There are 10 ways to get from La Rochelle to Sofia by train, bus, car, plane, or car 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, bus via Trieste
best- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Marne La Vallee Chessytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofiabus
30h 52m$397–697Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
cheapest- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LRH - SOF
20h 54m$99–344Drive 2,374.2 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Sofiacar 2,374.2 km
23h 48m$426–615Train, bus
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
34h 40m$290–583Bus
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Toulousebus FlixBus N1136 / ...
- Take the bus from Toulouse to Sofiabus
42h 11m$151–222Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Nisbus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
2d 1h$352–631Drive, car train
- Drive from La Rochelle to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
24h 58m$508–711Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NTE - SOF
9h 59m$103–406Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BOD - SOF
11h 32m$115–333Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CDG - SOF
9h 15m$203–397
La Rochelle to Sofia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Sofia is to bus which costs $150 - $230 and takes 42h 11m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 9h 15m and costs $200 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle to Sofia. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle and arriving at Sofia via Toulouse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 11m.
The distance between La Rochelle and Sofia is 2765 km. The road distance is 2374.2 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Trieste which takes 30h 52m and costs $390 - $700.
It takes approximately 30h 52m to get from La Rochelle to Sofia, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from La Rochelle station.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Sofia is to fly which takes 20h 54m and costs $95 - $350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $150 - $230 and takes 42h 11m.
La Rochelle to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Toulouse station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of La Rochelle. It is currently 8:28 AM in La Rochelle and 9:28 AM in Sofia.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Ryanair and easyJet fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from La Rochelle to Sofia via Toulouse in around 42h 11m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 23m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–360
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $95–350
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Sofia Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Sofia Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–350
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–420
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Sofia Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–900
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- 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
- $100–170
- 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
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- 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
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
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
- $75–190
- 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
- $29–75
- 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 Bordeaux Saint-Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- 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
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- 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/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from La Rochelle to Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Toulouse to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Nis
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $280–500
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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