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Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória. From €36.72, fastest 4h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:32 and the last around 14:45. One passenger pays €36.72, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 3m over 371 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €36.72, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026

€36.72

  • 125%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Santa Cruz das Flores

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:32First departure
  • 14:45Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €77.43Mon21
  2. about €64.45Tue22
  3. about €73.30Wed23
  4. about €70.35Thu24
  5. about €70.35Fri25
  6. about €60.91Sat26
  7. about €65.63Sun27
  8. about €46.16Mon28
  9. about €43.80Tue29
  10. about €52.06Wed30
  11. about €49.70Thu1
  12. about €47.93Fri2
  13. about €55.01Sat3
  14. about €49.70Sun4
  15. about €36.72Mon5
  16. about €41.44Tue6
  17. about €37.90Wed7
  18. about €50.29Thu8
  19. about €51.47Fri9
  20. about €42.62Sat10
  21. about €40.85Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Praia da Vitória. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Praia da Vitória for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Central Rodoviária and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €52.6490 days
  2. €46.1660 days
  3. €36.1345 days
  4. €34.3630 days
  5. €40.8521 days
  6. €49.7014 days
  7. €65.637 days
  8. €73.303 days
  9. €77.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €34.36.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 125 percent. The dearest point is €77.43, 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.
€77.43€34.36137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória 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

371 km

360 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

1,7256,061

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

Ponta DelgadaPonta DelgadaHortaHortaVelasVelasSanta Cruz das FloresSanta Cruz das FloresPraia da VitóriaPraia da VitóriaMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 371 km against 360 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ponta Delgada, Horta. 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from TER into Praia da Vitória is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Praia da Vitória

Settled in advance, so the ride into Praia da Vitória costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

Praia da Vitória is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Central Rodoviária

Most of the points near Central Rodoviária open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória

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 Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória?

The fastest journey from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória takes 4h 3m door to door, of which 56m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 5m, 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 Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória?

The cheapest fare from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória is €36.72, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €57.08. 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 Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória?

The cheapest way from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória is by flight, at €36.72 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 6m 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 Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória?

Fares from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €34.36. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 125 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória, at €43.80. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória, at €32.59 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 Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória?

SATA Air Acores publish service areas covering both Santa Cruz das Flores and Praia da Vitória, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória?

50 percent of the services we sell from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória are direct. The rest connect at Ponta Delgada, Horta, 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 Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória use?

Services from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória by flight leave from Flores Airport FLW and arrive at Lajes Airport TER. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Santa Cruz das Flores to Praia da Vitória on 20 September 2026: 371 km of route against 360 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €36.72, and 4h 3m 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 Praia da Vitória a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Praia da Vitória and across Portugal

Day trips that leave Praia da Vitória in the morning and cover a good part of Portugal by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Santa Cruz das Flores reaches 3 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 239 to 511 km. Praia da Vitória reaches 11 places in 3 countries, from 84 to 4,339 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Santa Cruz das Flores

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  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Praia da Vitória

Leaving Praia da Vitória

  • 11Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 6Operators

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