There are 12 ways to get from Cinque Terre to La Rochelle by train (Trenitalia, TGV), bus, car, train, plane, or train (Trenitalia)
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Monterosso to Torino Porta NuovaIc
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle VilleTgv
15h 25m€183–397Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Levanto to Pavia
- Take the train from Pavia to Milano Bovisa Politecnico
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)MXP - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
13h 27m€69–245Bus
- Take the bus from La Spezia to Genoa500 / ...
- Take the bus from Genoa to Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle701
21h 38m€88–192Drive 1,113.5 km
- Drive from Cinque Terre to La Rochelle1,113.5 km
13h 5m€171–247Train, train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)FLR - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle
10h 53m€108–287Train
- Take the train from Sestri Levante to SavonaRe
- Take the train from Savona to Marseille St Charles
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Bordeaux St Jean
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La RochelleTer
21h 57m€74–339Bus via Saint-Étienne
- Take the bus from La Spezia to Turin Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
- Take the bus from Turin Corso Vittorio Emanuele II to Saint Etienne Chateaucreux Espl. de France
- Take the bus from Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop to La Rochelle - Bus Station
23h 27m€86–127Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Levanto to Pavia
- Take the train from Pavia to Milano Bovisa Politecnico
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)MXP - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle
12h 50m€82–245Train, train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Monterosso to Genova P.Za Principe
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)NCE - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle
13h 3m€88–313Train, train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Monterosso to Genova P.Za Principe
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)NCE - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
13h 41m€80–283Train, train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the train from Monterosso to Genova P.Za Principe
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)MRS - LRH
13h 48m€132–547Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Take the train from Levanto to Pavia
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)LIN - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
13h 19m€103–392
Cinque Terre to La Rochelle by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cinque Terre to La Rochelle is to bus via Saint-Étienne which costs €85 - €130 and takes 23h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Cinque Terre to La Rochelle is to train and fly which takes 10h 53m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct train from Cinque Terre to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Corniglia and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Monterosso, Torino Porta Nuova, Gare de Lyon, Bercy and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 25m.
The distance between Cinque Terre and La Rochelle is 1419 km. The road distance is 1113.5 km.
The best way to get from Cinque Terre to La Rochelle without a car is to train via Paris which takes 15h 25m and costs €180 - €400.
It takes approximately 15h 25m to get from Cinque Terre to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Cinque Terre to La Rochelle train services, operated by Trenitalia S.p.A., depart from Sestri Levante station.
The best way to get from Cinque Terre to La Rochelle is to train via Paris which takes 15h 25m and costs €180 - €400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €200 and takes 21h 38m.
Cinque Terre to La Rochelle train services, operated by Trenitalia S.p.A., arrive at Savona station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cinque Terre to La Rochelle is 1114 km. It takes approximately 13h 5m to drive from Cinque Terre to La Rochelle.
What companies run services between Cinque Terre, Italy and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Corniglia to La Rochelle Ville via Monterosso, Torino Porta Nuova, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon, Bercy, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 15h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Corniglia to La Rochelle via La Spezia Centrale, La Spezia - Stazione FS, La Spezia, Genoa, and Bordeaux in around 21h 38m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Monterosso to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Sestri Levante to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Levanto to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Monterosso to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
- 1st Class
- €150–190
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nice Ville to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Marseille St Charles to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–250
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- Rail 1st Class
- €11–16
Train from Nice Ville to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Rail 1st Class
- €60–90
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Sestri Levante to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Levanto to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Monterosso to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Levanto to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Pavia to Milano Bovisa Politecnico
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Monterosso to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- 2nd Class
- €23–30
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from La Spezia to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from La Spezia to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from La Spezia to Turin Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Turin Corso Vittorio Emanuele II to Saint Etienne Chateaucreux Espl. de France
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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