There are 9 ways to get from Dresden to La Rochelle by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, train, or train (Eurostar, TGV)
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Train
best- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
14h 38m€293–583Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovicetrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane PRG - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
12h 10m€119–301Bus
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N1305 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
21h 9m€127–202Drive 1,449.5 km
- Drive from Dresden to La Rochellecar 1,449.5 km
13h 42m€231–334Fly Dresden Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane DRS - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
9h 44m€233–526Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 55
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
16h 47m€325–713Fly Dresden Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane DRS - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
11h 21m€164–381Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane LEJ - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
12h 35m€212–454Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovicetrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane PRG - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 2m€123–326
Dresden to La Rochelle by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to La Rochelle is to bus which costs €120 - €210 and takes 21h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to La Rochelle is to fly and train which takes 9h 44m and costs €230 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Dresden station to La Rochelle station. However, there are services departing from Dresden central station and arriving at La Rochelle - Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from Dresden to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Dresden Hauptbahnhof and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Leipzig Hbf, Erfurt Hbf, Offenburg, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 38m.
The distance between Dresden and La Rochelle is 1630 km. The road distance is 1449.5 km.
The best way to get from Dresden to La Rochelle without a car is to train which takes 14h 38m and costs €290 - €600.
It takes approximately 14h 38m to get from Dresden to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Dresden to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dresden central station.
Dresden to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Dresden to La Rochelle is to train which takes 14h 38m and costs €290 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €210 and takes 21h 9m.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to La Rochelle Ville via Leipzig Hbf, Erfurt Hbf, Offenburg, Paris Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 14h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Dresden central station to La Rochelle - Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 21h 9m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–1,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Dresden Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–1,200
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–1,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–31
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €190–320
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Dresden to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Dresden to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dresden to La Rochelle is 1449 km. It takes approximately 13h 42m to drive from Dresden to La Rochelle.
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