Cheap Flights to La Rochelle (LRH) from UK Airports

La Rochelle Cheapest Fares

The lowest fare found to La Rochelle (LRH) was £102 with EasyJet. The fares shown here are the lowest flight prices to La Rochelle obtained in actual searches by Just The Flight customers. To search and book flights to La Rochelle in 2024 and 2025, please enter your requirements and click the search button above.

Useful Information about La Rochelle

• Usually the month offering the lowest fares is August with an average ticket costing £259

• The best fare found on Just the Flight departing from the UK was £77 leaving the week of 21 Aug 2016

• The nearest airports to La Rochelle include Nantes approximately 70 miles and Bordeaux around 96 miles away

• Airlines which offer the cheapest fares to La Rochelle include Air Europa, British Airways and British Airways with the most popular being Air Europa

• La Rochelle's time zone is 1 hours difference from the UK

• Passengers staying for 7 days and travelling on a Thursday tend to find the best fares to La Rochelle

Bastille Day in La Rochelle, France

Bastille Day is a national holiday celebrating French independence with numerous annual festivals, including the event in La Rochelle, France. Bastille Day is on July 14th every year commemorating the 1790’s Fete de la Federation in which the storming of the Bastille occurred. Numerous celebrations, such as military parades, balls, concerts, and fireworks mark the event throughout the country.

Bastille Day in La Rochelle, France, begins at dusk and is free to anyone including holidaymakers from the UK. The evening starts with numerous activities in the streets, such as food markets and live music. As the sky darkens, the city prepares for fireworks to be displayed over the sea at La Rochelle’s port.

The celebration marks the end of the French monarchy that allowed the French Republic to start. People destroyed King Louis XVI and the Bastille. The Bastille was a French Prison that still stands today and is open to tourists. The Bastille was a symbol of rejection for absolutism and the fact that there was a common desire among the people for a better life, even the right for self determination.

In 1880, the 14th of July was declared a national holiday and is now celebrated in La Rochelle, Paris, and many other French cities and towns. The Champs Elysées hosts the only military parade. The destination of La Rochelle is in the western region of France on the Bay of Biscay. The port is worthy of seeing during the day before the Bastille Day Festival begins.