There are 12 ways to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle by plane, bus, train, car, ferry, 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 4m€103–355Bus, 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 Poznan Glownytrain Ic
- Take the train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Hbftrain Eic / ...
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
38h 43m€490–995Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
39h 40m€440–830Drive 4,142.5 km
- Drive from Helsinki to La Rochellecar 4,142.5 km
43h 19m€754–1,088Fly 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
10h 51m€132–327Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane TLL - LRH
15h 18m€118–364Fly 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
11h 42m€135–352Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- 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 1m€132–336Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
45h 27m€461–862Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris to La Rochellebus
2d€228–396Bus via Hamburg
- 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 4h€243–444Drive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Bornholmerfærgen, Ystadcar
- Take the car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujściecarferry
- Drive from Swinoujscie to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Frankfurtcartrain
- Drive from Frankfurt to La Rochellecar
2d 5h€735–1,157
Helsinki to La Rochelle by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle is to fly and train which costs €130 - €330 and takes 10h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 9h 4m and costs €100 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at La Rochelle via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Helsinki and La Rochelle is 2345 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 via Ełk which takes 38h 43m and costs €490 - €1000.
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, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
The best way to get from Helsinki to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 9h 4m and costs €100 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €220 - €400 and takes 2 days 0h.
Helsinki to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
La Rochelle is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 3:44 PM in Helsinki and 2:44 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) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to La Rochelle via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Paris in around 2d.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Stockholm, Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Helsinki Airport, Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–390
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Elk to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €190–310
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
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 3 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
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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 Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lüneburg to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- 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
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Phone
- +48 91 88 02 909
- rezerwacje@unityline.pl
- Website
- unityline.eu
Car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Schedules at
- unityline.eu
- Phone
- +48 94 35 52 102
- info@polferries.pl
- Website
- polferries.com
Car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://polferries.com/?_gl=1*1lrzcqj*_ga*MTg4Mjk0NTU5MS4xNzEwMDcwNDIw*_ga_YXVPYSX9EP*MTcxMDA3MDQyMC4xLjEuMTcxMDA3MDU2NC42MC4wLjA.*_gcl_au*NjM3MTI2OTEzLjE3MTAwNzA0MjA.*_ga_M0NZ9YKMD8*MTcxMDA3MDQyMC4xLjEuMTcxMDA3MDU2NC4wLjAuMA..
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More Questions & Answers
Yes, the driving distance between Helsinki to La Rochelle is 4143 km. It takes approximately 43h 19m to drive from Helsinki to La Rochelle.
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