bus #2
- Take the ferry from Vathy Samou to ThessalonikiBsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lyon, Perrache Bus Station
2d 9h
Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Samos to Lyon is to fly which costs €110 - €410 and takes 9h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Samos to Lyon is to fly which takes 9h 51m and costs €110 - €410.
The distance between Samos and Lyon is 2050 km.
The best way to get from Samos to Lyon without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 44h 57m and costs €240 - €380.
It takes approximately 9h 51m to get from Samos to Lyon, including transfers.
Lyon is 1h behind Samos. It is currently 5:49 AM in Samos and 4:49 AM in Lyon.
There are 3700+ hotels available in Lyon.
What companies run services between Samos, North Aegean, Greece and Lyon, France?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, and seven other airlines fly from Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 6 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Samos Aristarchos International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €41–44
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- 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
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €45–75
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Schedules at
- hakbus.org
- Phone
- 0 286 212 22 22
- info@truvaturizm.com
- Website
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Kuşadası to Keşan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €37
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Kesan Bus Station to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +355 699 605501
- startravel@live.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Lyon Gare Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Thessaloníki to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Lyon, Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
Ferry from Vathy Samou to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Vathy Samou to Kavala
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €45–65
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €75–95
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €75–90
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €95–120
- Phone
- +90 2327121808
- cesme@turyol.com
- Website
- turyolonline.com
Ferry from Samos to Kusadasi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–104
- Website
- https://www.turyolonline.com/en
- Passenger
- €38
- Car
- €104
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Samos to Kusadasi
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–55
- Schedules at
- bodrumexpresslines.com
- info@ido.com.tr
- Website
- ido.com.tr
Ferry from Samos to Kusadasi
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- egeadalari.ido.com.tr
- Phone
- +90 (256) 612 88 88
- contact@meandertravel.com
- Website
- meandertravel.com
Ferry from Samos to Kusadasi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €39
- Website
- https://www.meandertravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 252 316 22 22
- info@turkishsealines.com.tr
- Website
- turkishsealines.com.tr
Ferry from Samos to Kusadasi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Website
- https://www.turkishsealines.com.tr/
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