Barbalha to Recife bus

Buses from Barbalha to Recife start at €33.73 and take 9h at their fastest.

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Scenic view of Recife's waterfront architecture showcasing historic and modern buildings under a partly cloudy sky.

The Buses from Barbalha to Recife starts at €33.73 and takes 9h door to door, run by 1 operator over 569 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9hDoor to door
  • 8h 16mMoving
  • €33.73From
  • 15.4 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€29.32
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG133607:301h 42m09:12Barbalha bus stationTerminal Rodoriário Clóvis Rolim
  2. Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA677910:127h 28m17:40Terminal Rodoriário Clóvis RolimIstmo do Recife

Changes at Cajazeiras, with 60 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 54mCO2 16.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€29.88
  1. Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA706406:418h 16m14:57Barbalha bus stationIstmo do Recife

Door to door 9hCO2 15.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Empresa Auto Viação Progresso€29.888h 12m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

Recife sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

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Rooms within reach of Recife Central Station

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Booking window

When to book Barbalha to Recife

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

  1. €28.7890 days
  2. €25.4760 days
  3. €27.1345 days
  4. €29.8830 days
  5. €34.8321 days
  6. €47.4814 days
  7. €50.237 days
  8. €61.783 days
  9. €68.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.47.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €68.93, 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.
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. €37.57Sun
  2. €35.38Mon
  3. €33.73Tue
  4. €35.38Wed
  5. €47.48Thu
  6. €39.78Fri
  7. €39.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Recife

Bus
  • Istmo do Recife
  • TI Recife
The journey

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
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 569 km against 494 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 Cajazeiras, Campina Grande, Caruaru, Sousa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Barbalha at 06:41 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Barbalha 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 Barbalha to Recife take?

The Coach from Barbalha to Recife takes 9h door to door, of which 8h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 569 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 Barbalha to Recife cost?

The Coach from Barbalha to Recife starts at €33.73 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €29.88. 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 Barbalha to Recife?

1 operators run the Coach from Barbalha to Recife: Empresa Auto Viação Progresso. Between them they file around 5 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 Barbalha to Recife use?

The Coach from Barbalha to Recife leaves from Barbalha bus station 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 Barbalha to Recife?

Fares for the Coach from Barbalha to Recife bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.47. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Barbalha to Recife produce?

The Coach from Barbalha to Recife produces about 15.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 569 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 Barbalha to Recife?

Operators on the Coach from Barbalha to Recife publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 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 Barbalha to Recife on September 10, 2026: 569 km of route against 494 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €33.73, and 9h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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