There are 9 ways to get from Vigo to La Rochelle by bus, plane, train, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), 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.
Bus to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Vigo to Portobus
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane OPO - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
8h 48m€75–369Bus
- Take the bus from Vigo to Bordeauxbus FlixBus 783
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to La Rochellebus FlixBus N711 / ...
17h 35m€106–158Train
- Take the train from Vigo Urzaiz to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Narbonnetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Narbonne to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain Ter
18h 50m€256–566Drive 1,137.2 km
- Drive from Vigo to La Rochellecar 1,137.2 km
11h 32m€186–268Fly Vigo to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Vigo (VGO) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane VGO - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
9h 47m€118–539Fly Vigo to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Vigo (VGO) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane VGO - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 49m€129–364Bus to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the bus from Vigo to Portobus
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane OPO - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 50m€86–324Train to Santiago De Compostela Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Vigo Urzaiz to Santiago De Compostelatrain
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane SCQ - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 17m€119–501Bus via A Cañiza
- Take the bus from Vigo Estación Intermodal to A Cañiza - Bar Piri Piribus
- Take the bus from A Cañiza to Bordeauxbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
18h 50m€81–121
Vigo to La Rochelle by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Vigo to La Rochelle is to bus via A Cañiza which costs €80 - €130 and takes 18h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Vigo to La Rochelle is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 48m and costs €75 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Vigo to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Vigo and arriving at La Rochelle via Bordeaux. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Vigo to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Vigo Urzaiz and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, Narbonne and Bordeaux St Jean. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 50m.
The distance between Vigo and La Rochelle is 1198 km. The road distance is 1137.2 km.
The best way to get from Vigo to La Rochelle without a car is to bus which takes 17h 35m and costs €100 - €160.
It takes approximately 8h 48m to get from Vigo to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Vigo to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vigo station.
Vigo to La Rochelle train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Vigo Urzaiz station.
The best way to get from Vigo to La Rochelle is to bus which takes 17h 35m and costs €100 - €160. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €250 - €600 and takes 18h 50m.
What companies run services between Vigo, Spain and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a bus from Vigo to La Rochelle via Bordeaux in around 17h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Vigo Urzaiz to La Rochelle Ville via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, Narbonne, and Bordeaux St Jean in around 18h 50m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Vigo to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Vigo to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Vigo to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–470
Flights from Vigo to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Vigo to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Vigo to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Vigo to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–470
Flights from Vigo to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Vigo to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–170
Flights from Vigo to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Narbonne to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Vigo Urzaiz to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Vigo Urzaiz to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Vigo Urzaiz to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Vigo Urzaiz to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vigo to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +34 (0) 986 288 030
- autna@autna.com
- Website
- Autna S.L.
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- Autna S.L.
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- Autna S.L.
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- info@monbus.es
- Website
- Monbus
Bus from Vigo Estación Intermodal to A Cañiza - Bar Piri Piri
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5
- Website
- Monbus
- Phone
- (+34) 988 225 288
- anpian@anpian.com
- Website
- anpian.com
Bus from A Cañiza to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Schedules at
- anpian.com
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Vigo to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bordeaux station.
Vigo to La Rochelle train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Vigo to La Rochelle is 1137 km. It takes approximately 11h 32m to drive from Vigo to La Rochelle.
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