Air Austral operates flights to / from :

• Lyon airport - airport code : LYS - website
• Lyon railstation - code : LYS

About France

• Territory size : 543 965 sq km
• Capital : Paris
• Currency : euro
• Language : french
• Local Time : UTC* + 2h/1h (depends on daylight saving time periods)

Your flight to Lyon with Air Austral

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Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport

Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport, gateway of Lyon, Rhône-Alpes and the great french southern, is ideally connected to a very dense motorway network. It makes it easy to reach several touristic destinations and an unique variety of outstanding landscapes in France.

Different possibilities remain at your disposal for getting around easily:

• The SATOBUS network which connects several times a day the airport with the main cities of the region : Lyon-center, Grenoble, Valencia,...
• A TGV train station situated within the airport, and which connects you with seven cities of Rhône-Alpes, three italian cities and Paris too,
• Besides, the presence of numerous car rental companies out of which BUDGET, our partner, will help you to complete the organization of your journey.

Details

Less than 30 km separate the airport and Lyon. Since 1998, the the Old Lyons district is registered as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Lyon, famous for its gastronomy and its cultural wealth, is also turned to future. A stage in the Silk Trail, Lyon is at the centre of a firmly rooted textile tradition. The superb history of the Lyon silk industry really started, with the installation of the first silk manufacture. This unique know-how, for which Lyon was renowned around the world, is intimately linked to Lyon’s history. After looms and canut silk weavers, new fabrics and fibres have been developed with fashion designers ensuring promotion of this art.

With Grenoble, Chambéry, Annecy and Valence, Lyon is one of the major poles of the second French economic region.

In summer or winter, why not get out of town for a day - or more - into an unspoilt natural setting ? About half an hour away you will find the biggest ski areas in the world, France’s most beautiful walking trails and, for golfers, some of the best greens in the country are less than half an hour from Lyon.

Some of the finest French vineyards are in Rhône-Alpes. To appreciate good wine you should begin with a stroll in the vineyards around Lyon. Fragrances, colours, views, enthusiastic winegrowers - this is the starting point for a successful tasting. Each year on the last Thursday in November Beaujolais Nouveau sets out to conquer the world but this is not a reason for neglecting the remarkable quality of Beaujolais Village wines and the sublime bouquets of the 10 Grands Crus.

A charming local accent, enticing fragrances, warm colours ... the south of the Rhône-Alpes region offers the ideal change of scene. Emotions, discoveries and tastings are on the programme of visits around Montelimar, Nyons, Dieulefit, Grignan and Suze-la-Rousse...Olives, vines, lavender, aromatic plants, apricots and other fruit swollen with sun flourish, recalling that we are at the gateway to Provence.

OnlyLyon - Be you, be here!

Lyon, France's second biggest city and capital of the Rhône-Alpes region, is situated at the crossroads of Europe's major lines of transport, at the heart of France between Paris and the French Riviera. This city is constantly on the move and today has the most beautiful and attractive urban destinations in Europe, bringing in more than 5.5 million visitors in 2010. Combining an exceptional historic heritage with a natural liking for good food, Lyon is the ideal city for discovering all the charm of the French way of life.

Lyon has been the ultimate gastronomic city for centuries, reputed around the world thanks to Chef Paul Bocuse. It now boasts more than 1600 restaurants, including the famous bouchons (typical local eateries) to Michelin star-awarded establishments. From traditional Mères Lyonnaises (19th century cooks for the bourgeoisie) to inspired and innovative young chefs, Lyon is a place for culinary experimentation with new tastes and concepts to be savoured.

A stage for more than 2000 years of history, the city has a remarkable architectural heritage. Expanding towards the east throughout the centuries, without destroying the existing areas, 500 hectares of its city centre became a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1998. Wandering around Lyon is like embarking on a fascinating journey through time. In each district Lyon displays an astonishing variety of architecture, from the ancient Fourvière cathedral to the traboules (passageways from the Renaissance in Old Lyon), via the elegant peninsula situated between the Rhône and the Saône, to the contemporary and original creations by Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel and Santiago Calatrava.

As for culture, the National Opera, one of the twenty most prestigious ballets in the world, and the Célestins Theatre offer an ambitious programme all year round. Furthermore, the city has museums that exist nowhere else in the world, such as the Lumière Institute - in Lyon – on the invention of cinematography and the Fabric Museum tracing two thousand years of the history of textile and silk weaving. Within this wonderful Renaissance building, the Lyon History Museum and the Puppets of the World Museum have formed the Gadagne Museums in the Old Lyon since 2009. As for the Fine Arts Museum, one of the biggest museums in France and Europe, its collections spread out over 70 rooms giving visitors an exceptional journey from Antiquity to Modern Art.

It's good to stroll around Lyon… to admire its heritage of course, but also to discover its many boutiques. In addition to French and international luxury brands, the Presqu’île (peninsula) is full of trendy boutiques that have seen the rise of a number of fashion designers who have gone on to become famous. As for the hilly district of the Croix-Rousse it groups together a number of young designers, passionate heirs of a glorious past at a time when Lyon was on the Silk Road. Museums as well as weaving and silk printing workshops today bear witness to this quite unique know-how.

All year round at nightfall the city is lit up thanks to its "Lighting Plan" that shows off some 325 monuments. For night owls, the city is teeming with festive, friendly places, with trendy bars from the Old Lyon to barge-restaurants situated on the banks of the Rhône, not forgetting wine bars on the peninsula.

Lyon is vibrant all year round thanks to a number of events it hosts. Among the most appealing are the Festival of Lights, the contemporary art biennial event, the dance biennial event, the Nuits Sonores (music and sound festival), the Nuits de Fourvière (cultural festival), Quais du Polar (Thriller festival) and the latest addition, the Grand Lyon Film Festival, all attracting millions of visitors every year.

Bolstered by its past but resolutely focused on the future, the city abounds with a number of ambitious projects, among which the Confluence district, one of the biggest town planning development projects in Europe, which is gradually coming into being.