NORMAL or DIRECTA between Albufeira, Vilamoura and Faro
There are only two buses each way at weekends. In Albufeira these stop only at the main bus station. Times here. Tickets are available via the VAMUS app.
Also, bus 56 (Aerobus) runs direct between Albufeira and Faro via the airport twice daily during winter, six times daily in summer.
Higher fares are charged on route 56. Times here.
Some buses on routes 9 and 66 between Albufeira
and Faro are classed 'Directa'. These miss out some stops on the
outskirts of Faro and also in Vilamoura. The 'D' is sometimes
not shown on the front of the bus.
These are ordinary inter-urban buses that takes
slightly different routes. They all stop in Ohos D'Agua,
Vilamoura, Quarteira and Almancil. If boarding at a bus station,
you buy your ticket at the bus station ticket office if it's
open. Otherwise pay the driver when boarding.
Here's how to tell them apart and also at which
places the DIRECTA does not stop. All this applies for
buses in both directions.
DIRECTA buses may carry a small RED sign in the window; NORMAL buses a small BLUE one, in addition to the destination information.
The DIRECTA
buses between Faro and Albufeira do not stop at many of
the stops served by the NORMAL
buses. That’s why they are a bit quicker. If the DIRECTA
timetable is not shown at your bus stop, assume that it
does NOT stop there.
DIRECTA
buses do not run
on Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays.
Some NORMAL buses run
daily, many do not.
The official timetable for these two routes can be downloaded at http://eva-bus.com/pdf/9.pdf - my combined versions eastbound and westbound.
For times of the faster Transrápido buses
between Albufeira and Faro, please click here
or for a copy of the official timetable click here.
In Albufeira, after having left the Bus
Station, NORMAL
buses stop at the Escola Secundaria (Secondary School) by the
bridge; DIRECTA
buses do not. All buses stop outside the Continente / Modelo
shopping centre, at Areias São João (the 'strip) and on
the Estrada de Santa Eulalia near the tourist office and the
'Little Britain' café / bar.
Map showing those stops is here
DIRECTA
buses also miss some of the stops along the road between Balaia
and Olhos D'Agua - map here which will
open in a new window. Do check carefully.
Between Olhos da Agua and Vilamoura the
DIRECTA buses run non-stop
between the 'Canas' stop and the Aldeia do Mar (Rua do Sol) in
Vilamoura.
In Vilamoura, NORMAL
buses stop along the Caminho do Golfe (Aldeia do Golfe) and
along the Avenida do Parque and at Navegantes; DIRECTA buses do not.
The bus stops in Vilamoura show only the NORMAL timetable where the DIRECTA does not stop.
All buses stop at the Aldeia do Mar (Rua do Sol) and the
Vilamoura Praia da Marina. DIRECTA
buses then run non stop to Quarteira Bus Station. Between
Quarteira Bus Station and Almancil DIRECTA buses run non-stop.
Near Faro, NORMAL buses leave the N125 and go into
Patacão; DIRECTA
buses do not.
All these 'rules' apply equally for journeys towards Albufeira
Back to the eastbound
coastal timetable
Back to the westbound coastal
timetable
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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