The information has been obtained from printed
timetables and other local sources (like taking the bus) and is
given in good faith.
Operated by VAMUS
For direct service between Loulé and Faro, click
here
For direct service between São Bras de Alportel and Faro, click here.
BUSES DO NOT RUN ON THESE ROUTES ON SATURDAYS SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS WEEKDAY SERVICE ONLY! MFO - bus runs Mondays to Fridays (weekdays) only except holidays SCH - bus runs on SCHOOLDAYS only |
 |
| The one
way traffic system in São Bras de Alportel requires buses from the west and south to go around the ring road before entering the town proper. |
São Bras bus
stop in Rua Jõao Luouro near town centre. The new bus station is on the edge of town Most of the old bus station area was converted to a car park! |
A change of bus is needed at Montes
Novos.
*** during school holidays these places only have a bus on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
| Days of operation |
MFO |
MFO |
MFO |
MFO |
MFO | MFO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |
From Faro |
24 |
to Faro |
24 |
24 |
||
| São
Bras de Alportel |
0930 |
1815 |
1915 |
Vaqueiros*** |
0605 |
--- |
--- |
| Almargens |
↓ | ↓ | 1919 |
Martin
Longo *** |
0612 | --- |
--- |
| Alportel |
0935 |
1820 |
1924 |
Cachopo
*** |
0650 | --- |
--- |
| Barranco
Velho |
--- |
1840 |
--- |
Montes Novos | 0715 | --- |
--- |
| Montes
Novos |
--- |
1912 |
--- |
Barranco Velho | 0725 | --- |
--- |
| Cachopo
*** |
--- |
1940 |
--- |
Alportel | 0745 | 0935 |
1925 |
| Martin
Longo *** |
--- |
2018 |
--- |
Almargens | ↓ | 0940 |
↓ |
| Vaqueiros *** |
--- |
2025 |
--- |
São Bras de Alportel | 0750 | 0944 |
130 |
There is a bus MFO From Ameixal at 0655
then at 0727 from Barranco Velho to Loulé with a return journey
at 1810.
There are connections with bus 61 at Barranco Velho.
The 1815 from São Bras waits at
Barranco Velho from 1840 to 1902. For times Ameixal - Loulé,
click here.
There is one bus a day MFO between Cachopo and Tavira;
click here for details
SCH
- bus runs on schooldays only
| Days of operation |
MFO |
MFO |
SCH |
MFO |
MFO |
MFO |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| São Bras de Alportel |
0830 |
1745 |
Loulé Bus Terminal |
0730 |
0900 |
1815 |
from |
| São Romao (x) |
0837 |
1752 |
Fonte de Apra |
0744 |
0914 |
1829 |
Faro |
| Ceu |
0839 |
1754 |
Ceu |
0746 |
0916 |
1831 |
(65) |
| Fonte de Apra |
0841 |
1756 |
São Romao (x) |
0748 |
0918 |
1833 |
1941 |
| Loulé Bus Terminal |
0855 |
1810 |
São Bras de Alportel |
0755 |
0925 |
1840 |
1951 |
(x) this stop is on the main road about 500
metres from the village centre.
Note 1 - there is a very limited service (currently one
bus each week!) between São Bras de Alportel and Tavira - see
below for details
Note 2 - there are buses from São Romão village to Faro at 0730
and 1445 on weekdays; return journeys from Faro at 1400 and 1900.
These buses via run via Bordeira and Estoi.
Click here
for a map of Loulé centre showing the bus stops. Will open in a
new window.
Check carefully for
which days the buses operate. A scenic ride but come back a
different way!
MON - Mondays only TTF - Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays only
MFO -
Mondays to Fridays (weekdays) only SCH - Schooldays
only
The 0715 bus from Santa Catarina, the 1355 and 1800 buses from
Tavira run via Tavira railway station. The others do not.
(As a curiosity, what possible use is a bus service that runs once
a week offering exactly no time at the destination?)
| days of operation |
MON |
TTF |
MFO |
SCH | MFO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavira
Bus Station |
0850 |
0850 |
1355 |
1800 | 1845 |
| Prego |
0900 |
0900 |
1405 |
1810 |
1855 |
| Santa
Catarina |
0910 |
0910 |
1415 | 1820 | 1905 |
| São Bras
de Alportel |
0930 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| days of operation |
MFO |
TTF |
MON |
MFO |
SCH |
| São Bras
de Alportel |
--- |
--- |
0930 |
--- |
--- |
| Santa Catarina |
0715 |
0915 |
0950 |
1420 |
1820 |
| Prego |
0725 |
0925 |
1000 |
1430 |
1830 |
| Tavira
Bus Station |
0735 |
0935 |
1010 |
1440 |
1840 |
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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