Santa Maria to Estância Velha runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €15.03, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 37m over 293 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €15.03, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€15.03
- 142%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Santa Maria
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:18First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Viação União Santa Cruz runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Santa Maria to Estância Velha 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 €33.73Mon21
- about €29.88Tue22
- about €28.23Wed23
- about €30.43Thu24
- about €27.13Fri25
- about €32.63Sat26
- about €28.78Sun27
- about €19.43Mon28
- about €20.53Tue29
- about €18.33Wed30
- about €27.68Thu1
- about €20.53Fri2
- about €22.18Sat3
- about €18.88Sun4
- about €15.03Mon5
- about €16.13Tue6
- about €16.68Wed7
- about €19.98Thu8
- about €17.23Fri9
- about €17.23Sat10
- about €16.68Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Estância Velha. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Estância Velha for the night the coach gets in
The search opens on Estância Velha with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Santa Maria to Estância Velha
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.4390 days
- €16.1360 days
- €13.9345 days
- €14.4830 days
- €16.6821 days
- €18.8814 days
- €28.787 days
- €28.233 days
- €33.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 142 percent. The dearest point is €33.73, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Santa Maria to Estância Velha 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
293 km
254 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
271,735 → 50,672
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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 293 km against 254 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 Bento Gonçalves, Farroupilha, Venâncio Aires, Santa Cruz do Sul. 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.
Who runs this route
Estância Velha is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Estância Velha
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Santa Maria to Estância Velha
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 Maria to Estância Velha?
The fastest journey from Santa Maria to Estância Velha takes 4h 37m door to door, of which 4h 31m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 54m, 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 Maria to Estância Velha?
The cheapest fare from Santa Maria to Estância Velha is €15.03, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €21.08. 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 Maria to Estância Velha?
The cheapest way from Santa Maria to Estância Velha is by coach, at €15.03 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 15m 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 Maria to Estância Velha?
Fares from Santa Maria to Estância Velha bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €13.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 142 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 Maria to Estância Velha?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Maria to Estância Velha, at €18.33. 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 Maria to Estância Velha?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santa Maria to Estância Velha, at €14.48 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 Maria to Estância Velha?
Viação União Santa Cruz publish service areas covering both Santa Maria and Estância Velha, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Santa Maria to Estância Velha?
20 percent of the services we sell from Santa Maria to Estância Velha are direct. The rest connect at Bento Gonçalves, Farroupilha, Venâncio Aires, Santa Cruz do Sul, 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 Maria to Estância Velha use?
Services from Santa Maria to Estância Velha by coach leave from Rodoviária de Santa Maria and arrive at Estância Velha bus station. 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 Santa Maria to Estância Velha?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Santa Maria to Estância Velha 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 Maria to Estância Velha on 20 September 2026: 293 km of route against 254 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €15.03, and 4h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Estância Velha is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Estância Velha and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Estância Velha in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Santa Maria reaches 67 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 133 to 2,243 km. Estância Velha reaches 6 places in 1 countries, from 50 to 254 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Santa Maria
- 67Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Estância Velha
Leaving Estância Velha
- 6Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators