There are 8 ways to get from Lyon to Portimão by plane, train, bus, or car
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 Faro Airport, train
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane LYS - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
7h 43m€84–270Train, bus via Madrid
- 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 Estación de Atocha Metro to Estación de Santa Justa de Sevillatrain
- Take the bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Tavirabus
- Take the train from Tavira to Portimaotrain Re / ...
17h 17m€201–414Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Lisbon - Orientebus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimãobus 67 | Lisboa
28h 45m€169–281Drive 1,788.5 km
- Drive from Lyon to Portimãocar 1,788.5 km
18h 54m€336–485Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane GVA - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
9h 43m€101–275Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane LYS - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunestrain
10h 2m€105–394Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Seville Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane LYS - SVQ
- Take the bus from Seville to Farobus
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
11h 27m€110–287Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Jean Mace to Valence Villetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Valence to Lisbonbus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimãobus
33h 16m€198–321
Lyon to Portimão by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Portimão is to fly and train which costs €80 - €270 and takes 7h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Portimão is to fly and train which takes 7h 43m and costs €80 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon station to Portimão. However, there are services departing from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station and arriving at Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão via Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 45m.
The distance between Lyon and Portimão is 1549 km. The road distance is 1788.5 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Portimão without a car is to train and bus via Madrid which takes 17h 17m and costs €200 - €420.
It takes approximately 7h 43m to get from Lyon to Portimão, including transfers.
Lyon to Portimão bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Lyon to Portimão bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lisbon - Oriente station.
Portimão is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 7:43 AM in Lyon and 6:43 AM in Portimão.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Portimão is 1789 km. It takes approximately 18h 54m to drive from Lyon to Portimão.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Portimão, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão via Lisbon - Oriente and Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente in around 28h 45m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Faro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Faro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Seville Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Seville Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €23–120
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Tavira to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact 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
- €80–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Estación de Atocha Metro to Estación de Santa Justa de Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- 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 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Jean Mace to Valence Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Lyon Jean Mace to Valence Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Tavira
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Adult
- €21–40
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Valence to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Flixbus
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