Cheapest€16.13
- Auto Viação Cruzeiro AV647518:294h 26m22:55Terminal de Vans de ArapiracaIstmo do Recife
Door to door 5h 10mCO2 8.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Arapiraca to Recife bus
Buses from Arapiraca to Recife start at €18.33 and take 4h 58m at their fastest.
The Buses from Arapiraca to Recife starts at €18.33 and takes 4h 58m door to door, run by 3 operators over 313 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 4h 58mDoor to door
- 4h 14mMoving
- €18.33From
- 8.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€16.68
- Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA946318:424h 14m22:56Terminal de Vans de ArapiracaIstmo do Recife
Door to door 4h 58mCO2 8.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Lowest CO2€21.07
- Viação Progresso VP800507:301h 39m09:09Terminal de Vans de ArapiracaTerminal Rodoviário
- JS Turismo JS906410:403h 9m13:49Terminal RodoviárioIstmo do Recife
Changes at União dos Palmares, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 7h 3mCO2 8.4 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Auto Viação Cruzeiro | €16.13 |
| Empresa Auto Viação Progresso | €16.13 |
| Expresso São Luiz | €16.68 |
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Rooms within reach of Recife Central Station
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When to book Arapiraca to Recife
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.5890 days
- €17.2360 days
- €15.5845 days
- €17.2330 days
- €17.2321 days
- €18.3314 days
- €22.187 days
- €31.533 days
- €33.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 116 percent. The most expensive point is €33.73, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €21.08Sun
- €18.33Mon
- €18.33Tue
- €19.98Wed
- €23.28Thu
- €24.93Fri
- €22.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Arapiraca
Bus
- Terminal de Vans de Arapiraca
- Rodoviária de Arapiraca
Recife
Bus
- Istmo do Recife
- TI Recife
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 313 km against 272 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 Maceió, Ipojuca, Caruaru, União dos Palmares. 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Arapiraca at 06:29 and the last at 18:42, across 16 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Arapiraca to Recife
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 Arapiraca to Recife take?
The Coach from Arapiraca to Recife takes 4h 58m door to door, of which 4h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 313 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 Arapiraca to Recife cost?
The Coach from Arapiraca to Recife starts at €18.33 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €20.53. 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 Arapiraca to Recife?
3 operators run the Coach from Arapiraca to Recife: Auto Viação Cruzeiro, Empresa Auto Viação Progresso, Expresso São Luiz. Between them they file around 16 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 Arapiraca to Recife use?
The Coach from Arapiraca to Recife leaves from Terminal de Vans de Arapiraca and arrives at Istmo do Recife. 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 Arapiraca to Recife?
Fares for the Coach from Arapiraca to Recife bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 116 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Arapiraca to Recife produce?
The Coach from Arapiraca to Recife produces about 8.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 313 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 Arapiraca to Recife?
Operators on the Coach from Arapiraca to Recife publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 58m 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 modeled 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 Arapiraca to Recife on September 8, 2026: 313 km of route against 272 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.33, and 4h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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