Cheapest€41.43
- Expresso Guanabara EG654019:3413h 45m09:19Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméEstação Pituba
Door to door 14h 29mCO2 27.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Fortaleza to Salvador bus
Buses from Fortaleza to Salvador start at €41.43 and take 14h 14m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Fortaleza to Salvador starts at €41.43 and takes 14h 14m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,030 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 14h 14mDoor to door
- 13h 30mMoving
- €52.43 to €98.63From
- 06:03 to 20:11First and last departure
- 16Per day
- 27.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€52.43 to €98.63 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Expresso Guanabara runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Fortaleza to Salvador on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €96.98Fri18
- about €98.63Sat19
- about €76.08Sun20
- about €65.63Mon21
- about €63.98Tue22
- about €68.38Wed23
- about €71.68Thu24
- about €65.08Fri25
- about €65.08Sat26
- about €64.53Sun27
- about €58.48Mon28
- about €52.43Tue29
- about €62.33Wed30
- about €53.53Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Bus operators
The coach gets you into Salvador. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Salvador for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Fortaleza to Salvador
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.3890 days
- €34.2860 days
- €42.5345 days
- €45.2830 days
- €54.0821 days
- €53.5314 days
- €71.687 days
- €76.083 days
- €96.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 183 percent. The dearest point is €96.98, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €64.53Sun
- €58.48Mon
- €52.43Tue
- €62.33Wed
- €54.08Thu
- €65.08Fri
- €65.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Fortaleza
Coach
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
Salvador
Coach
- Estação Pituba
- Terminal Retiro
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,030 km against 1,030 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cajazeiras, Paulo Afonso, Ribeira do Pombal, Sousa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Fortaleza at 06:03 and the last at 20:11, across 16 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 55m | 1h 45m | 3h 10m | €92.77 | 260.8 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 14h 14m | 13h 30m | 44m | €41.43 | 27.8 kg | 16 |
Questions about Fortaleza to Salvador
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador take?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador takes 14h 14m door to door, of which 13h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 1,030 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador cost?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador starts at €41.43 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €53.26. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador?
2 operators run the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador: Expresso Guanabara, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 16 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador use?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé and arrives at Estação Pituba. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Fortaleza to Salvador?
Travelling from Fortaleza to Salvador by Flight costs €92.77 and takes 4h 55m door to door, against 14h 14m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador?
Fares for the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.28. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador produce?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador produces about 27.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1030 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador?
Operators on the Coach from Fortaleza to Salvador publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 14m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Fortaleza to Salvador on 17 September 2026: 1030 km of route against 1030 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €41.43, and 14h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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