There are 10 ways to get from La Rochelle to Varna by train, plane, bus, car, shuttle, 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 to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Varna Airport
best- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BOD - VAR
15h 26m$211–471Bus via Ghent
cheapest- Take the bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Ghent Dampoortbus 802 / ...
- Take the bus from Ghent to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Varna Central Bus Stationbus
35h 55m$137–238Train, bus via Bratislava
- 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 train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava-Petrzalkatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Varnabus
34h 23m$448–841Drive 2,808.8 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Varnacar 2,808.8 km
28h 46m$503–727Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LRH - VAR
23h 28m$199–616Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Burgas Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane NTE - BOJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Varna
14h 40m$235–612Train, bus
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Varnabus
36h 22m$392–690Train, bus #2
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Stationbus
44h 50m$379–589Bus
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Nantesbus 701
- Take the bus from Nantes to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Varnabus 984
2d 5h$263–470Drive, 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 Varnacar
29h 55m$588–831
La Rochelle to Varna by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Varna is to bus via Ghent which costs $130 - $240 and takes 35h 55m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Varna is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 14h 40m and costs $230 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle station to Varna station. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle - Bus Station and arriving at Varna Central Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Ghent, Bd. Garii Obor and Bucharest Horoscop Hotel. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 55m.
The distance between La Rochelle and Varna is 2492 km. The road distance is 2808.8 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Varna without a car is to train and bus via Bratislava which takes 34h 23m and costs $440 - $850.
It takes approximately 15h 26m to get from La Rochelle to Varna, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Varna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from La Rochelle station.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Varna is to fly which takes 23h 28m and costs $190 - $650. Alternatively, you can bus via Ghent, which costs $130 - $240 and takes 35h 55m.
La Rochelle to Varna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nantes station.
Varna is 1h ahead of La Rochelle. It is currently 7:28 PM in La Rochelle and 8:28 PM in Varna.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Varna, Bulgaria?
Ryanair, Wizz Air, and two other airlines fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Varna Airport (VAR) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Ghent, Bucharest Obor, Bd. Garii Obor, Piata Unirii 2, and Bucharest Horoscop Hotel in around 35h 55m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport via Geneva, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport via Lyon, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport via Marseille, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–490
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport via Marseille, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Burgas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Varna Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Varna Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Varna Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–320
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Burgas Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Burgas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Varna Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
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 Bordeaux Saint-Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- 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
- $80–200
- 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
- 5 times a day
- 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
- +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
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–310
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $220–350
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–65
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava-Petrzalka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $60–95
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- 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 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
Bus from Buchurest to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Sunny Beach to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nantes to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $230–410
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Ghent to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- pegasusbg.com
Bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://pegasusbg.com/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $153
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–200
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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