There are 12 ways to get from Sicily to La Rochelle by plane, train, train (Trenitalia, TGV), car ferry, car, 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 Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane PMO - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
8h 41m€101–293Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane CTA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
8h 18m€87–249Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- 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
28h 23m€356–761Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to La Rochellecar
32h 39m€246–381Bus
- 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
40h 10m€142–301Fly Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane PMO - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
9h 18m€89–278Fly Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane CIY - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 47m€226–359Fly Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane CIY - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
11h 14m€144–324Fly Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane PMO - ORY
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 19m€168–402Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane CTA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
12h 35m€95–274Car 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
41h 7m€189–341Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Milano, San Donato M3bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lyon - Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
41h 13m€130–233
Sicily to La Rochelle by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to La Rochelle is to fly and train which costs €85 - €250 and takes 8h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to La Rochelle is to fly and train which takes 8h 18m and costs €85 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at La Rochelle via Palermo, Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Bordeaux. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Sicily to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Palermo Notarbartolo and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Palermo Centrale, Roma Termini, Torino Porta Susa and Marne La Vallee Chessy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 23m.
The distance between Sicily and La Rochelle is 1778 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to La Rochelle without a car is to train which takes 28h 23m and costs €350 - €800.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from Sicily to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Sicily to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Sicily to La Rochelle train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Sicily to La Rochelle is to train which takes 28h 23m and costs €350 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €310 and takes 40h 10m.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Palermo Notarbartolo to La Rochelle Ville via Palermo Centrale, Roma Termini, Torino Porta Susa, and Marne La Vallee Chessy in around 28h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piazza Boiardo to La Rochelle via Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna, Palermo, Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station, and Bordeaux in around 40h 10m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
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 Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Verona, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lille Lesquin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Milan Linate, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- 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
- €75–170
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 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- 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 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- 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 Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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
- €130–220
- 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
- €95–160
- 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
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- 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
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Milano, San Donato M3
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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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Sicily to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
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