There are 9 ways to get from Vienna to La Rochelle by plane, train, train (TGV), bus, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane VIE - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 46m€109–382Train
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
16h 47m€300–538Bus
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Nantesbus 1923
- Take the bus from Nantes to La Rochellebus FlixBus N1136 / ...
27h 37m€162–242Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
20h 35m€201–487Fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane VIE - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 21m€115–347Fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane VIE - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 2m€199–486Fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane VIE - LRH
7h 6m€115–357Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane VIE - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitierstrain
- Take the train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 40m€171–390Drive 1,544.7 km
- Drive from Vienna to La Rochellecar 1,544.7 km
17h 16m€283–409
Vienna to La Rochelle by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to La Rochelle is to fly and train which costs €110 - €350 and takes 10h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 7h 6m and costs €110 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Vienna to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) and arriving at La Rochelle via Nantes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Vienna to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Wien Westbahnhof and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Salzburg Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 47m.
The distance between Vienna and La Rochelle is 1571 km. The road distance is 1544.7 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to La Rochelle without a car is to train which takes 16h 47m and costs €300 - €550.
It takes approximately 9h 46m to get from Vienna to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Vienna to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) station.
Vienna to La Rochelle train services, operated by WESTbahn Gmbh, depart from Wien Westbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Vienna to La Rochelle is to train which takes 16h 47m and costs €300 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €160 - €250 and takes 27h 37m, you could also fly, which costs €110 - €360 and takes 7h 6m.
What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Wien Westbahnhof to La Rochelle Ville via Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf, Paris Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 16h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to La Rochelle via Nantes in around 27h 37m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
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 Nantes to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–150
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–110
- Seating Carriage
- €60–75
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Vienna to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nantes station.
Vienna to La Rochelle train services, operated by WESTbahn Gmbh, arrive at Salzburg Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Vienna to La Rochelle is 1545 km. It takes approximately 17h 16m to drive from Vienna to La Rochelle.
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