There are 11 ways to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle by plane, bus, train, car, ferry, or car train
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Fly Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane HEL - LRH
9h 3m€113–423Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
cheapest- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane TLL - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
13h 8m€105–408Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Paris l'Esttrain 82
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
39h 21m€242–491Bus, train via Ełk
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02bus
- Take the train from Elk to Tczewtrain Tlk / ...
- Take the train from Tczew to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain Ic
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Paris l'Esttrain 82
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
40h€254–522Drive 4,142.5 km
- Drive from Helsinki to La Rochellecar 4,142.5 km
43h 19m€740–1,068Fly Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane HEL - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 6m€110–315Fly Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane HEL - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
12h 4m€121–340Fly Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane HEL - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 18m€153–383Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
2d 6h€140–305Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Rennesbus
- Take the bus from Rennes to La Rochellebus
2d 7h€135–314Drive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to La Rochellecar
44h 21m€755–1,082
Helsinki to La Rochelle by bus, train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle is to fly and train which costs €110 - €320 and takes 11h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 9h 3m and costs €110 - €430.
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 Hamburg - Bus Station and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Helsinki and La Rochelle is 2347 km. The road distance is 4142.5 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle without a car is to bus and train which takes 39h 21m and costs €240 - €500.
It takes approximately 9h 3m 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 3m and costs €110 - €430. Alternatively, you can bus via Paris, which costs €140 - €310 and takes 2 days 6h.
Helsinki to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
La Rochelle is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 1:41 PM in Helsinki and 12:41 PM 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 Hamburg - Bus Station and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- 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
- €110–430
Flights from Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–120
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–750
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- 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 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- 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
- €70–150
- 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
- €55–95
- 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
- €15–60
- 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 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 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
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Elk to Tczew
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–18
- 1st Class
- €17–22
Train from Tczew to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Rennes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- 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
- €40–110
- 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
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Rennes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–75
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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