Palmares to Salvador bus

Buses from Palmares to Salvador start at €35.38 and take 9h 22m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Palmares to Salvador starts at €35.38 and takes 9h 22m door to door, run by 2 operators over 659 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9h 22mDoor to door
  • 8h 38mMoving
  • €35.38From
  • 17.8 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€29.33
  1. Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT430006:309h 35m16:05Terminal Rodoviário de PalmaresEstação Pituba

Door to door 10h 19mCO2 17.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€85.98
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG419407:303h 4m10:34Terminal Rodoviário de PalmaresTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde
  2. Azul A777012:081h 31m13:39João Pessoa JPASalvador SSA

Changes at João Pessoa, with 94 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 8h 6mCO2 199.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€35.38
  1. Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA905007:304h 43m12:13Terminal Rodoviário de PalmaresRodoviária de Aracaju
  2. Expresso São Luiz ES975913:314h 1m17:32Rodoviária de AracajuEstação Pituba

Changes at Aracaju, with 78 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 46mCO2 16.7 kgChanges 1Changeable 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
Empresa Auto Viação Progresso€32.089h 20m
Transportadora Turistica Suzano€29.339h 21m

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Booking window

When to book Palmares to Salvador

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

  1. €34.8390 days
  2. €24.9360 days
  3. €26.0345 days
  4. €24.9330 days
  5. €36.4721 days
  6. €50.2314 days
  7. €53.537 days
  8. €50.783 days
  9. €73.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €73.33, 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. €43.08Sun
  2. €35.38Mon
  3. €38.68Tue
  4. €38.68Wed
  5. €49.68Thu
  6. €43.08Fri
  7. €50.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Palmares

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Palmares
  • Parada Expressa Centro

Salvador

Bus
  • Estação Pituba
  • Terminal Retiro
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
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 659 km against 573 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 Maceió, Aracaju, Propriá, João Pessoa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Palmares at 06:30 and the last at 16:44, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Palmares 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 Palmares to Salvador take?

The Coach from Palmares to Salvador takes 9h 22m door to door, of which 8h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 659 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 Palmares to Salvador cost?

The Coach from Palmares to Salvador starts at €35.38 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €37.31. 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 Palmares to Salvador?

2 operators run the Coach from Palmares to Salvador: Empresa Auto Viação Progresso, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. 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 Palmares to Salvador use?

The Coach from Palmares to Salvador leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Palmares 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 Palmares to Salvador?

Fares for the Coach from Palmares to Salvador bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Palmares to Salvador produce?

The Coach from Palmares to Salvador produces about 17.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 659 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 Palmares to Salvador?

Operators on the Coach from Palmares 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 9h 22m 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 Palmares to Salvador on September 12, 2026: 659 km of route against 573 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €35.38, and 9h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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