There are 11 ways to get from Lübeck to La Rochelle by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, train, plane, train (TGV), 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
best- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
13h 53m€358–662Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lübeck central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 173 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N71 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
20h 54m€115–193Drive 1,410.9 km
- Drive from Lübeck to La Rochellecar 1,410.9 km
13h 2m€225–325Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane HAM - LRH
17h 5m€215–415Train via Duisburg
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Central Station to Duisburg Central Stationtrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
15h 18m€340–584Train #2
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Paris-Esttrain Trn
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
20h 30m€256–436Drive, car train
- Drive from Lübeck to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Frankfurtcartrain
- Drive from Frankfurt to La Rochellecar
16h 29m€258–368Fly Lübeck Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Fly from Lübeck Airport (LBC) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane LBC - LRH
41h 28m€185–656Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane HAM - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 13m€134–410Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane HAM - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
11h 36m€145–375Train, train to Bremen Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BRE - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 27m€171–471
Lübeck to La Rochelle by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lübeck to La Rochelle is to bus which costs €110 - €200 and takes 20h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Lübeck to La Rochelle is to train and fly which takes 10h 13m and costs €130 - €410.
No, there is no direct bus from Lübeck station to La Rochelle station. However, there are services departing from Lübeck central train station and arriving at La Rochelle - Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 54m.
No, there is no direct train from Lübeck to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Lübeck Hbf and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Gare du Nord and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 53m.
The distance between Lübeck and La Rochelle is 1494 km. The road distance is 1410.9 km.
The best way to get from Lübeck to La Rochelle without a car is to train which takes 13h 53m and costs €350 - €700.
It takes approximately 13h 53m to get from Lübeck to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Lübeck to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lübeck central train station.
Lübeck to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Lübeck Hbf station.
The best way to get from Lübeck to La Rochelle is to train which takes 13h 53m and costs €350 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €200 and takes 20h 54m, you could also fly, which costs €180 - €700 and takes 41h 28m.
What companies run services between Lübeck, Germany and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Lübeck Hbf to La Rochelle Ville via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 13h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lübeck central train station to La Rochelle - Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 20h 54m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Frankfurt, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Hamburg Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Dusseldorf, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Hamburg Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Zurich, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lübeck Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Palma Mallorca, Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 47m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–700
Flights from Lübeck Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted, Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Bremen Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €190–320
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- 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 Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hamburg Central Station to Duisburg Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Paris-Est
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lübeck central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Lübeck to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Lübeck to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lübeck to La Rochelle is 1411 km. It takes approximately 13h 2m to drive from Lübeck to La Rochelle.
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