There are 13 ways to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle by plane, ferry, bus, train, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)HEL - LRH
9h 4m€113–373Fly Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)HEL - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle
11h 16m€109–300Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin Airport BER
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Paris
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle VilleTgv
44h 9m€220–527Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Kaunas, Bus Station
- Take the train from Kaunas to Warszawa Centralna
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
2d 5h€338–682Ferry, night train, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Take the night train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Paris EstNj
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle VilleTgv
2d 7h€317–770Fly Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)HEL - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
12h 4m€131–320Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)TLL - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle
13h 35m€109–402Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)TLL - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
14h 28m€131–402Fly Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)HEL - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
10h 42m€143–428Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
2d 5h€155–324Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni
- Take the bus from WARSZAWA, Dworzec Zachodni PKS, stan. 11 to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Take the bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to NANTES, Gare SNCF Sud, Hotel Mercure
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle
2d 6h€265–409Drive 4,141.5 km
- Drive from Helsinki to La Rochelle4,141.5 km
43h 3m€743–1,074Drive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Fulda
- Drive from Fulda to La Rochelle
44h 6m€757–1,085
Helsinki to La Rochelle by ferry, foot, bus, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle is to fly and train which costs €100 - €300 and takes 11h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 9h 4m and costs €110 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki station to La Rochelle station. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Bus Station and arriving at La Rochelle - Bus Station via Warsaw, Bus Station West and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Helsinki and La Rochelle is 2347 km. The road distance is 4141.5 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 44h 9m and costs €220 - €550.
It takes approximately 9h 4m to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Helsinki to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Bus Station.
The best way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 9h 4m and costs €110 - €380. Alternatively, you can Bus, which costs €150 - €330 and takes 2 days 5h.
Helsinki to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw Bus Station West.
La Rochelle is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 6:09 AM in Helsinki and 5:09 AM in La Rochelle.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and La Rochelle, France?
Ryanair, Finnair, and easyJet fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station via Warsaw Bus Station West, Warsaw, Bus Station West, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–370
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–130
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- 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 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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 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
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kaunas to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–29
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €126
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–290
- Couchette Carriage
- €170–200
- Seating Carriage
- €95–120
Night train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €85–110
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- €110–160
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €130–180
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Kaunas, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- 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
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from WARSZAWA, Dworzec Zachodni PKS, stan. 11 to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to NANTES, Gare SNCF Sud, Hotel Mercure
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–75
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Phone
- +358 9 123574
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.sales.vikingline.com/
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