There are 12 ways to get from Hamburg to La Rochelle by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, plane, train, or car train
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Train
best- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
13h 4m€260–482Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N71 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to La Rochellebus 723 / ...
21h€86–150Drive 1,348.4 km
- Drive from Hamburg to La Rochellecar 1,348.4 km
12h 30m€212–306Fly Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane HAM - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
9h 20m€105–280Train via Duisburg
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
13h 59m€264–496Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
22h 10m€96–133Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingencartrain 1393
- Drive from Göttingen to La Rochellecar
13h 26m€274–389Fly Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane HAM - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
10h 17m€110–295Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BRE - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 21m€122–430Fly Hamburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane HAM - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to La Rochelle Villetrain
8h 38m€158–343Drive to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Drive from Hamburg to Amsterdam-Schiphol-Airport-AMScar
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane AMS - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
9h 41m€196–421Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane HAJ - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 41m€230–453
Hamburg to La Rochelle by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hamburg to La Rochelle is to bus which costs €85 - €150 and takes 21h.
The fastest way to get from Hamburg to La Rochelle is to fly and train which takes 8h 38m and costs €150 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Hamburg to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at La Rochelle via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h.
No, there is no direct train from Hamburg to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Hamburg Hbf and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Köln Hbf, Gare du Nord and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 4m.
The distance between Hamburg and La Rochelle is 1435 km. The road distance is 1348.4 km.
The best way to get from Hamburg to La Rochelle without a car is to train which takes 13h 4m and costs €260 - €490.
It takes approximately 13h 4m to get from Hamburg to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Hamburg to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Hamburg to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hamburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Hamburg to La Rochelle is to train which takes 13h 4m and costs €260 - €490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €150 and takes 21h.
What companies run services between Hamburg, Germany and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Hamburg Hbf to La Rochelle Ville via Köln Hbf, Paris Gare Du Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 13h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to La Rochelle via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 21h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–420
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–750
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–330
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–330
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €38–42
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €110–160
- Comfort
- €130–190
- Premium
- €170–230
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €120–180
- Comfort
- €150–200
- Premium
- €190–250
- 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 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €75–100
- 1st Class
- €100–140
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €85–120
- 1st Class
- €110–150
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
- €75–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €75–120
- Rail 1st Class
- €120–170
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 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
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- Rail 1st Class
- €45–65
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- Rail 1st Class
- €50–70
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Hamburg to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Hamburg to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hamburg to La Rochelle is 1348 km. It takes approximately 12h 30m to drive from Hamburg to La Rochelle.
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