There are 11 ways to get from Dresden to La Rochelle by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train via Paris
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€284–510Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane PRG - LRH
15h 39m€96–364Bus
- 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
22h 40m€132–207Drive 1,449.5 km
- Drive from Dresden to La Rochellecar 1,449.5 km
13h 42m€274–395Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Poitierstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
17h 15m€360–480Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Kölnbus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
26h 34m€422–615Fly 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
10h 21m€269–344Fly 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 Rochelle Villetrain
9h 37m€233–519Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane BER - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 58m€144–354Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane PRG - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 15m€115–329Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- 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
10h 54m€121–314
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 €130 - €210 and takes 22h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to La Rochelle is to fly and train which takes 9h 37m 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 22h 40m.
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 via Paris which takes 14h 38m and costs €280 - €550.
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 via Paris which takes 14h 38m and costs €280 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €210 and takes 22h 40m.
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 22h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Dresden Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Dresden Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- 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
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- 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
- €13–19
- 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
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €118
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Dresden Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €159
- 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 Strasbourg to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- 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 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 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- 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
- €210–340
- Website
- Eurostar
- 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
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dresden to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €125–140
- Website
- Grand 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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