Where a car takes you from Lyon
These are the day trips from Lyon on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Beaujolais Wine Villages The Beaujolais Cru villages lie 30 to 55 minutes north of Lyon, where ten AOC Crus produce Gamay wines of genuine depth
- Vienne and the Cote Rotie Vienne is 20 minutes south of Lyon by TER and combines France's finest Roman theatre with Cote Rotie, the steep Rhone Valley appellation where syrah g
- Perouges (Medieval Village) Perouges is a walled medieval hilltop village 40 minutes east of Lyon where the Galette de Perouges, a flat caramelised brioche sold from a window cou
- Bourg-en-Bresse (Bresse Chicken AOC) Bourg-en-Bresse is the capital of the Bresse chicken AOC, 55 minutes from Lyon, where the blue-legged birds with their blue-white-red colouring have h
- Macon (Southern Burgundy) Macon is the southern gateway to Burgundy, 65 km north of Lyon, where the Macon-Villages and Pouilly-Fuisse appellations produce crisp Chardonnay
- Annecy (Alpine Lake Bistros) Annecy on the alpine lake east of Lyon runs lakeside bistros pouring Savoy white wines and serving the lake's signature fera (perch) alongside tartifl
Booking a car in Lyon
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 24.67 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy, Sixt
- Pick up at
- Lyon Airport · Lyon Part Dieu Train Station · Lyon Perrache Train Station · Lyon Train Station · Lyon Vaise Train Station · Lyon Saint-Exupery Railway Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.