There are 12 ways to get from Riga to La Rochelle by plane, bus, train, train (TGV), car, or car train
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Fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane RIX - LRH
8h 51m€95–340Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
32h 45m€415–788Train
- Take the train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Vilniustrain 12
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain Ic
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
38h 24m€467–922Drive 2,627.9 km
- Drive from Riga to La Rochellecar 2,627.9 km
26h 40m€408–590Fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane RIX - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 48m€114–303Fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane RIX - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
11h 44m€133–313Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane RIX - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 56m€208–383Fly to Poitiers–Biard Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Poitiers–Biard Airport (PIS)plane RIX - PIS
- Take the train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Villetrain
16h 58m€136–368Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
38h 30m€331–590Bus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Magdeburgbus
- Take the bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
39h 49m€197–356Bus via Elbląg
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Elblągbus 900 / ...
- Take the bus from ELBLĄG, Dworzec PKS, Plac Dworcowy to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39bus
- Take the bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to NANTES, Gare SNCF Sud, Hotel Mercurebus
- Take the bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
47h 20m€219–524Drive, car train
- Drive from Riga to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationcartrain
- Drive from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to La Rochellecar
34h 48m€422–601
Riga to La Rochelle by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to La Rochelle is to fly and train which costs €110 - €310 and takes 10h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 8h 51m and costs €95 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga to La Rochelle station. However, there are services departing from Rīga and arriving at La Rochelle - Bus Station via Magdeburg central bus station and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Riga to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Rīgas Centrālā stacija and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Krakow Glowny, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 24m.
The distance between Riga and La Rochelle is 2108 km. The road distance is 2627.9 km.
The best way to get from Riga to La Rochelle without a car is to bus and train via Berlin which takes 32h 45m and costs €410 - €800.
It takes approximately 8h 51m to get from Riga to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Riga to La Rochelle bus services, operated by Ecolines, depart from Rīga station.
Riga to La Rochelle train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Rīgas Centrālā stacija station.
The best way to get from Riga to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 8h 51m and costs €95 - €340. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €460 - €950 and takes 38h 24m, you could also bus, which costs €190 - €360 and takes 39h 49m.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and La Rochelle, France?
Ryanair flies from Riga International Airport (RIX) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to La Rochelle Ville via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Kraków Główny, Krakow Glowny, Berlin Gesundbrunnen, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, and Strasbourg in around 38h 24m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Riga International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Poitiers–Biard Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Riga International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Riga International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Riga International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €190–310
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
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 Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- 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
- €30–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lüneburg to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Rīga to Magdeburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–75
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Book at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Elbląg
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from ELBLĄG, Dworzec PKS, Plac Dworcowy to SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to NANTES, Gare SNCF Sud, Hotel Mercure
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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More Questions & Answers
Riga to La Rochelle bus services, operated by Ecolines, arrive at Magdeburg station.
La Rochelle is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 8:42 AM in Riga and 7:42 AM in La Rochelle.
Riga to La Rochelle train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Vilnius station.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to La Rochelle is 2628 km. It takes approximately 26h 40m to drive from Riga to La Rochelle.
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