There are 8 ways to get from La Rochelle to Portpatrick by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
best- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LRH - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraertrain
12h 6m£99–288Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Dublin Airport, bus, car ferry
cheapest- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane LRH - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryancarferry
13h 41m£64–479Train, bus
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Port Rodiebus 923
28h 54m£137–412Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from La Rochelle to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Portpatrickcar
15h 21mFly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LRH - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraertrain
12h 36m£149–405Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane NTE - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraertrain
13h 28m£131–337Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NTE - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraertrain
12h 52m£143–349Drive, car ferry
- Drive from La Rochelle to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
- Drive from Poole to Portpatrickcar
18h 4m£187–577
La Rochelle to Portpatrick by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Portpatrick is to fly and bus and car ferry which costs £60 - £480 and takes 13h 41m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Portpatrick is to fly and train which takes 12h 6m and costs £95 - £290.
The distance between La Rochelle and Portpatrick is 794 miles.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Portpatrick without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 54m and costs £130 - £420.
It takes approximately 12h 6m to get from La Rochelle to Portpatrick, including transfers.
Portpatrick is 1h behind La Rochelle. It is currently 6:50 AM in La Rochelle and 5:50 AM in Portpatrick.
There are 192+ hotels available in Portpatrick.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Portpatrick, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from La Rochelle to Portpatrick. However, you can take the line 1 bus to Aéroport, walk to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) airport, fly to Glasgow Airport (GLA), walk to Terminal Building, take the line 757 bus to Brick Lane, walk to Paisley Gilmour Street, take the train to Ayr, take the train to Stranraer, walk to Port Rodie, then take the line 367 bus to Post Office. Alternatively, you can take a train from La Rochelle Ville to Post Office via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Quai de la Gare, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria, Buchanan Bus Station, and Port Rodie in around 28h 54m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–410
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Stranraer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
- £75–130
- 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
- £55–150
- 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
- £22–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Port Rodie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–36
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £149
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–330
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £45–85
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–330
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