There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to La Rochelle by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane MEL - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
34h 19m€650–1,280Fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane MEL - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
31h 17m€469–1,275Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane MEL - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitierstrain
- Take the train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Villetrain
30h 10m€538–1,183Fly to Poitiers–Biard Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Poitiers–Biard Airport (PIS)plane MEL - PIS
- Take the train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Villetrain
33h 29m€743–2,063Fly to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)plane MEL - RNS
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hubbus
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
33h 39m€709–1,991Fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane MEL - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain
33h 10m€539–1,469Fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane MEL - LRH
30h 49m€520–1,520Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane MEL - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Marne La Vallee Chessytrain
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Poitierstrain
- Take the train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Villetrain
34h 51m€773–1,503
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to La Rochelle is to fly and train which costs €500 - €1200 and takes 30h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to La Rochelle is to fly and train which takes 30h 10m and costs €500 - €1200.
The distance between Melbourne and La Rochelle is 17280 km.
It takes approximately 34h 19m to get from Melbourne to La Rochelle, including transfers.
La Rochelle is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 1:30 AM in Melbourne and 4:30 PM in La Rochelle.
There are 2426+ hotels available in La Rochelle.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and La Rochelle, France?
Etihad and easyJet fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) once a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Abu Dhabi, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Doha, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Doha, Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Abu Dhabi, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dubai, Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Doha, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Doha, Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Doha, Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Doha, Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Dubai, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Doha, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 12m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Abu Dhabi, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Abu Dhabi, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Colombo, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Dubai, Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Doha, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Abu Dhabi, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Doha, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1,000–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Dubai, Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,100–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,100–2,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Delhi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 13m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €410–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Abu Dhabi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Doha, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Abu Dhabi, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Doha, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1,000–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,100–2,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Poitiers–Biard Airport via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €1,100–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Poitiers–Biard Airport via Dubai, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €1,200–3,700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–900
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–800
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Poitiers–Biard Airport via Dubai, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €1,200–3,600
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Poitiers–Biard Airport via Abu Dhabi, Munich, Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,000
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- 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 Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- 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 Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- 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 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 Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- 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 Marne La Vallee Chessy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
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