There are 12 ways to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or car train
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Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LRH - SOF
11h 49m$100–340Train, bus via Salzburg
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus
31h 40m$406–719Train, bus
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofiabus
32h 24m$382–680Drive 2,374.2 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Sofiacar 2,374.2 km
23h 48m$426–615Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BOD - SOF
10h 37m$115–374Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Burgas Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane NTE - BOJ
12h 16m$143–441Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CDG - SOF
8h 55m$201–396Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BOD - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
10h 33m$225–594Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane NTE - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
12h 12m$227–578Bus
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Toulousebus FlixBus N1136 / ...
- Take the bus from Toulouse to Sofiabus
42h 11m$161–226Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Nisbus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
2d 2h$353–593Drive, car train
- Drive from La Rochelle to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
24h 58m$508–711
La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria is to bus which costs $160 - $230 and takes 42h 11m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 8h 55m and costs $200 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle and arriving at Sofia via Toulouse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 11m.
The distance between La Rochelle and Bulgaria is 2000 km. The road distance is 2374.2 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus via Salzburg which takes 31h 40m and costs $400 - $750.
It takes approximately 11h 49m to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from La Rochelle station.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 11h 49m and costs $100 - $340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $160 - $230 and takes 42h 11m.
La Rochelle to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Toulouse station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of La Rochelle. It is currently 1:18 AM in La Rochelle and 2:18 AM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Bulgaria?
Ryanair flies from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from La Rochelle to Sofia via Toulouse in around 42h 11m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Burgas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–160
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–340
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Burgas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Sofia Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–220
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Sofia Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–220
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Sofia Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–220
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $110–330
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–900
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Burgas Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–440
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Burgas Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–360
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $130–200
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $125
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from La Rochelle to Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from La Rochelle to Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Toulouse to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Nis
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $280–460
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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