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MANY CROSS BORDER BUS / COACH SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY SUSPENDED
I have no easy means to check or update so please confirm through sources given below. PLEASE CHECK AT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITES.
Évora (pop 57,000) is a very historic city of central Portugal.
It is not in the Algarve - I was visiting! It stands about
226km /140 miles north of Albufeira in the Algarve and about 136km
/ 85 miles east of Lisbon.
If you are not planning to spend time in Lisbon, you will need to
get from the Airport to LISBOA ORIENTE station. This is now very
simple using the Lisbon metro (subway) from the airport station.
Trains run to Oriente station every few minutes from 0630 until
0100 every night. The journey takes about 5 minutes. There is also
city bus 744 to Oriente. City bus details at http://www.carris.pt/
If you are planning to spend time in Lisbon, trains to Évora start
from LISBON ORIENTE station. They also stop at Lisbon Entrecampos
and Lisbon Sete Rios before heading over the bridge and towards
Évora. Check which station is most convenient. All are on the
Lisbon metro and have many bus connections. Check timetables and
buy tickets at www.cp.pt - seat reservations are required
for all trains.
There are currently five trains each weekday, leaving Lisbon
Oriente at 0702, 0902, 1332, 1702 and 1902. At weekends and on public
holidays there are only THREE trains, at 0952, 1702 and 1902.
These trains also call at Entrecampos and Sete Rios stations in Lisbon,
which are nearer the city centre.
Journey time to Évora is about 1 hour 30 minutes. One way ticket
(full price) €16,55 first class, €12,45 second class.
Return trains leave Évora on weekdays at 0706, 0906, 1135, 1657 and
1906, on weekends and holidays at 0906, 1657 and 1906.
Reservations for train trips in Portugal can only be made up to a MAXIMUM of 60 days in advance. You can reserve on line at www.cp.pt and print your own ticket. A big discount is available on many trains for tickets purchased more than 8 days in advance. DO NOT use RailEurope etc as they cannot issue the required seat reservation for which you will pay extra.
You will probably need to make your way from the airport to the SETE RIOS
bus terminal. This is about 3 miles/5km from the airport and is
linked to it by the metro Red line. Take any train to the end of
the line at Săo Sebastiăo, then change to the Blue line for a two
stop ride to Jardim Zoológico station, which is adjacent to Sete
Rios. Trains run every few minutes from 0630 daily. The journey
will take around 25 minutes and cost €2.
There is also a direct bus, Aerobus 2, from the airport to Sete Rios but running only once each hour from
0800 to 1900hrs. Consult the Aerobus website for details. For your bus
options from elsewhere in the city check the city bus website at http://www.carris.pt/
Consult the long distance bus website www.rede-expressos.pt
for Lisbon - Évora times, remember it's LISBOA on the timetable
search. One-way fare is currently €12,50 and the journey takes
about 1hr 45 minutes. There are about 15 journeys every day -
click here for more detail.
In addition to the main service from Sete Rios, there are two direct
journeys every day from Lisbon Oriente bus station, which is much closer
to the airport. Currently (November 2021) these leave at 1500 and
1600hrs. Same website for tickets.
Rede Expressos also covers journeys to Évora from many towns and
cities through Portugal. There are a few direct services from some
Algarve towns eg Faro and Albufeira. Tickets can be bought on line
up to 30 days in advance at the Rede Expressos website www.rede-expressos.pt.
Reservation is strongly advised if planning to travel in either
direction on Friday afternoons and Sunday evenings during the
University and college terms, also around major holidays.
Évora railway station is 10 - 15 minutes walk to the city centre
and hotels. Taxis are available. There are local buses on
weekdays, but there was no timetable information at the bus stop nor on the city bus website.
The bus station (terminal) is a closer to the city centre, in
Avenida Túlio Espanca almost opposite the Vila Galé hotel. Taxis
are available, as well as a number of local bus connections for
which see below. The tourist
office is right in the city centre, at Praça do Giraldo, number
73.
Évora is a walkable city, but some parts are a little hilly! If
you need local buses around the city and immediate suburbs,
consult the local bus company website at http://www.trevo.com.pt/pt/default.html
which is only in Portuguese, or consult my additional information
here.
Évora is at the end of the railway line, so the train does not
give any options apart from getting back to Lisbon. You can, with
a change of train at Pinhal Novo, travel from and back to various
towns in the Algarve, but the number of trains is obviously very
limited.
Évora bus
station at about 10am on a weekday. Not much activity as you can
see! Buses between Évora and neighbouring towns are operated by
Rodoviária do Alentejo. Their buses are white with red panels. Many
routes operate only two or three times a day on weekdays. Most bus
routes do not operate at all at weekends or on public holidays. I
have summarised those few routes that might be of use to visitors here. All routes start at the bus station. Some stop
elsewhere in town depending on destination.The city bus network includes two routes from the main bus station
through the centre. These are Linha Azul Norte and Linha Azul Sud. These
run every 15 minutes from 0800 to 2000 on weekdays, from 0800 to 1400
on Saturdays. There is no service on Saturday afternoons nor all day
Sundays and Holidays. Some buses on Linha Azul Sud run via the railway
station but the information does not say at what times!
The city bus website for all timetables is www.trevo.com.pt - it is only in Portuguese.
A single trip ticket is €1,30 except on Linha Azul (both) where the fare is €1 all day! If staying a while or using the buses more than five times, a ten trip pre pay ticket is €5,20 and a 20 trip ticket €10,40. These are available at the bus station, but not on board.
Évora bus mapIf you have any comments or updates for this page, I will be pleased to receive them by email. For more about Évora as a city, please see this Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Évora
DURING THE CURRENT 'CRISIS' THESE BUS TIMES MAY ALTERED AT VERY SHORT NOTICE.
PLEASE CHECK AT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE TIMES ON THE DATE YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL.
Évora - buses useful to visitors for day trips out. There
are no buses I know of that go to anywhere near the megaliths.
Many routes around Évora operate only once a day, into the city in
the morning and returning in the afternoon. I have not included
these as they are of no value to a visitor based in the city.
All regional buses are operated by Rodoviária do Alentejo -
website www.rodalentejo.pt
only in Portuguese. There is neither a map nor list of
routes. You can search for point to point services between any two
places but if there are none direct, nothing is shown.
For timetables click the link. Buses DO NOT RUN at
weekends and public holidays unless specifically stated.
Some routes have extra buses or run at different times on
SCHOOLDAYS (Periodo Escolar). Check for times around local
holidays as some routes do not operate on Carnaval day (Shrove
Tuesday, which is an unofficial holiday but widely observed) also
some do not run on the Monday after Easter Sunday.
Route numbers are not shown on the buses, only the destination as
below. Timetables are on display at the bus station.
For a simple map showing these routes, click here.
Azaruja for the cork factory (Azaruja is about 10 miles / 16km
from Évora) there are buses from Évora only at 1025 on all
weekdays (weekdays), 1400 (Schooldays) and 1545(on school holidays).
Buses return from Azuraja at 1232 on schooldays and 1805 on
weekdays when schools are closed, 1830 on schooldays.
8076 to Arraiolos and Sabugueiro - two buses each way. Timetable here. For Arraiolos see also 8913 below.
8102 to Reguengos Monsarraz via Montoito - Three buses each way
plus a very early journey on schooldays from Évora http://www.rodalentejo.pt/XlsHtml/e102.pdf
(see also 8902 below)
8104 to Estremoz via Vale Pereiro - three buses each way http://www.rodalentejo.pt/XlsHtml/H104.pdf
8558 to Badajoz- discontinued. See below for
limited alternatives.
8902A to Reguengos Monsarraz and Mourăo via Vendinha - four or five buses
each way, but from Évora there are none before 1300hrs! Service reduiced when schools are closed. http://www.rodalentejo.pt/XlsHtml/e902A.pdf
8902 fast bus to Montemor o Novo - Vendas Novas - Setubal from
Évora at 1015 weekdays only, returning from Setubal at 1200 and1615 http://www.rodalentejo.pt/XlsHtml/H902C.pdf
-see also 8551 above and 8902E below
8902E slow bus to Montemor-O- Novo -
Vendas Novas - Landeira - Setubal Six buses each way to and from Setubal. http://www.rodalentejo.pt/XlsHtml/e902E.pdf More buses
run between Montemor-O-Novo and Évora. All weekend and holiday service
on this route has ceased.
8913 to Arraiolos and Mora - on schooldays three buses each way
Évora <> Arraiolos, one to and from Mora. During School Holidays
two buses and from Arraiolos, one to and from Mora. Timetable here.
8976 to Elvas via Redondo, Borba and Terrugem. Only runs on
Schooldays with a three hour wait in a village called Vila Viçosa. From
Évora at 0815 with arrival in Elvas at 1330. The only bus back from
Elvas is at 1345. Between Évora and Vila Viçosa the bus runs three times
each weekday. Timetable here.
Rede-Expressos also operates four or five daily journeys between Évora and Elvas
but there are no journeys Évora to Elvas between 0015 and 1345.
Operated by
Rede-Expressos http://www.rede-expressos.pt
tickets must be obtained before boarding. Journey time is 1 hour
15 minutes. One way standard fare is €8.00. Discounted tickets may be available.
There are about seven journeys each way every day.
Rede Expressos also has services to other towns, some not served
by Rodoalentejo. Check their website for times and do so carefully
as some require a change en route and some are very infrequent.
Some good news is that a limited local train service between Évora
and Beja has resumed. There are three trains each way on weekdays, one
each way at weekends. Journey time is about 1 hour 15 minutes. Complete
timetable - https://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/horarios/longo-curso/comboios-lisboa-evora-beja.pdf
Although no doubt primarily for operational purposes, this represents an almost doubling of the weekday train service at Évora!
MOST CROSS BORDER BUS SERVICE WAS CANCELLED WHEN THE 'CRISIS' BEGAN AND
HAS NOT BEEN RESTORED.
THERE ARE NO TRAINS FROM ÉVORA INTO SPAIN AND FEW BUSES
PLEASE CHECK AT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITES FOR THE TIMES ON THE EXACT DATE YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL.
FLIXBUS - www.flixbus.com
- have a direct journey Évora to Badajoz at 1210hrs but this does not
run every day. Arrival at Badajoz is at 1435hrs Spanish time. Also, they
do not use Évora bus station as their stop. Times in detail and ticket
purchase at their website. The return journey from Badajoz to Évora is
at 1455 with arrival in Évora at 1520 Portuguese time.
REDE EXPRESSOS ( www.rede-expressos.pt
) has two direct journeys daily between Évora and Badajoz.Tickets are
available at their website or at Évora bus station. NB tickets for the
night journey
must be purchased in advance.
In addition, one train each day crosses the
border between Elvas, Portugal and the Spanish town of Badajoz.
Problem is that Elvas is a long way from Évora, there are no
trains and there are very few buses. Connections are now almost non-existent.
MOST LOCAL BUS SERVICE BETWEEN ÉVORA AND ELVAS IS SUSPENDED
ALL
LOCAL CROSS BORDER BUS SERVICE BETWEEN ELVAS AND BADAJOZ IS SUSPENDED.
It is about 20km (12 miles) between Elvas and Badajoz.
Taxis are avaialble at Elvas Bus Station. I do not know about Badajoz.
The bus and rail stations at Elvas are 3.6km apart. There are no buses and no taxis at Elvas railway station
| Tickets must be purchased before getting on the bus |
TRAINS |
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| These journeys come from Lisbon |
Direct |
Direct | DAILY |
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| Évora leave |
0015 |
1030 |
1345 | 1815 | 2105 | 2330 |
|
| Elvas arrive |
0150 |
↓ | 1500 | 1940 | 2240 | ↓ | |
| Elvas leave |
1300 |
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| Badajoz arrive (Spanish time + 1 hour) | 1230 |
0145 |
1414 |
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| Direct |
Direct |
TRAIN DAILY |
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| Badajoz leave | 0400 | 1445 |
1624 |
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| Elvas arrive (Portuguese time - 1 hour) | ↓ | Schooldays ONLY |
↓ | 1540 |
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| Elvas Leave | ↓ | 0820 | 1300 | 1345 | ↓ | 1830 | --- |
| Évora arrive | 0415 | 1005 | 1425 | 1549 | 1500 |
1945 | --- |
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