There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle by plane, train, bus, 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 Istanbul to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane IST - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
10h 44m€164–399Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane SAW - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 47m€129–384Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to La Rochelletrain
34h 52m€310–728Drive 2,912.3 km
- Drive from Istanbul to La Rochellecar 2,912.3 km
28h 56m€458–662Fly Istanbul to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane IST - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 6m€174–444Fly Istanbul to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane IST - LRH
10h 35m€232–852Fly Istanbul to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane IST - CDG
- Take the train from Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV to La Rochelletrain
11h 12m€212–522Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane SAW - LRH
11h 15m€172–482Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane SAW - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
12h 39m€164–369Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 to La Rochelletrain
35h 39m€312–786Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
41h 34m€190–328Bus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Bordeauxbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to La Rochellebus 701
2d 17h€305–517Drive, car train
- Drive from Istanbul to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to La Rochellecar
37h 34m€549–775
Istanbul to La Rochelle by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle is to fly which costs €170 - €490 and takes 11h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle is to fly and train which takes 10h 6m and costs €170 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to La Rochelle station. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at La Rochelle - Bus Station via Munich - Bus Station and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 34m.
The distance between Istanbul and La Rochelle is 2662 km. The road distance is 2912.3 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle without a car is to bus and train which takes 34h 52m and costs €310 - €750.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Istanbul to La Rochelle bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 10h 35m and costs €230 - €850. Alternatively, you can bus via Munich, which costs €190 - €330 and takes 41h 34m.
Istanbul to La Rochelle bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
La Rochelle is 1h behind Istanbul. It is currently 9:16 AM in Istanbul and 8:16 AM in La Rochelle.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and La Rochelle, France?
Turkish Airlines, Ryanair, and easyJet fly from Istanbul (IST) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Istanbul to La Rochelle - Bus Station via Munich - Bus Station and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 41h 34m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Istanbul to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–350
Flights from Istanbul to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Istanbul to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Istanbul to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Istanbul to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Istanbul to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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 Strasbourg to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €160–320
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- 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 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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 Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €200–330
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Munich - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €240–410
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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