Franca to Penha runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:48 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €38.13 and €43.08, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 11h 26m over 810 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€38.13 to €43.08
- 191%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Franca
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:48First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Catarinense Agencia de Viagens runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Franca to Penha on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €87.08Mon14
- about €69.48Tue15
- about €74.43Wed16
- about €85.98Thu17
- about €62.33Fri18
- about €81.57Sat19
- about €66.18Sun20
- about €43.08Mon21
- about €48.03Tue22
- about €44.73Wed23
- about €70.58Thu24
- about €60.13Fri25
- about €62.88Sat26
- about €49.13Sun27
- about €39.23Mon28
- about €38.13Tue29
- about €41.43Wed30
- about €47.47Thu1
- about €48.57Fri2
- about €44.18Sat3
- about €39.78Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Penha. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Penha for the night the bus gets in
The search opens on Penha with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Franca to Penha
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €48.5890 days
- €41.4360 days
- €35.9345 days
- €29.8830 days
- €39.7821 days
- €49.1314 days
- €66.187 days
- €74.433 days
- €87.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €29.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 191 percent. The most expensive point is €87.08, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Franca to Penha and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
810 km
704 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
365,494 → 33,663
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 810 km against 704 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 São José dos Pinhais, São Sebastião do Paraíso, Monte Santo de Minas, Campina Grande do Sul. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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.
Who runs this route
Penha is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Penha
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Franca to Penha
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 it take to get from Franca to Penha?
The fastest journey from Franca to Penha takes 11h 26m door to door, of which 11h 44m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 12h 8m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Franca to Penha?
The cheapest fare from Franca to Penha is €38.13, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €60.13. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Franca to Penha?
The cheapest way from Franca to Penha is by coach, at €43.08 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 12h 28m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Franca to Penha?
Fares from Franca to Penha bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €29.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 191 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Franca to Penha?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Franca to Penha, at €43.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Franca to Penha?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Franca to Penha, at €32.08 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Franca to Penha?
1 operators sell services from Franca to Penha across 1 mode: Catarinense Agencia de Viagens. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Franca to Penha?
20 percent of the services we sell from Franca to Penha are direct. The rest connect at São José dos Pinhais, São Sebastião do Paraíso, Monte Santo de Minas, Campina Grande do Sul, with about 48 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Franca to Penha use?
Services from Franca to Penha by coach leave from Rodoviária de Franca and arrive at Penha bus station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Franca to Penha?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Franca to Penha allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Franca to Penha on September 13, 2026: 810 km of route against 704 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €38.13, and 11h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Penha is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Penha and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Penha in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Franca reaches 102 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 2,141 km. Penha reaches 68 places in 1 countries, from 149 to 2,834 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Franca
- 102Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 17Operators
Arriving in Penha
Leaving Penha
- 68Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators