Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza bus

Buses from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza start at €30.98 and take 10h 52m at their fastest.

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Stunning aerial view of the Metropolitan Cathedral amidst Fortaleza cityscape, Brazil.

The Buses from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza starts at €30.98 and takes 10h 52m door to door, run by 2 operators over 756 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 52mDoor to door
  • 10h 8mMoving
  • €39.23 to €77.18From
  • 06:05 to 17:14First and last departure
  • 10Per day
  • 20.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€39.23 to €77.18 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.

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Bookaway lists departures for Alto Alegre do Maranhão 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

  1. about €77.18Sat19
  2. about €71.68Sun20
  3. about €51.33Mon21
  4. about €48.03Tue22
  5. about €52.98Wed23
  6. about €63.43Thu24
  7. about €49.13Fri25
  8. about €51.33Sat26
  9. about €47.48Sun27
  10. about €39.78Mon28
  11. about €39.78Tue29
  12. about €41.43Wed30
  13. about €49.13Thu1
  14. about €39.23Fri2

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€30.98
  1. Expresso Guanabara EG440106:0510h 53m16:58Alto Alegre do Maranhão bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Door to door 11h 37mCO2 20.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€60.68
  1. Auto Viacao Porto Rico AV338107:303h 11m10:41Alto Alegre do Maranhão bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Teresina - Lucídio Portela
  2. TAM Brazilian Airlines TA337411:351h 4m12:39Teresina THEFortaleza FOR

Changes at Teresina, with 54 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 6mCO2 132.1 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Expresso Guanabara€30.9810h 34m
Real Maia Transportes Terrestres€34.2810h 35m

The bus gets you into Fortaleza. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Fortaleza for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza

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

  1. €45.8390 days
  2. €28.2360 days
  3. €27.6845 days
  4. €35.9330 days
  5. €39.2321 days
  6. €39.2314 days
  7. €49.137 days
  8. €51.333 days
  9. €77.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €77.18, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €47.48Sun
  2. €39.78Mon
  3. €39.78Tue
  4. €41.43Wed
  5. €49.13Thu
  6. €39.23Fri
  7. €51.33Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Fortaleza

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
  • Terminal Lagoa
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 756 km against 657 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 Teresina, Altos, Campo Maior, Piripiri. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 14 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 Alto Alegre do Maranhão at 06:05 and the last at 17:14, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza take?

The Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza takes 10h 52m door to door, of which 10h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 756 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 Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza cost?

The Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza starts at €30.98 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €37.31. 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 Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza?

2 operators run the Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza: Expresso Guanabara, Real Maia Transportes Terrestres. Between them they file around 10 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 Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza use?

The Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza leaves from Alto Alegre do Maranhão bus station and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. 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.

When should I book the Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza?

Fares for the Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza produce?

The Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza produces about 20.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 756 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza?

Operators on the Coach from Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 52m 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 Alto Alegre do Maranhão to Fortaleza on September 18, 2026: 756 km of route against 657 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €30.98, and 10h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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