The different options and itineraries to come to Grenoble or Valence from Paris, Lyon or Geneva.
From Paris
The two airports in Paris are Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), in the north-east of the city, and Paris-Orly, in the south.
Visit the Paris airport website
From Paris airports to "Paris – Gare de Lyon" railway station
To take a TGV (high-speed train) to Grenoble or Valence, you will have to make your way to this station first.
To do this, you have three options: by bus, by RER (Paris’s suburban railway) or by taxi.
By bus
From Paris CDG airport, take a Roissybus.
More information on the Roissybus service from the Paris airport website
From Orly airport, take an Orlybus shuttle bus.
More information on the Orlybus service from the Paris airport website
The Roissybus and Orlybus lines take you to the centre of Paris. You then need to take the metro or the RER to the "Paris - Gare de Lyon" station.
By RER
From Paris CDG airport, take RER line B to Châtelet-Les Halles station, and change there to line A.
From Orly airport, take the Orlyval shuttle, then RER line B to Châtelet-Les Halles station, and change there to line A.
More information on the Paris Public Transport Agency (RATP) website By taxi
In France, taxi fares are regulated but quite expensive.
Official taxis have an illuminated sign on the roof.
Fares to "Paris – Gare de Lyon" railway station: about €55 from Paris CDG and €40 from Paris-Orly.
From "Paris - Gare de Lyon" railway station to Grenoble or Valence
The journey times from "Paris - Gare de Lyon" station by TGV (high-speed train) are 3 hours to Grenoble and 2.5 hours to Valence.
It is best to book tickets in advance, to benefit from lower fares.
More information from
the French Railways (SNCF) website, or from
the Trainline ticketing platform.
From Lyon
Lyon’s airport is called Lyon-St Exupéry.
Visit the Lyon airport website
From Lyon-St Exupéry to Grenoble or Valence
To get to Grenoble or Valence from Lyon-St Exupéry airport, you have two options: bus or train.
By bus
The buses of the companies Flixbus and BlaBlaCarBus go to Grenoble and Valence.
Visit
the BlaBlaCar website or
the Flixbus website By train
You can travel by train to Grenoble or Valence from any of these 3 stations:
- Lyon-St Exupéry (at the airport),
- Lyon-Part-Dieu (Lyon city center),
- Lyon-Perrache (Lyon city center).
More information from
the SNCF website and
the Trainline ticketing platform.
From Geneva
From Geneva, you can get to Grenoble or Valence by bus or by train.
Visit the Geneva airport website By bus
The buses of the companies Flixbus and BlaBlaCarBus go to Grenoble or Valence.
Visit
the BlaBlaCar website or
the Flixbus website By train
From the Geneva airport, you will first need to go to the Geneva-Cornavin train station, to then go to Grenoble or Valence by train.
More information on
the Geneva airport website, section Access & Transport.
More information from
the SNCF website and
the Trainline ticketing platform.
Good to know
Flights are also operated from other European cities to two other local airports - Grenoble Alpes Isère and Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc - but only at certain times of the year.
> Find out more on the websites of
Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport and
Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc
