There are 10 ways to get from Parma to La Rochelle by train (Trenitalia, TGV), bus, car, shuttle, plane, or 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 Parma to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Fr
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
13h 10m€201–321Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Parma to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane MXP - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
9h 48m€94–266Bus
- Take the bus from Parma to Milano - Autostazione Terminal Bus Di Lampugnanobus 36
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
20h 43m€96–170Drive 1,083.6 km
- Drive from Parma to La Rochellecar 1,083.6 km
12h 30m€205–296Shuttle to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Parma to Milano Linate airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane LIN - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 36m€279–596Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Parma to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saint-Pierre-des-Corpstrain
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
15h 41m€193–318Train, bus
- Take the train from Parma to Bresciatrain R8
- Take the bus from Brescia to Bordeauxbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to La Rochellebus 701
24h 43m€132–203Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Parma to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane MXP - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 14m€98–301Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Parma to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BLQ - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 44m€106–278Train, train to Pisa International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Parma to La Spezia Centraletrain
- Take the train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centraletrain
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane PSA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle Villetrain
11h 14m€98–353
Parma to La Rochelle by train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Parma to La Rochelle is to bus which costs €95 - €170 and takes 20h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Parma to La Rochelle is to train and fly which takes 9h 14m and costs €95 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Parma to La Rochelle station. However, there are services departing from Parma and arriving at La Rochelle - Bus Station via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 43m.
No, there is no direct train from Parma to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Parma and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Milano Centrale, Quai de la Gare and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 10m.
The distance between Parma and La Rochelle is 1461 km. The road distance is 1083.6 km.
The best way to get from Parma to La Rochelle without a car is to train which takes 13h 10m and costs €200 - €330.
It takes approximately 13h 10m to get from Parma to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Parma to La Rochelle bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Parma station.
Parma to La Rochelle train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Parma station.
The best way to get from Parma to La Rochelle is to train which takes 13h 10m and costs €200 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €170 and takes 20h 43m.
What companies run services between Parma, Italy and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Parma to La Rochelle Ville via Milano Centrale, Paris Gare De Lyon, Quai de la Gare, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 13h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Parma to La Rochelle - Bus Station via Milano - Autostazione Terminal Bus Di Lampugnano, Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, and Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop in around 20h 43m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–310
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Parma to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Parma to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Parma to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Parma to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Parma to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Parma to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Parma to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Parma to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Parma to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Parma to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Parma to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Parma to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact 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 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Parma to Brescia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Parma to Milano - Autostazione Terminal Bus Di Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Parma to Milano - Autostazione Terminal Bus Di Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brescia to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Parma to Milano Linate airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- GoOpti
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Booking & Getting There
Parma to La Rochelle bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Milano - Autostazione Terminal Bus Di Lampugnano station.
Parma to La Rochelle train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Parma to La Rochelle is 1084 km. It takes approximately 12h 30m to drive from Parma to La Rochelle.
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