There are 10 ways to get from La Rochelle to Dresden by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Erfurt Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
13h 12m€273–531Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BOD - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
11h 54m€124–343Bus
- Take the bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Dresden central stationbus N1306 / ...
22h 35m€133–211Drive 1,444.7 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Dresdencar 1,444.7 km
13h 49m€275–396Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane NTE - DRS
12h 37m€237–529Bus, train
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Nantesbus 701
- Take the train from Nantes to Bruxelles Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Dresden Hbftrain
23h 15m€231–438Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane BOD - DRS
14h 47m€271–354Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane NTE - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 17m€147–394Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BOD - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
10h 16m€146–359Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane NTE - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
10h 59m€125–358
La Rochelle to Dresden by train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Dresden is to bus which costs €130 - €220 and takes 22h 35m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 9h 17m and costs €140 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle station to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle - Bus Station and arriving at Dresden central station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from La Rochelle to Dresden. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle Ville and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Est and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 12m.
The distance between La Rochelle and Dresden is 1611 km. The road distance is 1444.7 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Dresden without a car is to train which takes 13h 12m and costs €270 - €550.
It takes approximately 13h 12m to get from La Rochelle to Dresden, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Dresden bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from La Rochelle - Bus Station.
La Rochelle to Dresden train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from La Rochelle Ville station.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Dresden is to train which takes 13h 12m and costs €270 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €220 and takes 22h 35m.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from La Rochelle Ville to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare de l'Est, Paris Est, and Erfurt Hbf in around 13h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Dresden central station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 22h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dresden Airport via Basel, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Dresden Airport via Basel, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Dresden Airport via Geneva, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–310
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–310
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €48
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €48
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
La Rochelle to Dresden bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
La Rochelle to Dresden train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between La Rochelle to Dresden is 1445 km. It takes approximately 13h 49m to drive from La Rochelle to Dresden.
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