Lyon
Getting There/Around

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Getting There:

By Air:
Lyon-Saint Exupery International Airport ( LYS ) ( +33 4 72 22 72 21/ http://www.lyon.aeroport.fr ) is located 25 km east of Lyon and provides direct service and connections to domestic and international destinations from the following airlines:

Aer Lingus ( +33 1 70 20 00 72/ http://www.aerlingus.ie )
Aigle Azur ( +33 1 49 19 882 )
Air Algerie ( +33 4 78 42 64 95 )
Air France ( +33 0 820 820 820/ http://www.airfrance.fr )
Air Lib ( +33 0 825 805 805 )
Air Linair ( +33 0 820 820 820/ http://www.airlinair.com )
Air Littoral ( +33 0 825 834 834/ http://www.airlittoral.fr )
Air Malta ( +33 1 4486 0840/ http://www.airmalta.com )
Air Senegal International ( +33 1 5664 1400/ http://www.air-senegal-international.com )
Air Transat ( +877 872 6728/ http://www.airtransat.com )
Alitalia ( +33 0 820 315 315/ http://www.alitalia.fr )
Antinea Airlines ( +33 1 4021 1999 )
Austrian Airlines ( +33 0 820 816 816/ http://www.aua.com )
Blu-Express ( +39 06 60214577/ http://www.blu-express.com )
Blue Air ( +40 40 21 208 86 86/ http://www.blueair-web.com )
BMI Baby ( +44 870 126 6726/ http://www.bmibaby.com )
British Airways ( +33 825 825 040/ http://www.british-airways.com )
CCM Airlines ( +33 0 820 820 820/ http://www.ccm-airlines.com )
City Airline ( +33 0 826 953 113/ http://www.cityairline.com )
Condor ( +1 800 524 6975/ http://www7.condor.com )
Corsair ( +33 0 820 042 042/ http://www.corsair.fr )
CSA Czech Airlines ( +33 5569 8439/ http://www.csa.cz )
Easy Jet ( +871 244 2366/ http://www.easyjet.com )
Hex'Air ( +33 0 810 182 292 )
Iberia Airlines ( +33 0 820 075 075/ http://www.iberia.fr )
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ( +33 0 890 711 231/ http://www.klm.com )
LOT ( +33 0 800 101 224/ http://www.lot.com )
Maersk Air ( +33 0 825 320 321/ http://www.maersk-air.com )
Portugalia Airlines ( +33 0 825 083 818/ http://www.flypga.com )
Royal Air Maroc ( +33 0 820 821 821/ http://www.royalairmaroc.com )
SN Brussels Airlines ( +33 0 826 101 818/ http://www.flysn.fr )
Thomson Fly ( +43 0192 89 598/ http://www.thomsonfly.com )
Tunis Air ( +33 4 7277 3737/ http://www.tunisair.com.tn )
Turkish Airlines ( +33 4 3791 6666/ http://www.turkishairlines.com )

SATOBUS ( +33 4 7268 7217 ) offers connections several times a day to and from the airport and the main cities of Rhone-Alpes including Lyon.

High-Train Station ( +33 4 7222 7790/ http://www.lyonairport.com ) is located near Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport terminals. The high-speed trains provide service to and from the airport and cities around much of France. Reservations are required.

Taxis, all metered, are available at the Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport. Fares depend on the amount of passengers, luggage, tolls and snowy or icy roads. Typically, a trip to Lyon-Gare is around EUR36 during the day from 7a-7p and EUR 50 at night from 7p-7a.


Rental car companies:
Avis ( +33 4 7222 7525/ http://www.avis.com )
Budget ( +33 4 7222 7474/ http://www.budget.com )
Europcar ( +33 4 7222 7528/ http://www.europcar.com )
Hertz ( +33 0 825 006 969/ http://www.hertz.com )
National Citer ( +33 4 7222 7487/ http://www.citer.fr )
Sixt ( +33 4 7222 7272/ http://www.fr.e-sixt.com )

By Train:
TGV ( http://www.tgv.com ) is currently the fastest train in the world and services major cities throughout France. Eurostar ( http://www.eurostar.com ) provides travel between Paris, London and Brussels with stops at Lyon Part Dieu and Lyon-Saint Exupery International Airport. Thalys ( http://www.thalys.com ) travels between Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Koln with a stop at Lyon Part Dieu.

By Bus:
Eurolines ( +33 4 7256 9530/ http://www.eurolines.com ) offers transportation throughout continental Europe and has a stop in Lyon.

By Car:
A large motorway network ( A6,A7,A42,A43,A47,etc. ) provides direct links from major cities around France to Lyon.

Getting Around in the City

TCL underground ( +33 0 820 42 7000/ http://www.tcl.fr ) provides transportation via four underground lines, two cable cars, two tramway routes and more than 100 bus routes around Lyon and most of its suburbs. Tickets can be purchased at city kiosks, train stations, vending machines and from bus drivers.

Cyclopolitain ( http://www.cyclopolitain.com ) is a fun and inexpensive way of getting around Lyon - by electric tricycles with drivers called Cyclonautes, who will take you anywhere you want in the city for EUR1 per person. Cyclopolitain tricycles operate from March to Christmas Eve, M-Sa from 11a-7p.

Lyon Espace Affaires ( +33 4 7839 2611 ) provides taxi service in the city. Tourist Taxis ( http://www.lyon.taxis-touristiques.com ) allows visitors to see Lyon with the help of specially trained drivers providing commentary and guiding the way.