There are 12 ways to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle by plane, train, bus, car, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Istanbul Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane IST - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 57m€149–364Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane SAW - LRH
10h 37m€134–604Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
35h 19m€281–511Drive 2,913 km
- Drive from Istanbul to La Rochellecar 2,913 km
28h 51m€534–771Fly Istanbul Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane IST - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 38m€183–379Fly Istanbul Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane IST - LRH
10h 27m€234–804Fly Istanbul Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane IST - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitierstrain
- Take the train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Villetrain
12h 6m€210–477Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane SAW - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
13h 42m€134–404Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane SAW - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle Villetrain
12h 3m€143–399Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Nantesbus
- Take the bus from Nantes to La Rochellebus 701
45h 22m€197–302Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Belgrade bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
2d 1h€141–249Night train, bus, train
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Bordeauxbus
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain Ter
2d 15h€315–489
Istanbul to La Rochelle by bus, foot, train, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle is to bus via Belgrade which costs €140 - €250 and takes 2 days 1h.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 10h 27m and costs €230 - €850.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at La Rochelle via Munich central bus station and Nantes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 22m.
The distance between Istanbul and La Rochelle is 2662 km. The road distance is 2913 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle without a car is to bus and train which takes 35h 19m and costs €280 - €550.
It takes approximately 10h 57m to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Istanbul to La Rochelle bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to La Rochelle is to fly which takes 10h 37m and costs €130 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €190 - €310 and takes 45h 22m.
Istanbul to La Rochelle bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
La Rochelle is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 9:13 AM in Istanbul and 7:13 AM in La Rochelle.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and La Rochelle, France?
Pegasus Airlines, Ryanair, and Jet2.com fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Istanbul to La Rochelle via Munich central bus station and Nantes in around 45h 22m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Istanbul Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from Istanbul Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Istanbul Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Istanbul Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
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 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 Nantes to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- 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
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- 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 Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- 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
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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 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
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €270–400
- 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
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kamil Koç
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Belgrade bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Schedules at
- Kamil Koç
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Belgrade bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €34
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- [email protected]
- Website
- Fudeks
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Fudeks
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