Caraúbas to Fortaleza runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €13.93, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 42m over 294 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €13.93, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€13.93
- 236%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Caraúbas
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:05First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Expresso Guanabara runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Caraúbas to Fortaleza 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 €43.08Fri18
- about €43.63Sat19
- about €25.48Sun20
- about €22.73Mon21
- about €29.33Tue22
- about €23.83Wed23
- about €22.18Thu24
- about €21.08Fri25
- about €29.88Sat26
- about €23.28Sun27
- about €17.78Mon28
- about €17.78Tue29
- about €19.98Wed30
- about €19.43Thu1
- about €22.18Fri2
- about €22.18Sat3
- about €17.23Sun4
- about €15.58Mon5
- about €13.93Tue6
- about €19.98Wed7
- about €19.98Thu8
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 coach gets you into Fortaleza. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Fortaleza for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Estação Ferroviária João Felipe and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Caraúbas to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.1390 days
- €12.8360 days
- €15.5845 days
- €19.9830 days
- €19.9821 days
- €19.4314 days
- €22.187 days
- €25.483 days
- €43.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 236 percent. The dearest point is €43.08, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Caraúbas to Fortaleza and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
294 km
255 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
19,727 → 2,400,000
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 294 km against 255 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at São João do Rio do Peixe, Catolé do Rocha, Cajazeiras, Milagres. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Fortaleza is large, and the road in from FOR can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Fortaleza
Settled in advance, so the ride into Fortaleza costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Estação Ferroviária João Felipe
Most of the points near Estação Ferroviária João Felipe open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Caraúbas to Fortaleza
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 it take to get from Caraúbas to Fortaleza?
The fastest journey from Caraúbas to Fortaleza takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 4h 21m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 52m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Caraúbas to Fortaleza?
The cheapest fare from Caraúbas to Fortaleza is €13.93, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €22.18. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Caraúbas to Fortaleza?
The cheapest way from Caraúbas to Fortaleza is by coach, at €13.93 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 5m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Caraúbas to Fortaleza?
Fares from Caraúbas to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €12.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 236 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Caraúbas to Fortaleza?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Caraúbas to Fortaleza, at €17.78. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Caraúbas to Fortaleza?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Caraúbas to Fortaleza, at €13.93 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Caraúbas to Fortaleza?
1 operators sell services from Caraúbas to Fortaleza across 1 mode: Expresso Guanabara. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Caraúbas to Fortaleza?
20 percent of the services we sell from Caraúbas to Fortaleza are direct. The rest connect at São João do Rio do Peixe, Catolé do Rocha, Cajazeiras, Milagres, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Caraúbas to Fortaleza use?
Services from Caraúbas to Fortaleza by coach leave from Caraúbas bus station and arrive at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Caraúbas to Fortaleza?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Caraúbas to Fortaleza allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Caraúbas to Fortaleza on 17 September 2026: 294 km of route against 255 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €13.93, and 4h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Fortaleza a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Fortaleza and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Fortaleza in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Caraúbas reaches 26 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 65 to 1,757 km. Fortaleza reaches 171 places in 8 countries, from 211 to 7,448 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Caraúbas
- 26Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Fortaleza
Leaving Fortaleza
- 171Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 18Operators