There are 11 ways to get from La Rochelle to Dresden by train (TGV), bus, train, night train, car, 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 via Paris
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 14m€279–1,095Bus
cheapest- 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 5m€125–219Train, night train
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Karlsruhe Hbf to Dresden Hbfnighttrain En
16h 21m€323–605Drive 1,444.7 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Dresdencar 1,444.7 km
13h 48m€224–323Train
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Poitierstrain Ter
- Take the train from Poitiers to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
14h 20m€309–758Train 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
8h 47m€153–498Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane BOD - DRS
10h 50m€167–393Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LRH - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
9h 24m€130–462Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LRH - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
15h 11m€136–466Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BOD - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
10h 8m€133–406Train 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 57m€129–365
La Rochelle to Dresden by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Dresden is to bus which costs €120 - €220 and takes 22h 5m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 8h 47m and costs €150 - €500.
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 5m.
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 14m.
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 via Paris which takes 13h 14m and costs €270 - €1100.
It takes approximately 13h 14m 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 via Paris which takes 13h 14m and costs €270 - €1100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €220 and takes 22h 5m.
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 14m. 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 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €160–310
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–390
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–1,400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €190–300
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Poitiers to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact 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 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- 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
- €160–750
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- 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
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- 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
- +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
- €35–55
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- 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
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
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 48m to drive from La Rochelle to Dresden.
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