Cheapest€19.98
- Expresso Guanabara EG921006:116h 3m12:14Istmo do RecifeRodoviária de Assu
Door to door 6h 47mCO2 11.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Recife to Açu bus
Buses from Recife to Açu start at €22.73 and take 6h 8m at their fastest.
The Buses from Recife to Açu starts at €22.73 and takes 6h 8m door to door, run by 1 operator over 408 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 6h 8mDoor to door
- 5h 24mMoving
- €22.73From
- 11.0 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€23.83
- Expresso Guanabara EG572714:535h 24m20:17Istmo do RecifeRodoviária de Assu
Door to door 6h 8mCO2 11.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Lowest CO2€22.18
- Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA304007:302h 9m09:39Istmo do RecifeRodoviária Velha de Campina Grande
- Expresso Guanabara EG141211:053h 40m14:45Rodoviária Velha de Campina GrandeRodoviária de Assu
Changes at Campina Grande, with 86 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 7h 59mCO2 10.6 kgChanges 1Changeable 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €19.98 | 6h 6m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Açu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Açu
Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.
Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
When to book Recife to Açu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.4290 days
- €22.1860 days
- €21.0845 days
- €19.4230 days
- €22.7321 days
- €24.9314 days
- €33.737 days
- €50.783 days
- €60.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €19.42.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 212 percent. The most expensive point is €60.68, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €27.68Sun
- €22.73Mon
- €26.03Tue
- €24.93Wed
- €34.28Thu
- €34.28Fri
- €29.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Recife
Bus
- Istmo do Recife
- TI Recife
Açu
Bus
- Rodoviária de Assu
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 408 km against 355 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 João Pessoa, Aracati, Caruaru, Campina Grande. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 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 Recife at 06:11 and the last at 14:53, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Recife to Açu
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 Recife to Açu take?
The Coach from Recife to Açu takes 6h 8m door to door, of which 5h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 408 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 Recife to Açu cost?
The Coach from Recife to Açu starts at €22.73 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €23.83. 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 Recife to Açu?
1 operators run the Coach from Recife to Açu: Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 5 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 Recife to Açu use?
The Coach from Recife to Açu leaves from Istmo do Recife and arrives at Rodoviária de Assu. 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 Recife to Açu?
Fares for the Coach from Recife to Açu bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €19.42. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 212 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Recife to Açu produce?
The Coach from Recife to Açu produces about 11.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 408 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 Recife to Açu?
Operators on the Coach from Recife to Açu publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 8m 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 Recife to Açu on September 9, 2026: 408 km of route against 355 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.73, and 6h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Açu is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Açu
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
See Açu on CivitatisOr browse GetYourGuide
Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.