Bus timetable Faro - Almancil - Quarteira - Vilamoura - Albufeira - Armação de Pera - Lagoa - Portimão

The information has been obtained from printed timetables and other local sources (like taking the bus) and is given in good faith.

Bus service from 23rd June 2022 until further notice. Much of the weekend bus service remains suspended.
The route / line number may not always be shown on the front of the bus!

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ - THIS TIMETABLE SHOWS ALL BUSES BETWEEN FARO AND LAGOA ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT ROUTES.
FOR A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE BUSES BETWEEN MAIN TOWNS ONLY, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
This timetable also shows the buses that run through to Portimão and Lagos. There is an irregular local bus service daily from Portimão to Lagos, via different route.
A LIST OF THE OTHER BUSES IS AT THE END OF THIS TIMETABLE

MOST OF THE BUSES ON THESE ROUTES DO NOT RUN AT WEEKENDS OR ON HOLIDAYS
CHECK CAREFULLY FOR THE DAYS ON WHICH BUSES RUN.

51 - 'Linha Litoral' - Albufeira - Lagos fast bus. Stops only at the places shown in the timetable plus Portimão Hospital
52 - EVA Cliffs Line Zoomarine - Armação de Pêra - Carvoeiro - Ferragudo - Portimão - Praia da Rocha - Alvor runs until 31st October times in full here
56 - 'Aerobus' Faro - Lagos via the airport. Stops only at the places shown and HIGHER FARES are charged - download timetable here.
57 Faro - Lagos 'TRANSRAPIDO' bus - Stops only at the places shown in the timetable plus some other locations in the city of Faro and at Portimão Hospital
about 5 minutes after Portimão itself.

9D and 66D - DIRECTA interurban semi-fast bus Faro to Albufeira via Quarteira and Vilamoura. Misses some stops. Details here

TICKETS - IF BOARDING AT A BUS TERMINAL YOU MUST BUY YOUR TICKET AT THE TICKET WINDOW BEFORE GETTING ON THE BUS.
ALLOW A FEW MINUTES FOR THIS ESPECIALLY AT FARO. OTHERWISE BUY YOUR TICKET FROM THE DRIVER AS USUAL

Faro > Almancil > Quarteira > Vilamoura > Albufeira > Armação de Pera > Lagoa > Portimão > Lagos

Mornings

Daily - bus runs daily including holidays
MFO - bus runs Mondays to Fridays (weekdays) only, except holidays
SSH - bus runs on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays only

NOTE - Click the letter in the left hand column for extra information about these stopping places

NOTE	Route / LIne number	13	13	9	51	8	10	14	52	8	9	51	57	66D	52	13	9	56	57	14	80	52	66	56
	Days of Operation	MFO	Daily	Daily	MFO	Daily	Daily	MFO	Daily	Daily	MFO	Daily	MFO	MFO	Daily	MFO	Daily	Daily	MFO	Daily	Daily	Daily	MFO	Daily
A	FARO BUS TERMINAL	---	---	0630	---	---	0700	---	---	---	0735	---	0815	0800	---	---	0815	0915	0930	---	---	---	0930	1100
	FARO AIRPORT (pick up only)	---	---	↓	----	---	↓	---	---	---	↓	---	↓	↓	---	---	↓	0930	↓	---	---	---	↓	1115
B	Forum Algarve Shopping Centre	---	---	0633	---	---	0703	---	---	---	0738	---	0830	0803	---	---	0818	↓	0945	---	---	---	0933	↓
	Almancil	---	---	0652	---	---	via	---	---	from	0757	---	↓	0817	---	---	0837	↓	↓	---	---	---	0952	↓
	Quarteira Bus Terminal	---	---	0712	---	from	Loulé	---	---	Rocha	0817	---	non	0835	---	---	0857	non	non	---	---	---	1012	non
N	Vilamoura Praia da Marina	---	---	0717	---	Falésia	↓	---	---	Baixinha	0822	---	↓	0840	---	---	0902	↓	↓	---	---	---	1017	↓
C	Olhos De Água	---	---	0742	---	0810	↓	---	---	0845	0847	---	stop	0900	---	---	0927	↓	↓	---	---	---	1042	↓
	Balaia	---	---	0747	---	0812	↓	---	---	0847	0852	---	↓	0905	---	---	0931	stop	stop	---	---	---	1046	stop
	Oura (Estrada de Sta Eulalia)	---	---	0750	---	0814	↓	---	---	0849	0855	---	↓	0908	---	---	0935	↓	↓	---	---	---	1050	↓
D	Areias São João	---	---	0753		0816	↓	---	---	0851	0858	---	↓	0911	---	---	0938	↓	↓	---	---	---	1053	↓
E	Albufeira Shopping (Continente)	---	---	0756	---	0818	0828	---	---	0853	0901	---	↓	0914	---	--	0941	↓	↓	---	---	---	1056	↓
F	ALBUFEIRA BUS TERMINAL	---	0730	0800	0800	0820	0830	0845	---	0855	0905	0910	0910	0918	---	0930	0945	1010	1025	1100	---	---	1100	1155
G	Algarve Shopping	---	↓	---	0810	---	---	0858	---	---	---	0920	0924	---	---	↓	---	↓	1039	1111	---	---	---	↓
	Guia Rotunda/Roundabout	---	↓	---	0811	---	---	0859	---	---	---	0921	0925	---	---	↓	---	↓	1040	1114	---	---	---	↓
	Zoomarine	---	↓	---	0814	---	---	0902	---	---	---	0924	0928	---	---	↓	---	↓	1043	1117	---	1100	---	↓
Z	Albufeira Avenida do Ténis (for old town)	---	0735	---	↓	---	---	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	---	---	0935	---	↓	↓	↓	---	↓	---	↓
	Vale de Parra	---	0742	---	↓	---	---	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	---	---	0942	---	↓	↓	↓	---	↓	---	↓
	Pêra (N125 main road)	0715	0748	---	↓	---	---	0904	---	---	---	↓	↓	---	---	0948	---	↓	↓	1119	---	1102	---	↓
	Alcantarilha	0717	0750	---	0817	---	---	0905	0900	---	---	0927	↓	---	---	0950	---	↓	↓	1120	---	1103	---	↓
H	Armação de Pêra	0725	0758	---	0822	---	---	0910	0903	---	---	0932	0935	---	---	0958	---	↓	1050	1125	---	1106	---	↓
	Alcantarilha	↓	↓	---	↓	---	---	0915	↓	---	---	↓	↓	---	---		---	↓	↓	1130	--	↓	---	↓
	Senhora da Rocha Crossroads	0729	0802	---	0825	---	---	↓	0907	---	---	0935	non	---	---	1002	---	non	↓	↓	---	1110	---	non
	Alporchinhos/Pestana Viking Hotel	0733	0806	---	↓	---	---	↓	0911	---	---	↓	↓	---	---	1006	---	↓	↓	↓	---	1114	---	↓
	Senhora da Rocha Crossroads	0737	0810	---	0825	---	---	↓	0915	---	---	0935	stop	---	---	1008	---	stop	↓	↓	---	1118	---	stop
J	Porches	0742	0815	---	0828	---	---	0921	0920	---	---	0938	↓	---	---	1015	---	↓	↓	1136	---	1123	---	↓
	LAGOA BUS TERMINAL	0750	0823	---	0836	---	---	0930	Carvoeiro	---	---	0946	0950	---	Route	1023	---	1040	1105	1145	---	Carvoeiro	---	1225
K	Portimão Bus Terminal Rua Abicada	↓	↓	---	↓	---	---	↓	Ferragudo	---	---	↓	↓	---	52	↓	---	1055	↓	↓	---	Ferragudo	---	1240
K	PORTIMÃO Avenida Guanaré	0810	0843	---	0851	---	---	0950	1037	---	---	1001	1005	---	1037	1043	---	↓	1120	1205	1210	1240	---	↓
L	Praia da Rocha (Clube Praia da Rocha)	---	---	---	0856	---	---	---	1042	---	---	1006	↓	---	1042	---	---	↓	↓	very	↓	1245	---	↓
	Torralta near Hotel Delfim	---	---	---	0904	---	---	---	1048	---	---	1014	↓	---	1048	---	---	non	non	risky	↓	1251	---	non
	Torralta Hotel Dom João II	---	---	---	0907	---	---	---	1050	---	---	1017	↓	---	1050	---	---	↓	↓	!!!	↓	1253	---	↓
M	Alvor Roundabout	---	---	---	0912	---	---	---	1054	---	---	1022	↓	---	1054	---	---	stop	stop	---	↓	1257	---	stop
	Penina Hotel	---	---	---	0918	---	---	---	---	---	---	1028	↓	---	---	---	---	↓	↓	---	1220	---	---	↓
	LAGOS BUS TERMINAL	---	---	---	0935	---	---	---	---	---	---	1045	1045	---	---	---	---	1125	1150	---	1250	---	---	1310

TIMETABLE NOTES - AT THE BOTTOM

Faro > Almancil > Quarteira > Vilamoura > Albufeira > Armação de Pera > Lagoa > Portimão > Lagos

Afternoons

NOTE	Route / LIne number	51	9	56	56	13	52	57	13	9	51	8	80	56	52	9	13	57	9	51	56	52	57	57
	Days of Operation	Daily	MFO	Daily	MFO	MFO	Daily	Daily	Daily	Daily	MFO	Daily	Daily	Daily	Daily	MFO	MFO	MFO	Daily	MFO	Daily	Daily	MFO	SSH
A	FARO BUS TERMINAL	---	1045	1100	1130	---	---	1230	---	1215	---	---	---	1400	---	1335	---	1430	1430	---	1545	---	1600	1605
	FARO AIRPORT (pick up only)	---	↓	1115	1155	---	---	↓	---	↓	---	---	---	1415	---	↓	---	↓	↓	---	1600	---	↓	↓
B	Forum Algarve Shopping Centre	---	1048	↓	↓	---	---	1245	---	1218	---	---	---	↓	---	1338	---	1445	1433	---	↓	---	1615	1620
	Almancil	---	1107	↓	↓		---	↓	---	1237	---	from	---	↓	---	1357	---	↓	1452	---	↓	---	↓	↓
	Quarteira Bus Terminal	---	1127	non	non		---	non	---	1257	---	Rocha	---	non	---	1417	---	non	1512	---	non	---	non	non
N	Vilamoura Praia da Marina	---	1132	↓	↓	---	---	↓	---	1302	---	Baixinha	---	↓	---	1422	---	↓	1517	---	↓	---	↓	↓
C	Olhos De Água	---	1157	↓	↓	---	---	↓	---	1327	---	1420	---	↓	---	1447	---	stop	1542	---	↓	---	↓	↓
	Balaia	---	1202	stop	stop	---	---	stop	---	1332	---	1422	---	stop	---	1452	---	↓	1547	---	stop	---	stop	stop
	Oura (Estrada de Sta Eulalia)	---	1205	↓	↓	---	---	↓	---	1335	---	1426	---	↓	---	1455	---	↓	1550	---	↓	---	↓	↓
D	Areias São João	---	1208	↓	↓	---	---	↓	---	1338	---	1428	---	↓	---	1458	---	↓	1553	---	↓	---	↓	↓
E	Albufeira Shopping (Continente)	---	1211	↓	↓	---	---	↓	---	1341	---	1431	---	↓	--	1501	---	↓	1555	---	↓	---	↓	↓
F	ALBUFEIRA BUS TERMINAL	1200	1215	1155	1235	1245	---	1325	1345	1345	1415	1435	---	1455	---	1505	1515	1525	1600	1615	1640	---	1655	1700
G	Algarve Shopping	1210	---	↓	↓	↓	---	1339	↓	---	1425	---	---	↓	---	---	↓	1539		1625	↓	---	1709	1714
	Guia Rotunda/Roundabout	1211	---	↓	↓	↓	---	1340	↓	---	1427	---	----	↓	---	---	↓	1540	---	1626	↓	---	1710	1715
	Zoomarine	1214	---	non	non	↓	1300	1343	↓	---	1429	---	---	non	1500	---	↓	1543	---	1629	non	1700	1713	1718
Z	Albufeira Avenida do Ténis (for old town)	↓	---	stop	stop	1250	↓	↓	1350	---	↓	---	---	stop	↓	---	1520	↓	---	↓	stop	↓	↓	↓
	Vale de Parra	↓	---	↓	↓	1257	↓	↓	1358	---	↓	---	---	↓	↓	---	1527	↓	---	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
	Pêra (N125 main road)	↓	---	↓	↓	1303	1502	↓	1405	---	↓	---	---	↓	1502	---	1533	↓	---	↓	↓	1702	↓	↓
	Alcantarilha	1217	---	↓	↓	1305	1303	↓	1407	---	1432	---	---	↓	1503	---	1535	↓	---	1632	↓	1703	↓	↓
H	Armação de Pêra	1222	---	↓	↓	1313	1306	1350	1415	---	1437	---	---	↓	1506	---	1543	1550	---	1637	↓	1706	1720	1725
	Alcantarilha	↓	---	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	---	↓	---	---	↓	↓	---	↓	↓	---	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
	Senhora da Rocha Crossroads	1225	---	↓	↓	1317	1310	↓	1419	---	1440	---	---	↓	1510	---	1547	↓	---	1640	↓	1710	↓	↓
	Alporchinhos/Pestana Viking Hotel	↓	---	↓	↓	1321	1314	↓	1423	---	↓	---	---	↓	1514	---	1551	↓	---	↓	↓	1714	↓	↓
	Senhora da Rocha Crossroads	1225	---	↓	↓	1325	1318	↓	1427	---	1440	---	---	↓	1518	---	1555	↓	---	1640	↓	1718	↓	↓
J	Porches	1228	---	↓	↓	1330	1323	↓	1432	---	1443	---	---	↓	1523	---	1600	↓	---	1643	↓	1723	↓	↓
	LAGOA BUS TERMINAL	1236	---	1225	1305	1338	Carvoeiro	1405	1440	---	1451	---	---	1525	Carvoeiro	---	1608	1605	Route	1651	1710	Carvoeiro	↓	↓
K	Portimão Bus Terminal Rua Abicada	↓	---	1240	1320	↓	Ferragudo	↓	↓	---	↓	---	---	1540	Ferragudo	---	↓	↓	52	↓	1725	Ferragudo	↓	↓
K	PORTIMÃO Avenida Guanaré	1251	---	↓	↓	1358	1440	1415	1500	---	1506	---	1545	↓	1640	---	1628	1620	1640	1706	↓	1840	1745	1750
L	Praia da Rocha (Clube Praia da Rocha)	1256	---	↓	↓	---	1445	↓	---	---	1511	---	↓	↓	1645	---	---	↓	1645	1711	↓	1845	↓	↓
	Torralta near Hotel Delfim	1304	---	non	non	---	1451	non	---	---	1519	---	↓	non	1651	---	---	non	1651	1719	non	1851	non	non
	Torralta Hotel Dom João II	1307	---	↓	↓	---	1453	↓	---	---	1522	---	↓	↓	1653	---	---	↓	1653	1722	↓	1853	↓	↓
M	Alvor Roundabout	1312	---	stop	stop	---	1457	stop	---	---	1527	---	↓	stop	1657	---	---	stop	1657	1727	stop	1857	stop	stop
	Penina Hotel	1318	---	↓	↓	---	---	↓	---	---	1533	---	1555	↓	---	---	---	↓	---	1733	↓	---	↓	↓
	LAGOS BUS TERMINAL	1335	---	1310	1350	---	---	1440	---	---	1550	---	1625	1610	---	---	---	1650	---	1750	1755	---	1810	1815

TIMETABLE NOTES - AT THE BOTTOM

Faro > Almancil > Quarteira > Vilamoura > Albufeira > Armação de Pera > Lagoa > Portimão > Lagos

Evenings - times of two late trains are shown for your convenience

NOTE	Route / LIne number	66	8	52	51	9	13	57	9	8	13	56	14	9	9	9	57	TRAIN	TRAIN
	Days of Operation	MFO	MFO	Daily	Daily	MFO	MFO	MFO	Daily	Daily	MFO	Daily	MFO	MFO	MFO	Daily	MFO	Daily	Daily
A	FARO BUS TERMINAL	1545	---	---	---	1630	---	1730	1700	---	---	1800	---	1815	1845	1915	1940	1922	2050
	FARO AIRPORT (pick up only)	↓	---	---	---	↓	---	↓	↓	---	---	1815	---	↓	↓	↓	2000	↓	↓
B	Forum Algarve Shopping Centre	1548	---	---	---	1633	---	1745	1703	---	---	↓	---	1818	1848	1918	1955	↓	↓
	Almancil	1607	From	---	---	1652	---	↓	1722	From	---	↓	---	1837	1907	1937	↓	1935	2103
	Quarteira Bus Terminal	1627	Rocha	----	----	1707	---	non	1737	Rocha	---	non		1857	1920	1957	non	↓	↓
N	Vilamoura Praia da Marina	1632	Baixinha	---	---	---	---	↓	1742	Baixinha	---	↓	---	1902	QE	2002	↓	↓	↓
C	Olhos De Água	1657	1710	---	---	---	---	↓	1807	1815	---	↓	---	1927	---	2027	stop	↓	↓
	Balaia	1702	1712	---	---	---	---	stop	1812	1817	---	stop	---	1932	---	2032	↓	↓	↓
	Oura (Estrada de Sta Eulalia)	1705	1714	---	---	---	---	↓	1815	1819	---	↓	---	1935	---	2035	↓	↓	↓
D	Areias São João	1708	1716	---	---	---	---	↓	1818	1821	---	↓	---	1938	---	2038	↓	↓	↓
E	Albufeira Shopping (Continente)	1712	1718	---	---	---	---	↓	1821	1823	---	↓	---	1940	---	2041	↓	TRAIN	TRAIN
F	ALBUFEIRA BUS TERMINAL	1715	1720	---	1800	---	1800	1825	1825	1825	1845	1905	1910	1945	---	2045	2040	2001	2123
G	Algarve Shopping	---	---	---	1810	---	↓	1839	---	---	↓	↓	1923	---	---	---	2054	TRAIN	TRAIN
	Guia Rotunda/Roundabout	---	---	---	1811	---	↓	1840	---	---	↓	↓	1924	---	---	---	2055	↓	↓
	Zoomarine	---	---	1700	1814	---	↓	1843	---	---	↓	↓	1927	---	---	---	2058	↓	↓
Z	Albufeira Avenida do Ténis (for old town)	---	---	↓	↓	---	1805	↓	---	---	1850	↓	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	↓
	Vale de Parra	---	---	↓	↓	---	1812	↓	---	---	1857	↓	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	↓
	Pêra (Centro/Village Centre)	---	---	1702	↓	---	1818	↓	---	---	1903	non	1929	---	---	---	↓	↓	↓
	Alcantarilha	---	---	1703	1817	---	1820	↓	---	---	1905	stop	1930	---	---	---	↓	↓	↓
H	Armação de Pêra	---	---	1706	1822	---	1828	1850	---	---	1913	↓	1935	---	---	---	2105	↓	↓
	Alcantarilha	---	---	↓	↓	---	↓	↓	---	---	---	↓	1940	---	---	---	↓	↓	↓
	Senhora da Rocha Crossroads	---	---	1710	1825	---	1832	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	↓
	Alporchinhos/Pestana Viking Hotel	---	---	1714	↓	---	1836	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	↓
	Senhora da Rocha Crossroads	---	---	1718	1825	---	1840	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	---	---	---	↓	↓	↓
J	Porches	---	---	1723	1828	---	1849	↓	---	---	---	↓	1946	---	---	---	↓	↓	↓
	LAGOA BUS TERMINAL	---	---	Carvoeiro	1830	---	1853	1905	---	---	---	1935	1955	---	---	---	2120	TRAIN	TRAIN
K	Portimão Bus Terminal Rua Abicada	---	---	Ferragudo	↓		↓	↓	---	---	---	1950	↓	---	---	---	2130	↓	↓
K	PORTIMÃO Avenida Guanaré	---	---	1840	1851	---	1913	1920	---	---	---	↓	2015	---	---	---	2140	2051	2204
L	Praia da Rocha (Clube Praia da Rocha)	---	---	1845	1856	---	---	↓	---	---	---	↓	---	---	---	---	---	TRAIN	TRAIN
	Torralta near Hotel Delfim	---	---	1851	1904	---	---	non	---	---	---	non	---	---	---	---	---	↓	↓
	Torralta Hotel Dom João II	---	---	1853	1907	---	---	↓	---	---	---	↓	---	---	---	---	---	↓	↓
M	Alvor Roundabout	---	---	1857	1912	---	---	stop	---	---	---	stop	---	---	---	---	---	↓	↓
	Penina Hotel	---	---	---	1918	---	---	↓	---	---	---	↓	---	---	---	---	---	↓	↓
	LAGOS BUS TERMINAL	---	---	---	1935	---	---	1950	---	---	---	2020	---	---	---	---	---	2110	2222

TIMETABLE NOTES

FOR BUSES IN THE OTHER DIRECTION PLEASE CLICK HERE
Connection information and last buses from Portimão
Last buses Portimão to Praia da Rocha at 1938 and 2008 daily. Later buses every 30 minutes until 2330 in July and August
Last buses Portimão - Torralta - Alvor 1915 and 1945 weekdays, 1900 and 1930 weekends and Holidays.
No later buses, even in summer. Details
2001 train arrival - Albufeira railway station is 4 miles / 6km from the town. There are buses at 2000, 2030 and in summer at 2130hrs but only as far the main bus station.
There are no connections in winter for any other destination. Trains run via Loulé and Silves but the stations there are a long way from town. Train times here

Please also read the general notes about buses along the coast here and about the Algarve bus system in general here. This might save you some problems.
QE - runs via Quatros Estradas at 1911

OTHER BUSES ALONG THE COAST/LES AUTRES LIGNES LITTORAL/ANDERE BUSSE/OUTROS AUTOCARROS AO LONGO DA COSTA

Rocha Baixinha - Falésia - Olhos D'Agua - Albufeira, very irregular. Times here
Silves - Pera - Alcantarilha - Armação de Pera very irregular service. Times here
Lagoa - Portimão via Estombar - irregular, daily, until 2010. Times here.
Portimão to Praia da Rocha - Local minibus route 33 every 30 minutes daily - information here
Portimão - Penina - Local minibus route 11 no service at weekends - information here
Portimão - Alvor direct (weekdays only) or daily via Torralta and Praia do Vau. Local minibus routes 13, 14 and 1P- information here
Portimão - Lagos via Penina and Odiáxere - very irregular and infrequent service. Times here

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Mornings

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Afternoons

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Evenings - times of two late trains are shown for your convenience

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