Cheapest€27.68
- Manoel Barbosa Lima MB468614:257h 46m22:11Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméTerminal Rodoviário de Picos
Door to door 8h 30mCO2 15.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Fortaleza to Picos bus
Buses from Fortaleza to Picos start at €30.98 and take 8h 17m at their fastest.
The Buses from Fortaleza to Picos starts at €30.98 and takes 8h 17m door to door, run by 3 operators over 568 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 17mDoor to door
- 7h 33mMoving
- €30.98From
- 15.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€31.53
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG305114:477h 33m22:20Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméTerminal Rodoviário de Picos
Door to door 8h 17mCO2 15.3 kgChanges 0Changeable 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 | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €30.98 | 8h 9m |
| Manoel Barbosa Lima | €27.68 | 8h 9m |
 Viação | €28.23 | 8h 8m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Picos is not something we sell.
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When to book Fortaleza to Picos
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.1890 days
- €19.9860 days
- €23.2845 days
- €24.9330 days
- €28.7821 days
- €31.5314 days
- €38.137 days
- €38.133 days
- €58.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 193 percent. The most expensive point is €58.48, 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.
- €39.78Sun
- €31.53Mon
- €30.98Tue
- €35.38Wed
- €40.33Thu
- €31.53Fri
- €40.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Fortaleza
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
Picos
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Picos
- Terminal Rodoviário Senador Helvídio Nunes
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
- 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 568 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 Juazeiro do Norte, Cajazeiras, Ouricuri, Milagres. 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 Fortaleza at 06:12 and the last at 14:54, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Fortaleza to Picos
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 Fortaleza to Picos take?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Picos takes 8h 17m door to door, of which 7h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 568 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 Fortaleza to Picos cost?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Picos starts at €30.98 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €33.18. 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 Fortaleza to Picos?
3 operators run the Coach from Fortaleza to Picos: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Manoel Barbosa Lima, Viação. 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 Fortaleza to Picos use?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Picos leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Picos. 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 Fortaleza to Picos?
Fares for the Coach from Fortaleza to Picos bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 193 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Fortaleza to Picos produce?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Picos produces about 15.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 568 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 Fortaleza to Picos?
Operators on the Coach from Fortaleza to Picos publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 17m 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 Fortaleza to Picos on September 11, 2026: 568 km of route against 494 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €30.98, and 8h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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