Coming to France
Coming to Lyon
Prepare your stay at Lyon.
Administrative formalities, news, ...
Visit the useful sites to prepare for your trip!
Visit the official website of France-Visas
Do you have a project to travel or settle in France? This site contains all the information you need to guide you through the process and assist you at each key stage of your visa application.
Go directly to the France-Visas website
Follow the advice of Campus France
Depending on your nationality, your situation and the length of your stay, you may need a visa to study or research in France or to return to France after graduation...
Go directly to the Campus France website
Long stay: to bring you up to date once you are there
To apply for or extend a residence permit, to report a change of situation...
Go directly to thehe Ministry of the Interior.
Follow the news in Covid's time
See the official website of the French government:
Find all the latest official information on the Covid-19 Coronavirus in France
Moving to Lyon
During your stay at Lyon.
Plane, train, public transport...
Visit the useful sites to find your way around the city!
You are arriving or departing by plane
Located 25 kilometres from the city centre, the airport international Lyon -St Exupéry is accessible in less than 30 minutes.
Go directly to Lyon Airport
You travel by train
5 stations spread throughout the city and 1 station located in the heart of the airport Lyon St Exupéry host the SNCF mainline trains, the TGV and the regional TER network.
Find your route with the SNCF website
To get around in and around the city
Metro, funiculars, buses, trams, coaches... you don't necessarily need a car to discover the city and its region.
Click on the links below for more information on
the TCL public transport network
Rhônexpress city-airport links
the different networks
the network vélo'v
travel by car