Franca to Itapema bus

Buses from Franca to Itapema start at €44.18 and take 12h 30m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Franca to Itapema starts at €44.18 and takes 12h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 850 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 12h 30mDoor to door
  • 11h 46mMoving
  • €44.18From
  • 22.9 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€39.78
  1. Catarinense Agencia de Viagens CA408806:4812h 5m18:53Rodoviária de FrancaEstação Rodoviária de Itapema

Door to door 12h 49mCO2 22.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€51.33
  1. Empresa Princesa do Norte EP765806:0811h 46m17:54Rodoviária de FrancaEstação Rodoviária de Itapema

Door to door 12h 30mCO2 22.9 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.
OperatorFromFastest
Catarinense Agencia de Viagens€39.7811h 49m
Empresa Princesa do Norte€44.1811h 46m

The trip ends at Estação Rodoviária de Itapema. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Itapema for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Franca to Itapema

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

  1. €45.2890 days
  2. €34.2860 days
  3. €32.6345 days
  4. €38.1330 days
  5. €46.3821 days
  6. €49.1314 days
  7. €68.937 days
  8. €59.583 days
  9. €82.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €32.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €82.13, 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. €53.53Sun
  2. €44.18Mon
  3. €45.83Tue
  4. €46.38Wed
  5. €60.68Thu
  6. €62.88Fri
  7. €49.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Franca

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Franca
  • Parada Chico Julio

Itapema

Bus
  • Estação Rodoviária de Itapema
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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 850 km against 739 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 São Sebastião do Paraíso, Campina Grande do Sul, Monte Santo de Minas, São José dos Pinhais. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 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 Franca at 06:08 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Franca to Itapema

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 Franca to Itapema take?

The Coach from Franca to Itapema takes 12h 30m door to door, of which 11h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 850 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 Franca to Itapema cost?

The Coach from Franca to Itapema starts at €44.18 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €51.60. 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 Franca to Itapema?

2 operators run the Coach from Franca to Itapema: Catarinense Agencia de Viagens, Empresa Princesa do Norte. Between them they file around 6 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 Franca to Itapema use?

The Coach from Franca to Itapema leaves from Rodoviária de Franca and arrives at Estação Rodoviária de Itapema. 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 Franca to Itapema?

Fares for the Coach from Franca to Itapema bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €32.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 152 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Franca to Itapema produce?

The Coach from Franca to Itapema produces about 22.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 850 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 Franca to Itapema?

Operators on the Coach from Franca to Itapema publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 30m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Franca to Itapema on September 12, 2026: 850 km of route against 739 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €44.18, and 12h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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