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Musée National Marc Chagall
Museum in a seventeenth-century villa housing major biblical works by Marc Chagall. It is one of Nice's most important art collections.
Cheapest price on Oct 16
$48
Average ticket price on Oct 16
$75
Fastest journey on Oct 16
6 h 40 m
Average journey duration on Oct 16
7 h 3 m
Buses on Oct 16
17
Distance
297 km
The best way to find a cheap bus ticket from Lyon to Nice is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
The average ticket from Lyon to Nice will cost around $75 if you buy it on the day, but the cheapest tickets can be found for only $48.
On Fri, Oct 16, we found 17 buses from Lyon to Nice, including 8 direct services.
On Fri, Oct 16 the direct buses cover the 297 km distance in an average of 7 h 3 m but if you time it right, some buses will get you there in just 6 h 40 m .
On Fri, Oct 16 the slowest buses will take 7 h 15 m and usually involve a change or two along the way, but you might be able to save a few pennies if you’re on a budget.
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50755 · 3182
FlixBusBuses from Lyon to Nice run on average 12 times per day, taking around 7h 11m. Cheap bus tickets for this journey start at $18 if you book in advance.
There are 8 buses per day. The earliest bus runs at 00:05, the last at 23:50. The fastest bus covers the 184 miles (297 km) distance in 5h 30m.
Distance 184 miles (297 km) |
Average bus duration 7h 11m |
Cheapest ticket price $18 |
Buses per day 12 |
Direct buses 8 |
Fastest bus 5h 30m |
First bus 12:05 AM |
Last bus 11:50 PM |
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| Operator | Departure Time | Arrival Time | Duration | Departure days | Cheapest price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operator BlaBlaCar Bus | Departure Time 12:30AM | Arrival Time 07:40AM | Duration 7h10 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $30 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 01:40AM | Arrival Time 08:00AM | Duration 6h20 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $62 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 02:15AM | Arrival Time 09:50AM | Duration 7h35 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $43 |
Operator BlaBlaCar Bus | Departure Time 02:30AM | Arrival Time 09:40AM | Duration 7h10 | Departure days Mon, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $39 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 02:35AM | Arrival Time 09:35AM | Duration 7h00 | Departure days Mon, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $41 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 02:40AM | Arrival Time 07:50AM | Duration 5h10 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $37 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 05:15AM | Arrival Time 01:20PM | Duration 8h05 | Departure days Mon, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $66 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 06:00AM | Arrival Time 11:50AM | Duration 5h50 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $79 |
Operator BlaBlaCar Bus | Departure Time 07:10AM | Arrival Time 02:30PM | Duration 7h20 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $36 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 08:00AM | Arrival Time 03:00PM | Duration 7h00 | Departure days Tue, Wed | Cheapest price $39 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 08:05AM | Arrival Time 04:35PM | Duration 8h30 | Departure days Fri, Sun | Cheapest price $79 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 09:00AM | Arrival Time 03:30PM | Duration 6h30 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $34 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 09:20AM | Arrival Time 01:30PM | Duration 4h10 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $40 |
Operator BlaBlaCar Bus | Departure Time 09:30AM | Arrival Time 07:15PM | Duration 9h45 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $47 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 09:50AM | Arrival Time 01:50PM | Duration 4h00 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $50 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 10:00AM | Arrival Time 02:30PM | Duration 4h30 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $42 |
Operator BlaBlaCar Bus | Departure Time 10:30AM | Arrival Time 07:45PM | Duration 9h15 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $60 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 10:35AM | Arrival Time 05:15PM | Duration 6h40 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $36 |
Operator BlaBlaCar Bus | Departure Time 11:35AM | Arrival Time 07:10PM | Duration 7h35 | Departure days Mon, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $48 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 12:00PM | Arrival Time 04:30PM | Duration 4h30 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $45 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 12:55PM | Arrival Time 06:25PM | Duration 5h30 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $40 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 01:10PM | Arrival Time 09:30PM | Duration 8h20 | Departure days Mon, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $71 |
Operator BlaBlaCar Bus | Departure Time 01:50PM | Arrival Time 10:55PM | Duration 9h05 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $30 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 04:00PM | Arrival Time 09:00PM | Duration 5h00 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $44 |
Operator BlaBlaCar Bus | Departure Time 04:35PM | Arrival Time 11:50PM | Duration 7h15 | Departure days Everyday | Cheapest price $36 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 04:40PM | Arrival Time 01:15AM | Duration 8h35 | Departure days Everyday | Cheapest price $43 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 04:50PM | Arrival Time 10:00PM | Duration 5h10 | Departure days Thu | Cheapest price $45 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 05:00PM | Arrival Time 10:00PM | Duration 5h00 | Departure days Mon, Fri | Cheapest price $42 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 05:30PM | Arrival Time 02:45AM | Duration 9h15 | Departure days Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $57 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 05:40PM | Arrival Time 10:20PM | Duration 4h40 | Departure days Thu | Cheapest price $39 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 05:50PM | Arrival Time 10:10PM | Duration 4h20 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $38 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 06:00PM | Arrival Time 03:20AM | Duration 9h20 | Departure days Everyday | Cheapest price $43 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 07:00PM | Arrival Time 11:50PM | Duration 4h50 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $67 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 07:50PM | Arrival Time 01:00AM | Duration 5h10 | Departure days Thu | Cheapest price $35 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 08:20PM | Arrival Time 12:50AM | Duration 4h30 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $45 |
Operator FlixBus | Departure Time 11:50PM | Arrival Time 07:05AM | Duration 7h15 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $37 |
The table below shows live departures for Lyon to Nice buses for today, Thursday, October 15. You can also manually refresh the results below to see updated bus journeys.
| Provider | Departs | Duration | Arrives | Transfers | Tickets |
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FlixBus | 11:50 PM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 7h15 | 7:05 AM Nice, Gare Routière Vauban | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus · FlixBus | 11:50 PM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 10h00 | 9:50 AM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 1 transfer | |
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50107 | 12:30 AM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 7h10 | 7:40 AM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus | 2:15 AM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 7h35 | 9:50 AM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 0 transfersDirect | |
50755 · 3182 | 2:30 AM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 7h10 | 9:40 AM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 1 transfer | |
FlixBus | 2:35 AM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 7h00 | 9:35 AM Nice, Gare Routière Vauban | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus · FlixBus | 5:15 AM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 9h35 | 2:50 PM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 1 transfer | |
5695 | 7:10 AM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 7h20 | 2:30 PM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus · FlixBus | 8:05 AM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 8h30 | 4:35 PM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 1 transfer | |
FlixBus | 10:35 AM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 6h40 | 5:15 PM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 0 transfersDirect | |
50882 | 11:35 AM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 7h35 | 7:10 PM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus · FlixBus | 1:10 PM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 8h20 | 9:30 PM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 1 transfer | |
58073 · 50591 | 1:50 PM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 9h05 | 10:55 PM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 1 transfer | |
5867 | 4:35 PM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 7h15 | 11:50 PM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 0 transfersDirect | |
FlixBus · FlixBus | 4:40 PM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 8h35 | 1:15 AM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 1 transfer | |
FlixBus · FlixBus | 5:30 PM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 9h15 | 2:45 AM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 1 transfer | |
FlixBus · FlixBus | 6:00 PM Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) | 9h20 | 3:20 AM Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) | 1 transfer | |
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Museum in a seventeenth-century villa housing major biblical works by Marc Chagall. It is one of Nice's most important art collections.
Museum dedicated to Henri Matisse in a Genoese villa at Cimiez. It presents paintings, drawings, and personal objects from the artist's life.
Museum of modern and contemporary art with works by Nouveau Réalisme and Pop Art artists. Its rooftop offers memorable views over Nice.
Nice's iconic seafront promenade stretches along the Baie des Anges. It is ideal for walking, cycling, and experiencing the city's Riviera atmosphere.
The old town's lively maze of narrow streets, Baroque churches, and colorful façades. It is essential for history, atmosphere, and local character.
Main square rebuilt with elegant arcades, public art, and tram access. It links the old town and modern center and hosts major city events.
A thin chickpea flour pancake baked until crisp. A Niçois street food staple, best eaten hot with pepper, and rooted in the city’s Ligurian heritage.
A deep fried chickpea fritter, often sold in strips. It is a classic Niçois snack linked to local Italian influences and market eating culture.
A salad of tomatoes, raw vegetables, olives, anchovies or tuna, and eggs. It is one of Nice’s most famous traditional dishes and reflects Mediterranean produce.
Elegant Michelin starred restaurant focused on refined Mediterranean cuisine with Riviera products, offering a polished fine dining experience.
Historic old town institution known for classic Niçois cuisine such as petits farcis and daube, served in a traditional, lively brasserie setting.
Casual specialist for socca and other Niçois staples near the old town market. Simple, famous, and ideal for an authentic local lunch.
Nice is pricier than many French cities. Hotels, seafront dining, and summer travel raise costs, while local transit stays reasonable for visitors.
Service is usually included. Round up or leave 5-10% for great restaurant service. Taxis can be rounded up, and small change is fine in cafes.
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Gare routière - Terminal 1 -> Jean Médecin, Nice
Find answers to the most common questions about traveling from Lyon to Nice by bus. From journey times and ticket prices to direct connections, first and last departures, and even whether the route is scenic, our FAQs cover everything you need to plan your trip. Whether you’re looking for the fastest bus, the cheapest option, or tips for making the most of your visit at Nice, this guide helps you travel smarter and with confidence.

Most Lyon to Nice buses use the Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) to Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) station pair, with some services arriving at Nice, Gare Routière Vauban. Use this guide to compare Lyon and Nice bus stations on this route, check city-centre transport, alongside checking practicalities like bus station facilities and services.
Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) is 2 km from Lyon city centre. Public transport options include:
Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland) has practical services for this route, including Wifi, Parking, ATM, Taxis, Accessibility, WC, Shower, and Ticket Office.
Wi-Fi is available at Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland). ATMs are available at Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland).
Ticket office support is available at Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland).
Available at Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland): Parking, Taxis, WC.
Accessibility facilities are available at Lyon, Avenue Tony Garnier (Gare routière de Lyon Gerland): Station is accessible for passengers with reduced mobility.
Lyon, Gare Routière de Perrache is 1 km from Lyon city centre. Public transport options include:
Lyon, Gare Routière de Perrache has practical services for this route, including Wifi, Parking, Dining, ATM, Taxis, Accessibility, WC, and Ticket Office.
Food options include: Café de la Gare (in the station), Le Bistrot de Lyon (0.5 km), Brasserie Georges (0.6 km).
Free Wi-Fi. ATMs are located near the main entrance.
Ticket office support is available at Lyon, Gare Routière de Perrache.
Available at Lyon, Gare Routière de Perrache: Parking, Taxis, WC.
Accessibility facilities are available at Lyon, Gare Routière de Perrache: Elevators, ramps.
Lyon, St Exupéry Aéroport is 2 km from Lyon city centre. Public transport options include:
Lyon, St Exupéry Aéroport has practical services for this route, including Wifi, Parking, ATM, Taxis, Accessibility, WC, Shower, and Ticket Office.
Wi-Fi is available at Lyon, St Exupéry Aéroport. ATMs are available at Lyon, St Exupéry Aéroport.
Ticket office support is available at Lyon, St Exupéry Aéroport.
Available at Lyon, St Exupéry Aéroport: Parking, Taxis, WC.
Accessibility facilities are available at Lyon, St Exupéry Aéroport: Access ramps and services available.
Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) is 6 km from Nice city centre. Public transport options include:
Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1) has practical services for this route, including Wifi, Parking, Dining, ATM, Taxis, Accessibility, WC, and Ticket Office.
Food options include: Café Terminal (in the station), Fast-Food Express (in the station).
Free Wi-Fi. ATMs are located near the entrance of Terminal 1.
Ticket office support is available at Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1).
Available at Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1): Parking, Taxis, WC.
Accessibility facilities are available at Nice, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (Gare routière - Terminal 1): Elevators, ramps.
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