There are 11 ways to get from Europe to La Rochelle by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Paris l'Esttrain 82
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
13h 3m€224–591Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain Re5
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Toursbus
- Take the bus from Tours - Vaucanson Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
23h 12m€109–194Bus
- Take the bus from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhebus Sev
- Take the bus from Kassel to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
21h 51mDrive 1,159.3 km
- Drive from Europe to La Rochellecar 1,159.3 km
11h 22m€183–264Train to Frankfurt, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane FRA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 1m€181–431Train
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain 11
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
17h 23m€322–657Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane HAJ - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
12h 48mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane FRA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
13h 42m€163–436Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane CGN - LRH
15h 22m€167–523Train to Frankfurt, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane FRA - LRH
10h 48m€171–449Train to Frankfurt, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane FRA - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to La Rochelle Villetrain
11h 58m€206–489
Europe to La Rochelle by bus, train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to La Rochelle is to train and bus which costs €100 - €200 and takes 23h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to La Rochelle is to train and fly which takes 10h 48m and costs €170 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Europe to La Rochelle station. However, there are services departing from Nentershausen Oderstraße and arriving at La Rochelle - Bus Station via Bebra Bahnhof, Kassel and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 51m.
The distance between Europe and La Rochelle is 1350 km. The road distance is 1159.3 km.
The best way to get from Europe to La Rochelle without a car is to train via Paris which takes 13h 3m and costs €220 - €600.
It takes approximately 13h 3m to get from Europe to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Europe to La Rochelle bus services, operated by cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, depart from Bebra Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Europe to La Rochelle is to train via Paris which takes 13h 3m and costs €220 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 21h 51m.
Europe to La Rochelle bus services, operated by cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to La Rochelle is 1159 km. It takes approximately 11h 22m to drive from Europe to La Rochelle.
What companies run services between Europe and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to La Rochelle Ville via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Frankfurt, Paris Gare De L'Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 13h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to La Rochelle - Bus Station via Bebra Bahnhof, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 21h 51m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–280
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Frankfurt to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Frankfurt to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Zurich, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Frankfurt to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- 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 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- 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 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Bus from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Kassel to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tours - Vaucanson Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Tours - Vaucanson Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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