There are 12 ways to get from Messina to La Rochelle by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or train (Trenitalia, TGV)
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Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane CTA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 22m€102–271Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane CTA - LRH
15h 51m€71–374Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Marne La Vallee Chessytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
22h 5mBus
- Take the bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Bordeauxbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to La Rochellebus 701
33h 50m€136–297Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Messina to Port of Palermocar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to La Rochellecar
34h 56m€280–430Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane CTA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
13h 51m€103–276Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane PMO - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
12h 18m€123–344Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane PMO - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
12h 52m€114–319Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane CTA - ORY
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to La Rochelle Villetrain
11h 2m€185–380Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane PMO - ORY
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to La Rochelle Villetrain
12h 53m€196–403Train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Torino Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saint-Pierre-des-Corpstrain Ter
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
33h 33m€333–600Bus via Annecy
- Take the bus from Messina to Milanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Annecy - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Annecy - Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
39h 25m€156–294
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to La Rochelle is to train and fly which costs €100 - €280 and takes 10h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to La Rochelle is to train and fly which takes 10h 22m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Messina and arriving at La Rochelle via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Bordeaux. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Messina to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Messina Centrale and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Torino Porta Nuova, Torino Porta Susa, Lyon Part Dieu and St Pierre Des Corps. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 33m.
The distance between Messina and La Rochelle is 2026 km.
The best way to get from Messina to La Rochelle without a car is to ferry and train which takes 22h 5m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 22m to get from Messina to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Messina to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Messina station.
Messina to La Rochelle train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Messina Centrale station.
The best way to get from Messina to La Rochelle is to bus which takes 33h 50m and costs €130 - €300. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €330 - €600 and takes 33h 33m.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a bus from Messina to La Rochelle via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Bordeaux in around 33h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Messina Centrale to La Rochelle Ville via Torino Porta Nuova, Torino Porta Susa, Lyon Part Dieu, and St Pierre Des Corps in around 33h 33m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- tunisair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–380
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy Tgv to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Messina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Messina to Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Annecy - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Annecy - Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Messina to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
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