There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Zagreb by plane, train, bus, night train, shuttle, train (Trenitalia), 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 Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane LYS - ZAG
7h 5m€112–318Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Zagreb - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
16h 25m€85–170Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
13h 48m€468–1,365Train, night train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
19h 33m€422–1,243Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane GVA - ZAG
9h 15m€115–312Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane LYS - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
9h 46m€154–866Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319 / ...
17h 31m€168–305Bus via Bregana
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Breganabus
18h 15m€113–116Drive 1,038.8 km
- Drive from Lyon to Zagrebcar 1,038.8 km
10h 23m€160–231
Lyon to Zagreb by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Zagreb is to bus which costs €85 - €170 and takes 16h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Zagreb is to fly which takes 7h 5m and costs €110 - €320.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station station and arriving at Zagreb - Bus Station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 16h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Genève and Zuerich Hb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 33m.
The distance between Lyon and Zagreb is 888 km. The road distance is 1038.8 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Zagreb without a car is to train and bus which takes 13h 48m and costs €460 - €1400.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Lyon to Zagreb, including transfers.
Lyon to Zagreb bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Lyon to Zagreb train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Zagreb is to fly which takes 7h 5m and costs €110 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €170 and takes 16h 25m, you could also train, which costs €160 - €310 and takes 17h 31m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Zagreb, Croatia?
Lufthansa, Air France, and four other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) every 4 hours. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Zagreb - Bus Station once daily. Tickets cost €95–170 and the journey takes 16h 25m. FlixBus also services this route once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Italo Treno
- 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
- €27–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Genève to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €300–900
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €360–950
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–260
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Zagreb - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Zagreb - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 011 761-4693
- [email protected]
- Website
- BS Tours
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Bregana
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- BS Tours
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Zagreb bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Zagreb - Bus Station.
Lyon to Zagreb train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Zagreb is 1039 km. It takes approximately 10h 23m to drive from Lyon to Zagreb.
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