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 Rochelle Villetrain
8h 45m€95–422Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
28h 20m€349–684Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to La Rochellecar
31h 29m€281–421Bus via Florence
- 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€236–365Fly 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 Rochelle Villetrain
10h 46m€173–683Fly 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 St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 4m€96–257Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane CTA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelle Villetrain
8h 18m€100–291Fly Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane PMO - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 50m€175–436Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane CTA - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain
9h 33m€155–355Fly 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 St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain
8h 30m€169–638Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Bordeauxbus
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Villetrain Ter
39h 29m€226–351Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to METZ - Gare Routierebus
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
2d 1h€343–506
Sicily to La Rochelle by train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to La Rochelle is to fly and train which costs €100 - €300 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 €100 - €300.
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.
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, Quai de la Gare and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 20m.
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 20m and costs €340 - €700.
It takes approximately 8h 45m 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 20m and costs €340 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus via Florence, which costs €230 - €370 and takes 40h.
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, Paris Gare De Lyon, Quai de la Gare, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 28h 20m. 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.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–440
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Palermo Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Milan Linate, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
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 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
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 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 Bordeaux St Jean to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–200
- 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
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Genoa to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to METZ - Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €280–390
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Booking & Getting There
Sicily to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Sicily to La Rochelle train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Roma Termini station.
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