These highlighted
routes have little or no service at weekends and public
holidays
|
LOCAL
(URBAN) BUSES IN THE LARGER CITIES AND TOWNS
Albufeira Faro (incl. Airport) Lagos Loulé
Portimão Tavira
THESE ARE SEPARATE FROM THE INTER-URBAN BUSES BELOW DIFFERENT TICKETS ARE
NEEDED.
All buses are operated by Vamus Algarve except :
PROXIMO or Via Faro (Faro city buses), GIRO (Albufeira
town bus), A Onda (Lagos town bus), Vai e Vem-
Portimão local buses
|
|
Route / Line
Number |
|
|
Route / Line
Number |
|
Faro - Airport - Albufeira -
Lagoa - Portimão - Lagos summary of main bus
services
|
|
|
Lagoa -
Carvoeiro - Praia do Carvalho
|
107 |
|
Lagos - Portimão - Lagoa -
Albufeira - Airport - Faro summary of main bus
services
|
|
|
Lagoa - Benagil and Praia da Marina
two buses each way
|
77 |
|
Algarve - Huelva - Seville (Spain)
|
|
|
Lagoa - Portimão local buses
|
80 |
|
Faro
- Faro Airport and other buses at the airport
|
Proximo 16 |
|
Lagoa - Portimão - Lagos fast buses
|
51, 56, 57 |
|
Faro - Loulé via Mar Shopping and
IKEA
|
10, 59, 68 |
|
Lagoa - Armação de Pêra - Guia -
Albufeira - (Vilamoura) - Faro
|
various |
|
Faro
- Olhão - Tavira - Monte Gordo - Vila Real de Santo
António
|
63, 66, 67 |
|
Lagoa - Portimão summary of
all buses
|
|
| Faro - Estoi - São Bras de Alportel |
33, 61, 65 |
|
Lagoa - Sesmarias - Praia dos Caneiros -
Ferragudo - Portimão
|
110 |
Faro - Olhão - Alfandanga -
Moncarapacho
|
62 |
|
Armação de Pera - Silves weekdays
only in winter, daily in summer
|
31 |
|
Faro - Pechão
|
64 |
|
Armação de Pera - Alcantarilha
Estação schooldays only |
29 |
|
Faro - Lisbon summary of coach
/ long distance bus service
|
|
|
Armação de Pera - Albufeira -
Vilamoura - Faro
|
51, 57 |
|
Faro connections and city buses
(summary)
|
|
|
Armação de Pera - Lagoa -
Portimão - Lagos
|
51, 57 |
Airport - Albufeira - Lagoa - Portimão -
Lagos Aerobus
|
56 |
|
|
|
|
Vila Real de Santo António - Tavira -
Olhão - Faro
|
66, 67 |
|
|
|
| Vila Real de Santo António -
Castro Marim - Azinhal and beyond to Alcoutim |
32, 34, 73,
119 |
|
Portimão
- Lagoa - Albufeira - (Vilamoura) - Faro
|
51, 56, 57 |
Vila Real de Santo António - Monte Gordo
also Alagoa and Altura
|
43, 66, 67, 96
|
|
Portimão - Lagos fast buses
|
51, 56, 57 |
|
Vila Real de Santo António - Ayamonte
(Spain) ferry
|
|
|
Portimão -
Lagos local (slow) buses |
80 |
(Praia)
Alagoa - Altura - Castro Marim weekdays only
|
1 |
|
Portimão - Airport Aerobus
|
56 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Olhão summary of local connections to
Moncarapacho etc
includes passenger ferries
to outlying islands
|
|
|
Portimão - Monchique
|
94 |
Olhão - Mar Shopping - Loulé direct
|
68 |
|
Portimão - Ferragudo - Praia dos
Canieros - Sesmarias - Lagoa
|
110 |
Olhão - Faro - Gambelas
(University)
|
69
|
|
|
|
| São Bras
de Alportel - local services to Loulé, also nearby
villages |
various
|
|
Portimão - Montes da Cima via
Algarve Autodromo - weekdays only
|
Vai e Vem 21 |
|
São Bras de Alportel - Santa
Catarina - Tavira
(only one bus each week runs between São Bras de
Alportel and Santa Catarina.)
|
121 |
|
Portimão - Lagoa - Silves - São
Bartolomeu Messines
|
113 |
|
|
|
Portimão city local services incl.
buses to Praia da Rocha, Praia do Vau and Alvor
|
various |
|
Tavira - Olhão - Faro; also to Monte
Gordo - Vila Real de Santo António
|
66, 67 |
|
Portimão - Lagoa summary of
all buses
|
various
|
| Tavira -
Santa Luzia - Pedras d’el Rei and other nearby
villages |
40, 41, 49, 105 |
|
Portimão - Lisbon summary of coach /
long distance service
|
|
|
Tavira - Cabanas and ferries
ferry daily, no buses at weekends or holidays
|
41 |
|
|
|
|
Tavira - Cachopo
one bus each way weekdays
|
42
|
|
Vila do Bispo - Carrapateira - Aljezur
(two buses per week)
|
22 |
|
Tavira
- Santa Caterina - São Bras de Alportel
(only one bus each week runs between Santa Catarina and
São Bras de Alportel)
|
121 |
|
Aljezur -
Vale da Telha - Arrifana - Aljezur Schooldays only
|
47 |
|
|
|
Lagos
- Portimão - Lagoa - Albufeira - (Vilamoura) - Faro
|
51, 56, 57
|
|
Albufeira
local GIRO bus service information
|
|
|
Lagos
- Portimão local buses
|
80 |
|
Albufeira connections
(summary)
|
|
|
Lagos - Sagres - Cape St
Vincent
|
47
|
Albufeira - Airport Aerobus
|
56 |
|
Lagos - Airport Aerobus |
56
|
|
Albufeira - Vilamoura - Quarteira
- Almancil - Faro
|
9 |
|
Lagos - Bensafrim - Aljezur -
Odeciexe
|
79 |
|
Albufeira - Guia - Armação de Pera -
Lagoa - Portimão - Lagos
|
57 |
|
Lagos - Colinas Verdes
|
A Onda 8 |
|
Albufeira - Loulé and Mar Shopping
via Boliqueime
|
10 |
|
Lagos - Bensafrim - Lagos Zoo - Barão
São Miguel
|
A Onda 6 |
|
Albufeira
- Olhos D'Agua - Falesia - Rocha Baixinha
|
Giro 6
|
|
Lagos - Meia Praia trains and buses
|
|
|
Albufeira - Guia - Algoz - São
Bartolomeu Messines
|
28 |
|
Lagos urban area local services
including Praia da Luz and Burgau
|
|
|
Albufeira
- Ferreiras - Albufeira Railway Station Bus
Station - Railway station via Fontainhas (quicker)
|
Giro 5
and 11
|
|
Lagos - Lisbon summary of coach / long
distance bus service
|
|
|
Albufeira Railway Station Bus/train
connections summary
|
|
|
|
|
|
Albufeira - Branqueira -
Vale Navio
|
Giro 1
|
|
São Bartolomeu de Messines - Silves -
Lagoa - Portimão
|
113 |
|
Albufeira - Tunes, Silves, Paderne
and São Bartolomeu Messines
|
4 |
|
São Bartolomeu de Messines - São
Marcos da Serra and Foz de Ribeiro
|
117 |
|
Albufeira
- São Rafael - Galé - Salgados - Vale De Parra - Guia
|
Giro 8
|
|
São Bartolomeu de Messines - Paderne
- Ferreiras - Albufeira
|
4 |
|
Albufeira
town bus services (GIRO) summary and links to
timetables and maps
|
|
|
São Bartolomeu de Messines - Algoz -
Guia - Albufeira
|
28 |
Albufeira -
Carvoeiro - NO direct bus, reasonable connections
via Lagoa
available only on weekdays, plus a couple at the weekend
in summer.
|
|
|
São Bartolomeu de Messines - Alte
- Benafim - Parragil - Loulé |
83, 89 |
Albufeira - Lisbon summary of coach /
long distance bus service
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Silves -
Albufeira via Algoz and Ferreiras
|
4
|
| Quarteira - Almancil - Faro |
9 |
|
Silves -
Armaçao de Pera no weekend or holiday service in winter
|
31
|
Quarteira - Almancil - Mar Shopping
|
2 |
|
Silves - Lagoa
- Portimão
|
113
|
Quarteira - Vilamoura - Albufeira
|
9 |
|
Silves - Silves Railway Station
|
113 |
Quarteira - Loulé via Aquashow Park
|
87
|
|
Silves - São
Bartolomeu de Messines |
113
|
Quarteira -
Aquashow - University only when University is open
Runs to the airport during the summer
|
55
|
|
|
|
|
Loulé - Albufeira via Fonte da
Boliqueime
|
10 |
|
Vilamoura - Albufeira
|
9, 66
|
|
Loulé -
Faro via IKEA and Mar Shopping
|
10, 59, 68 |
|
Vilamoura -
Quarteira - Aquashow Park - University only when
University is open
|
55
|
Loulé - Mar
Shopping and Gambelas (University) weekdays only
|
118 |
|
Vilamoura - Quarteira - Aquashow Park -
Airport only in summer
|
55
|
|
Loulé - Quarteira via Aquashow Park
|
87 |
|
|
|
|
Loulé - Almancil - Vale de Lobo
weekdays only
|
85 |
|
VAMUS ALGARVE TRANSPORT ON DEMAND
|
|
|
Loulé - São Bras de Alportel weekdays
only
|
90 |
|
Transport on demand buses
run between very rural areas and nearby towns, usually
|
|
|
Loulé - Salir - Benafim - Sarnadas etc
weekdays only
|
72, 83 |
|
two or three times a week
but never at weekends. Summary of operations here.
|
|
|
Loulé - Parragil - Benafim - Alte - S.B
Messines weekdays only
|
89 |
|
These are mostly for some
very rural villages without even a 'normal' bus service
around
|
|
|
Loulé - Boliqueime - Paderne (schoolday
buses only)
|
84 |
|
Castro Marim, Loulé, Silves
and Tavira. There are one or two others.
|
|
|
Loulé - Querença - Touriz - Ameixal
weekdays only
|
27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trains in
the Algarve - summary -
VRSA -
Tavira - Faro - Portimão - Lagos also trains to and
from Lisbon
|
|
|
Bus
companies in other regions of Portugal links to
websites |
|
|
Porto, Lisbon and other cities
to Madrid, Barcelona etc by bus
|
|
|
Algarve -
Huelva - Seville (Spain) (and further into Spain)
|
|
|
Some other cities public transport - how to get
there and get around
Porto Braga
Évora
Guimarães Coimbra Covilhã
Guarda Sines
Aveiro
Elvas , Vidigueira
and Lisbon (external
link) Lisbon metro Lisbon
city buses and trams
|
|
|
Algarve - Lisbon by train Algarve
- Lisbon by bus (coach) |
Air route Portimão - Cascais -
Viseu - Vila Real - Bragança HAS CEASED OPERATION
|
|
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REDE-EXPRESSOS
AND OTHER LONG DISTANCE SERVICES TO POPULAR TOURIST
DESTINATIONS
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