There are 11 ways to get from La Rochelle to Pula by train, plane, shuttle, car ferry, bus, car, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
best- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane NTE - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
10h 32m€108–607Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BOD - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
11h 12m€81–565Train, car ferry
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy - Palaiseau to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Pulacarferry
19h 55m€260–634Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain Ter
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Venice - Tronchetto Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Pulacarferry
26h 38m€169–222Drive 1,508.9 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Pulacar 1,508.9 km
15h 59m€230–331Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LRH - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
10h 9m€143–683Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane BOD - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
13h 58m€113–495Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train, shuttle
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane NTE - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Stazione Mestre to Pula railway Stattion
13h 47m€154–749Train, night train
- 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 night train from Muenchen Hbf to Villach Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Pulatrain
23h 47m€172–568Bus
- Take the bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Venice - Mestre Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Venice Mestre Central Train Station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
27h 15m€100–170Bus via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Bordeauxbus 701
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus 419
36h 20m€95–188
La Rochelle to Pula by train, bus, foot, and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Pula is to bus which costs €100 - €170 and takes 27h 15m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Pula is to fly and shuttle which takes 10h 9m and costs €140 - €700.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle station to Pula. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle - Bus Station and arriving at Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor via Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop and Venice Mestre Central Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from La Rochelle to Pula. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle Ville and arriving at Pula via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Est, Muenchen Hbf, Villach Hbf and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 47m.
The distance between La Rochelle and Pula is 1544 km. The road distance is 1508.9 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Pula without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 19h 55m and costs €260 - €650.
It takes approximately 10h 32m to get from La Rochelle to Pula, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Pula bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from La Rochelle - Bus Station.
La Rochelle to Pula train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from La Rochelle Ville station.
La Rochelle to Pula bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop station.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Pula, Croatia?
You can take a bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor via Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop, Venice - Mestre Bus Station, and Venice Mestre Central Train Station in around 27h 15m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–95
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €21–110
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
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 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Massy - Palaiseau to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €70–110
- Rail 1st Class
- €110–160
Train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- 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
- €90–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy - Palaiseau to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Massy - Palaiseau to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–150
- Seating Carriage
- €35–50
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Ljubljana to Pula
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–390
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €210–390
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €32–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €32–36
- Private
- €100–200
Shuttle from Stazione Mestre to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €41–410
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €41–44
- Private
- €220–410
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Venice - Tronchetto Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Venice - Mestre Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- + 385 (0)52 383 000
- fils@fils.hr
- Website
- fils.hr
Bus from Venice Mestre Central Train Station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Schedules at
- fils.hr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from La Rochelle to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Pula
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €79
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
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La Rochelle to Pula train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
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