Cheapest€33.73
- Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT104506:529h 40m16:32Istmo do RecifeTerminal Rodoviário de Catu
Door to door 10h 24mCO2 19.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Recife to Catu bus
Buses from Recife to Catu start at €38.13 and take 10h 24m at their fastest.
The Buses from Recife to Catu starts at €38.13 and takes 10h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 704 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 10h 24mDoor to door
- 9h 40mMoving
- €38.13From
- 19.0 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €33.73 | 10h 3m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Catu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Catu
Sort by distance from Terminal Rodoviário de Catu and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Recife to Catu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €38.1390 days
- €31.5360 days
- €35.9345 days
- €43.6330 days
- €44.1821 days
- €38.1314 days
- €44.737 days
- €68.933 days
- €76.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 143 percent. The most expensive point is €76.63, 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.
- €50.78Sun
- €43.63Mon
- €41.43Tue
- €44.18Wed
- €57.93Thu
- €57.93Fri
- €54.08Sat
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
Catu
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Catu
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 704 km against 612 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 Caruaru. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 06:52 and the last at 06:52, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Recife to Catu
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 Catu take?
The Coach from Recife to Catu takes 10h 24m door to door, of which 9h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 704 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 Catu cost?
The Coach from Recife to Catu starts at €38.13 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €33.73. 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 Catu?
1 operators run the Coach from Recife to Catu: Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 1 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 Catu use?
The Coach from Recife to Catu leaves from Istmo do Recife and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Catu. 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 Catu?
Fares for the Coach from Recife to Catu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 143 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Recife to Catu produce?
The Coach from Recife to Catu produces about 19.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 704 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 Catu?
Operators on the Coach from Recife to Catu publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 24m 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 Catu on September 9, 2026: 704 km of route against 612 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.13, and 10h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Catu is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Catu
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Catu, with free cancellation on most of it.
See Catu on CivitatisOr browse GetYourGuide
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