There are 10 ways to get from Chamonix to León by train (TGV, Renfe, Ouigo), bus, car, plane, 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.
Train
best- Take the train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Leontrain Ave
16h 44m€204–447Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Leónbus BlaBlaCar Bus
19h 44m€98–172Drive 1,361.8 km
- Drive from Chamonix to Leóncar 1,361.8 km
13h 20m€222–321Bus to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to León Airport
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to León Airport (LEN)plane LYS - LEN
12h 47m€397–1,030Train, bus
- Take the train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Annemassetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Annemasse to Bilbaobus
- Take the train from Ametzola to La Asunción Universidadtrain C4
29h 14m€140–225Bus to Geneva International Airport, fly to Asturias Airport, bus, train
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airportbus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Asturias Airport (OVD)plane GVA - OVD
- Take the bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]bus
- Take the train from Oviedo to Leontrain
10h 39m€108–347Bus to Geneva International Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airportbus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane GVA - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Leontrain
8h 18m€110–358Bus to Geneva International Airport, fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport, train
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airportbus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane GVA - SCQ
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Leontrain
12h 28m€120–418Bus to Geneva International Airport, fly to León Airport
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airportbus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to León Airport (LEN)plane GVA - LEN
8h 32m€200–778Bus to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to León Airport
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Turinbus
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to León Airport (LEN)plane TRN - LEN
13h 52m€188–727
Chamonix to León by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chamonix to León is to bus which costs €95 - €180 and takes 19h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Chamonix to León is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 18m and costs €110 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Chamonix to León. However, there are services departing from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) and arriving at León via Lyon - Gerland Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 44m.
No, there is no direct train from Chamonix to León. However, there are services departing from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc and arriving at Leon via St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Chamartín. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 44m.
The distance between Chamonix and León is 1857 km. The road distance is 1361.8 km.
The best way to get from Chamonix to León without a car is to train which takes 16h 44m and costs €200 - €450.
It takes approximately 16h 44m to get from Chamonix to León, including transfers.
Chamonix to León bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) station.
Chamonix to León train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet station.
The best way to get from Chamonix to León is to train which takes 16h 44m and costs €200 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €180 and takes 19h 44m.
What companies run services between Chamonix, France and León, Spain?
You can take a train from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc to Leon via Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains, St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants, Madrid-Puerta De Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, and Madrid Chamartín in around 16h 44m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to León via Lyon - Gerland Bus Station in around 19h 44m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to León Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to León Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to León Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to León Airport via Bordeaux, Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asturias Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asturias Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to León Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €170–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to León Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to León Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to León Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to León Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to León Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asturias Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asturias Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to León Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €170–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to León Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to León Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asturias Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
Train from Ametzola to La Asunción Universidad
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to León
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Annemasse to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +41 24 539 10 17
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- ALSA
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Booking & Getting There
Chamonix to León bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Chamonix to León train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Yes, the driving distance between Chamonix to León is 1362 km. It takes approximately 13h 20m to drive from Chamonix to León.
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