There are 12 ways to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, car, 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
10h 21m$84–282Train, bus via Trieste
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
31h 11m$385–743Train, bus
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
34h 36m$305–763Drive 2,365.6 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Sofiacar 2,365.6 km
23h 59m$424–612Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LRH - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
11h 41m$105–326Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane LRH - PDV
25h 6m$247–730Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Massy Tgvtrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORY - SOF
8h 41m$218–494Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LRH - VAR
21h 33m$209–565Train, bus #2
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
35h 5m$361–588Bus via Verona
- Take the bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Milan Bergamo - Airportbus
- Take the bus from Bergamo to Veronabus 423 / ...
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
38h 50m$232–343Bus
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Chambérybus
- Take the bus from Chambéry to Nisbus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
2d 1h$367–459Drive, car train
- Drive from La Rochelle to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
29h 19m$496–704
La Rochelle to Bulgaria by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria is to fly which costs $80 - $290 and takes 10h 21m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 8h 41m and costs $210 - $500.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle station to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle - Bus Station and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop, Bergamo and Verona Porta Nuova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 50m.
The distance between La Rochelle and Bulgaria is 2004 km. The road distance is 2365.6 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus via Trieste which takes 31h 11m and costs $380 - $750.
It takes approximately 10h 21m to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Bulgaria bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from La Rochelle - Bus Station.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 10h 21m and costs $80 - $290. Alternatively, you can bus via Verona, which costs $230 - $350 and takes 38h 50m.
La Rochelle to Bulgaria bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of La Rochelle. It is currently 9:15 PM in La Rochelle and 10:15 PM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Bulgaria?
easyJet, Ryanair, and Bulgaria Air fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station via Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop, Bergamo, Verona, and Verona Porta Nuova in around 38h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–310
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Gatwick, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport via Geneva, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport via Marseille, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport via Lyon, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–360
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–280
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–450
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–450
- 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 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $230–370
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times 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 La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times 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 Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- 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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $104
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Milan Bergamo - Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bergamo to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from La Rochelle to Chambéry
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 049 8241199
- servizioclienti@fsbusitalia.it
- Website
- fsbusitalia.it
Bus from Bergamo to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Schedules at
- fsbusitalia.it
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Chambéry to Nis
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $270–300
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- booking_matpu@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
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