There are 12 ways to get from Palermo to La Rochelle by plane, train, ferry, car ferry, car, bus, or train (Trenitalia, TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane PMO - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
9h 20m€62–242Train, ferry
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- 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 Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux to Nantestrain
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain Ter
27h 55mCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to La Rochellecar
32h 31m€213–364Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo 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
39h 15m€124–342Fly Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane PMO - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
8h 47m€96–252Fly Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane PMO - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 4m€130–381Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane CTA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 48m€87–356Fly Palermo Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane PMO - LRH
9h 29m€234–485Fly Palermo Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane PMO - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillotbus
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain
11h 20m€135–527Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Poitierstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Villetrain Ter
28h 38m€222–717Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Bordeauxbus
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain Ter
39h 37m€124–319Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
41h 35m€105–304
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to La Rochelle is to fly and train which costs €60 - €250 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to La Rochelle is to fly and train which takes 8h 47m and costs €95 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at La Rochelle via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Bordeaux. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Palermo to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Palermo Centrale and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Roma Termini, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, Massy Tgv and Poitiers. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 38m.
The distance between Palermo and La Rochelle is 1602 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to La Rochelle without a car is to train and ferry which takes 27h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 20m to get from Palermo to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Palermo to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to La Rochelle train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Palermo to La Rochelle is to bus which takes 39h 15m and costs €120 - €350. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €230 - €490 and takes 9h 29m, you could also train, which costs €220 - €750 and takes 28h 38m.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a bus from Palermo to La Rochelle via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Bordeaux in around 39h 15m. Alternatively, Ryanair flies from Palermo Airport (PMO) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) once a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–480
Flights from Palermo Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Palermo Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
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 Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- 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 Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €70–110
- Rail 1st Class
- €110–160
Train from Massy Tgv to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- Rail 1st Class
- €35–55
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €110–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy Tgv to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillot
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- 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
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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Palermo to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
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