Cheapest€29.88
- Expresso Guanabara EG863016:139h 25m01:38Istmo do RecifeEstação Pituba
Door to door 10h 9mCO2 18.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Recife to Salvador bus
Buses from Recife to Salvador start at €35.93 and take 9h 35m at their fastest.
The Buses from Recife to Salvador starts at €35.93 and takes 9h 35m door to door, run by 5 operators over 675 km, with around 50 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 9h 35mDoor to door
- 8h 51mMoving
- €35.93From
- 18.2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €29.88 | 9h 31m |
| Expresso São Luiz | €31.53 | 9h 32m |
| JS Turismo | €30.43 | 9h 31m |
| Kandango Transportes e Turismo | €29.88 | 9h 31m |
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €30.98 | 9h 31m |
Salvador is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.
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When to book Recife to Salvador
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.8390 days
- €24.3860 days
- €24.3845 days
- €24.9330 days
- €35.9321 days
- €37.5814 days
- €44.737 days
- €44.183 days
- €61.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 151 percent. The most expensive point is €61.23, 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.
- €41.43Sun
- €35.93Mon
- €35.93Tue
- €37.03Wed
- €46.38Thu
- €42.53Fri
- €37.58Sat
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
Salvador
Bus
- Estação Pituba
- Terminal Retiro
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 675 km against 675 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Recife at 06:08 and the last at 20:55, across 50 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 27m | 1h 17m | 3h 10m | €72.71 | 171.0 kg | 14 |
| Coach | 9h 35m | 8h 51m | 44m | €35.93 | 18.2 kg | 50 |
Questions about Recife 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 Recife to Salvador take?
The Coach from Recife to Salvador takes 9h 35m door to door, of which 8h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 675 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 Salvador cost?
The Coach from Recife to Salvador starts at €35.93 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €35.66. 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 Salvador?
5 operators run the Coach from Recife to Salvador: Expresso Guanabara, Expresso São Luiz, JS Turismo, Kandango Transportes e Turismo, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 50 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 Salvador use?
The Coach from Recife to Salvador leaves from Istmo do Recife 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Recife to Salvador?
Traveling from Recife to Salvador by Flight costs €72.71 and takes 4h 27m door to door, against 9h 35m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Recife to Salvador?
Fares for the Coach from Recife to Salvador bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 151 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Recife to Salvador produce?
The Coach from Recife to Salvador produces about 18.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 675 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 Salvador?
Operators on the Coach from Recife to Salvador publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 35m 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 Salvador on September 12, 2026: 675 km of route against 675 km in a straight line, 50 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €35.93, and 9h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Being on the water gives Salvador a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
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Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Salvador, with free cancellation on most of it.
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