There are 5 ways to get from San Luis Obispo to Lyon by plane, bus, or train
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Fly San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane SBP - LYS
18h 53m€306–1,017Fly San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SBP - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
21h 48m€284–1,043Bus to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the bus from San Luis Obispo to Uc Santa Barbara Amtrak Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane SBA - LYS
21h 12m€328–1,011Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from San Luis Obispo to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane LAX - LYS
22h 38m€485–953Train, Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from San Luis Obispo to San Josetrain
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane SFO - LYS
21h 59m€456–1,249
San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Luis Obispo to Lyon is to fly and train which costs €280 - €1100 and takes 21h 48m.
The fastest way to get from San Luis Obispo to Lyon is to fly which takes 18h 53m and costs €300 - €1100.
The distance between San Luis Obispo and Lyon is 9526 km.
It takes approximately 18h 53m to get from San Luis Obispo to Lyon, including transfers.
Lyon is 9h ahead of San Luis Obispo. It is currently 1:34 PM in San Luis Obispo and 10:34 PM in Lyon.
There are 4124+ hotels available in Lyon.
What companies run services between San Luis Obispo, CA, USA and Lyon, France?
United Airlines, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Denver, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Denver, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,300
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €320–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Geneva International Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Portland, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,300
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Geneva International Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Geneva International Airport via Portland, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,600
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Geneva International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–800
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- 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 Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Luis Obispo to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- €6–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from San Luis Obispo to Uc Santa Barbara Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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