Cheapest€27.68
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG564806:166h 27m12:43Rodoviária de IpatingaPrado bus station
Door to door 7h 11mCO2 13.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ipatinga to Prado bus
Buses from Ipatinga to Prado start at €30.43 and take 7h 11m at their fastest.
The Buses from Ipatinga to Prado starts at €30.43 and takes 7h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 486 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7h 11mDoor to door
- 6h 27mMoving
- €30.43From
- 13.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €27.68 | 7h 9m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Ipatinga to Prado
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.8390 days
- €24.9360 days
- €28.2345 days
- €22.7330 days
- €30.9821 days
- €35.9314 days
- €33.187 days
- €71.683 days
- €45.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 215 percent. The most expensive point is €71.68, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €40.33Sun
- €33.18Mon
- €33.73Tue
- €30.43Wed
- €44.18Thu
- €42.53Fri
- €46.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ipatinga
Bus
- Rodoviária de Ipatinga
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 486 km against 422 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 Vitória, Belo Horizonte. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Ipatinga at 06:16 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Ipatinga to Prado
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 Ipatinga to Prado take?
The Coach from Ipatinga to Prado takes 7h 11m door to door, of which 6h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 486 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 Ipatinga to Prado cost?
The Coach from Ipatinga to Prado starts at €30.43 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €31.81. 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 Ipatinga to Prado?
1 operators run the Coach from Ipatinga to Prado: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 2 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 Ipatinga to Prado use?
The Coach from Ipatinga to Prado leaves from Rodoviária de Ipatinga and arrives at Prado bus station. 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 Ipatinga to Prado?
Fares for the Coach from Ipatinga to Prado bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 215 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Ipatinga to Prado produce?
The Coach from Ipatinga to Prado produces about 13.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 486 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 Ipatinga to Prado?
Operators on the Coach from Ipatinga to Prado publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 11m 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 Ipatinga to Prado on September 7, 2026: 486 km of route against 422 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €30.43, and 7h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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