Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras bus

Buses from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras start at €25.47 and take 8h 17m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras starts at €25.47 and takes 8h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 567 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 17mDoor to door
  • 7h 33mMoving
  • €32.63 to €60.13From
  • 06:07 to 14:20First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 19.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€32.63 to €60.13 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Viação União Santa Cruz runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €54.63Mon21
  2. about €57.38Tue22
  3. about €49.13Wed23
  4. about €56.83Thu24
  5. about €49.68Fri25
  6. about €60.13Sat26
  7. about €44.73Sun27
  8. about €32.63Mon28
  9. about €33.18Tue29
  10. about €32.63Wed30
  11. about €51.33Thu1
  12. about €36.48Fri2
  13. about €39.78Sat3
  14. about €32.63Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€25.47
  1. Viação União Santa Cruz VU972607:302h 17m09:47Estação Rodoviária de Santa Cruz do SulEstação Rodoviária de Caxias do Sul
  2. Viação União Santa Cruz VU623111:196h 17m17:36Estação Rodoviária de Caxias do SulTerminal Rodoviário de Piçarras

Changes at Caxias do Sul, with 92 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 50mCO2 19.5 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€27.13
  1. Viação União Santa Cruz VU960814:207h 33m21:53Estação Rodoviária de Santa Cruz do SulTerminal Rodoviário de Piçarras

Door to door 8h 17mCO2 19.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Viação União Santa Cruz€26.038h 9m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into Balneário Piçarras. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Balneário Piçarras for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras

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

  1. €33.1890 days
  2. €27.6860 days
  3. €23.2845 days
  4. €24.9330 days
  5. €27.6821 days
  6. €32.6314 days
  7. €44.737 days
  8. €49.133 days
  9. €54.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 135 percent. The most expensive point is €54.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €32.63Sun
  2. €32.63Mon
  3. €33.18Tue
  4. €32.63Wed
  5. €51.33Thu
  6. €36.48Fri
  7. €39.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Santa Cruz do Sul

Bus
  • Estação Rodoviária de Santa Cruz do Sul
  • Rodoviária de Passo do Sobrado

Balneário Piçarras

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Piçarras
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 567 km against 493 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 Montenegro, Farroupilha, Caxias do Sul, Bento Gonçalves. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Santa Cruz do Sul at 06:07 and the last at 14:20, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras

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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras take?

The Coach from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras takes 8h 17m door to door, of which 7h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 567 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras cost?

The Coach from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras starts at €25.47 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €26.85. 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras?

1 operators run the Coach from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras: Viação União Santa Cruz. Between them they file around 6 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras use?

The Coach from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras leaves from Estação Rodoviária de Santa Cruz do Sul and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Piçarras. 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras?

Fares for the Coach from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 135 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras produce?

The Coach from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras produces about 19.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 567 km, which works out at roughly 34 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras?

Operators on the Coach from Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 17m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Santa Cruz do Sul to Balneário Piçarras on September 20, 2026: 567 km of route against 493 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €25.47, and 8h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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