TRAVEL & VISA INFORMATION

TRAVEL INFORMATION

By plane

Lyon's two airports offer easy access to Lyon and SouthEastern France.
The Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport is connected to over 120 destinations both directly and through connections to major European hubs, for efficient and very short connecting flights.
France's 3rd largest airport, LyonSaint Exupéry posted one of the highest growth rates in France in 2010 (+3.4%) with traffic approaching 8 million passengers, including 62% on international flights.
These good results were achieved mainly due to the expansion of low-cost flights, which account for 19% of the platform's total traffic. Moreover, EasyJet opened 8 new routes in November 2010, thus offering 26 routes through Europe and France.

By train

The heart of Lyon is connected to all major French cities by HST or express lines, through the three Perrache, Part Dieu and Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport stations.
Duration of hst trips from Lyon to major French and European cities:

• Paris-Lyon: 23 return trips per weekday in 1 hour 53 minutes (one-way).
• Lyon-Marseille: 31 return trips per weekday in 1 hour 40 minutes (one-way).
• Lyon-Aix en Provence: 1:20
• Lyon-Avignon: 1:05
• Lyon-Montpellier: 1:45
• Lyon-Lille: 2:50
• Lyon-Geneva: 1:50
• Lyon-Brussels: 3:30
• Lyon-Turin: 4 hrs.
• Lyon-London: 5 hrs.

By road

• Paris-Lyon: 290 miles (A6)
• Marseille-Lyon: 196 miles (A7)
• Geneva -Lyon: 93 miles (A40)
• Montpellier-Lyon: 189 miles (A7-A9)

Lyon is located two hours from the Alpine peaks and less than three hours from the Mediterranean beaches.
Lyon is two hours away from the lofty summits of the Alps and only three hours from the Mediterranean's sandy beaches.

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