The information has been obtained from personal
use (like taking the bus) and is given in good faith.
There is NO officially published timetable.
Operated by EVA under contract to Albufeira
Council
Buses run every day including holidays.
Summer timetable applies 1st June to 30th
September
Diagram of Albufeira's bus routes here
Times are approximate but based on personal use - no
timetables are shown at the bus stops nor is one published!
See also route Linha Vermelha Giro 2 which runs between the
Terminal and the old town via the Dolphins. Click here for details.
Route diagram showing all the stops -
except there is NO LONGER A STOP at CLUBE OLEANDRO.
Click the GIRO logo for a map of town with all routes and stops -
external links.
All stops are REQUEST STOPS - ring the bell to get off. To print
the timetable - click here use
landscape setting.
GIRO bus stops,
routes and times are now shown on Google Maps - but a warning!
Many of the times shown on Google are WRONG by up to 10 minutes.
Also, last buses are up to 30 MINUTES EARLIER than Google states
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There is no direct service from the Old Town to
Camping Albufeira. You can go the long way around via the Bus
Terminal.
Alternatively, you can take the Linha Vermelha
2 from the Avenida Liberdade at 20 or 50 minutes past the
hour,
get off at the first stop at the Centro de Saúde, cross the road
to the opposite stop and pick up Linha Laranja there. Approx. 15
minutes wait.
TIMETABLE
NOTES
¶ the stop is right outside the entrance NOT the one on the main
road.
Camping Albufeira is also served by the Linha
Laranja that runs between Albufeira Bus Terminal,
Ferreiras and the Albufeira Railway station.
Linha Laranja buses stop up on the main road.
+ stop is in the Avenida do Ténis by the roundabout. According
to both official maps buses do not stop here on the way to Páteo
but I can assure you they do!
++ close to Merlin's Bar and Vila Recife; short walk down into
old town centre.
§ - the stop is at the roundabout at the bottom of the hill at
the entrance to the industrial estate.
# ’Dolphins’ Roundabout, 200 metres/yards from Encosta da Orada.
Páteo, Cerro da Águia and Vale Santa Maria are
also stops for the Albufeira - Guia - Messines buses. Times here.
For a list of all the timetables on the site,
click here
For an alphabetical list of places in the Algarve, click here
For some important general notes about buses in the Algarve, click
here
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