Travel information
By plane
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At 25 km from the city centre, Lyon’s Saint Exupéry airport is the crossroads of the Rhone-Alpes region. With flights (including low costs airlines), TGV connections (train) and access to Europe’s large motorway network all found here, it couldn’t be easier to come to Lyon.
The" Satobus" shuttle service brings passengers to the city centre, running every 20 minutes. The Satobus ticket desk is located on the 1st floor of the airport’s main hall, open from 5am to 11 pm.
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By train
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Part-Dieu and Perrache are the two train stations in the city, while the third is at Lyon’s Saint Exupéry airport. Thanks to the TGV (national trains), Lyon is today at the centre of Europe: 2 hours to Paris (trains run every 60 mins), 3 hours to Lille, 5 hours to London (Eurostar).
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Public transportation
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Subway lines, buses and tramways make it easy to visit the city.
Public transportation information: http://www.tcl.fr
The following map, designed for new arrivals to the city, displays the main transport routes as well as the city’s main attractions and monuments: first contact map |
By car
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Lyon’s geographic location at the heart of a motorway network of more than 1 000 km puts it at less than 2 hours from the large towns and cities in the region.
Itineraries: http: http://en.mappy.comInformation from the Lyon Regional Road Information Centre: Phone: +33 (0)4 78 54 33 33 |
Or by bike...
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With Vélo'v, Grand Lyon offers you an innovative new bike service that is simple and practical for short journeys. Velo'v provides bikes available for anyone to use, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can find them at strategic locations all over Lyon and Villeurbanne, thanks to a dense network of stations located at intervals of 300 m on average.
Information on Velo’v : http://www.velov.grandlyon.com |
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For more general information, please visit the website of Lyon tourist and congresses office:
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