Car hire Lyon Saint Exupery Airport

The city of Lyon has two airports. The larger, Lyon St Exupery Airport, is a modern facility that has flights from all over Europe and North Africa as well as Montreal in Canada. The smaller facility is Lyon Bron Airport (airport code LYN). From this facility car rental in Lyon Airport is easiest.

The smaller Lyon Airport is one of France's oldest. It opened for business in 1920 and continued to offer access to the city and the surrounding Rhone Alpes region until 1975, when all scheduled airline services moved to Lyon St Exupery. Lyon Bron is now a major hub for business and private craft.

Reputable firms provide onsite car hire in Lyon Airport. Other services available for incoming passengers and pilots are a shop, a café, wireless internet connectivity, public telephones and adequate disabled facilities. There are several hotels nearby which give the perfect base for cheap car hire in Lyon Airport explorations.

Lyon Airport is nine kilometres southeast of central Lyon. Lyon St Exupery Airport is in the opposite direction. The city of Lyon is a fantastic destination noted for its historic sites, museums, cuisine and nightlife. The Roman Fourviere Theatre and Odeon ruins, the Three Gauls Amphitheatre and St Jean's Cathedral, which dates from the Middle Ages, are just some of the draws.

With your car hire in Lyon Airport, taking the A43 in a general southeasterly direction gives access to locations such as the quintessential French edifice, Chateau de Virieu and the city of Grenoble. This latter destination is at the foot of the Alps, and is a good jumping off point for ski resorts and outdoor activity centres there.