Cheapest€42.53
- Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT903414:1712h 51m03:08Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de MatosEstação Pituba
Door to door 13h 35mCO2 26.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Caratinga to Salvador bus
Buses from Caratinga to Salvador start at €50.23 and take 13h 35m at their fastest.
The Buses from Caratinga to Salvador starts at €50.23 and takes 13h 35m door to door, run by 2 operators over 979 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 13h 35mDoor to door
- 12h 51mMoving
- €50.23From
- 26.4 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€82.13
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG259807:303h 3m10:33Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de MatosTerminal Itacibá
- Sky Express SE149412:011h 34m13:35Vitória VIXSalvador SSA
Changes at Vitória, with 88 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 8h 2mCO2 218.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| JS Turismo | €46.38 | 13h 26m |
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €42.53 | 13h 30m |
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When to book Caratinga to Salvador
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- €56.2890 days
- €33.7360 days
- €35.3845 days
- €41.9830 days
- €50.2321 days
- €51.3314 days
- €63.437 days
- €62.333 days
- €110.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 227 percent. The most expensive point is €110.18, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €65.08Sun
- €50.23Mon
- €50.78Tue
- €53.53Wed
- €70.03Thu
- €51.33Fri
- €68.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Caratinga
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de Matos
Salvador
Bus
- Estação Pituba
- Terminal Retiro
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
- 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 979 km against 852 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 Guarapari, Vitória da Conquista, Ilhéus, Vitória. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Caratinga at 06:30 and the last at 14:48, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Caratinga to Salvador
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 Caratinga to Salvador take?
The Coach from Caratinga to Salvador takes 13h 35m door to door, of which 12h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 979 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 Caratinga to Salvador cost?
The Coach from Caratinga to Salvador starts at €50.23 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €60.68. 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 Caratinga to Salvador?
2 operators run the Coach from Caratinga to Salvador: JS Turismo, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 8 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 Caratinga to Salvador use?
The Coach from Caratinga to Salvador leaves from Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de Matos and arrives at Estação Pituba. 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 Caratinga to Salvador?
Fares for the Coach from Caratinga to Salvador bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 227 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Caratinga to Salvador produce?
The Coach from Caratinga to Salvador produces about 26.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 979 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 Caratinga to Salvador?
Operators on the Coach from Caratinga to Salvador publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 35m 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 Caratinga to Salvador on September 11, 2026: 979 km of route against 852 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €50.23, and 13h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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