Cheapest€125.03
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG976814:4741h 15m08:02Istmo do RecifeTerminal Rodoviário Urbano de Foz do Iguaçu
Door to door 41h 59mCO2 77.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Recife to Foz do Iguaçu bus
Buses from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu start at €153.08 and take 41h 59m at their fastest.
The Buses from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu starts at €153.08 and takes 41h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,853 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 41h 59mDoor to door
- 41h 15mMoving
- €153.08From
- 77.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €125.03 | 37h 37m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Recife to Foz do Iguaçu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €136.5890 days
- €113.4860 days
- €123.3845 days
- €105.7830 days
- €138.2321 days
- €185.5314 days
- €271.887 days
- €235.033 days
- €342.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €105.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 224 percent. The dearest point is €342.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €205.88Sun
- €153.08Mon
- €158.58Tue
- €195.98Wed
- €220.18Thu
- €202.58Fri
- €185.53Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Recife
Coach
- Istmo do Recife
- TI Recife
Foz do Iguaçu
Coach
- Terminal Rodoviário Urbano de Foz do Iguaçu
- MD Tour Bus/Freight Company
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,853 km against 2,853 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 São José do Rio Preto, Uberaba, Feira de Santana, Araxá. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Recife at 06:34 and the last at 14:47, across 6 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 7h 21m | 4h 11m | 3h 10m | €299.27 | 722.7 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 41h 59m | 41h 15m | 44m | €153.08 | 77.0 kg | 6 |
Questions about Recife to Foz do Iguaçu
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 Recife to Foz do Iguaçu take?
The Coach from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu takes 41h 59m door to door, of which 41h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 2,853 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 Recife to Foz do Iguaçu cost?
The Coach from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu starts at €153.08 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €184.98. 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 Recife to Foz do Iguaçu?
1 operators run the Coach from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 6 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 Recife to Foz do Iguaçu use?
The Coach from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu leaves from Istmo do Recife and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário Urbano de Foz do Iguaçu. 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 Recife to Foz do Iguaçu?
Travelling from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu by Flight costs €299.27 and takes 7h 21m door to door, against 41h 59m 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 Recife to Foz do Iguaçu?
Fares for the Coach from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €105.78. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 224 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu produce?
The Coach from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu produces about 77.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2853 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 Recife to Foz do Iguaçu?
Operators on the Coach from Recife to Foz do Iguaçu publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 41h 59m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Recife to Foz do Iguaçu on 12 September 2026: 2853 km of route against 2853 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €153.08, and 41h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Foz do Iguaçu before you go
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Foz do Iguaçu, with free cancellation on most of it.
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