União dos Palmares to Caratinga runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:35 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €63.43, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 20h 58m over 1,554 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €63.43, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€63.43
- 264%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving União dos Palmares
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.
- 06:35First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
JS Turismo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for União dos Palmares to Caratinga 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 €194.88Fri18
- about €188.28Sat19
- about €153.08Sun20
- about €96.43Mon21
- about €104.68Tue22
- about €112.93Wed23
- about €127.23Thu24
- about €94.78Fri25
- about €107.98Sat26
- about €97.53Sun27
- about €105.23Mon28
- about €94.23Tue29
- about €106.33Wed30
- about €109.63Thu1
- about €88.73Fri2
- about €78.28Sat3
- about €71.13Sun4
- about €63.98Mon5
- about €63.43Tue6
- about €70.58Wed7
- about €85.98Thu8
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 Caratinga. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Caratinga for the night the bus gets in
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When to book União dos Palmares to Caratinga
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €70.0390 days
- €53.5360 days
- €73.8845 days
- €70.0330 days
- €85.9821 days
- €109.6314 days
- €127.237 days
- €153.083 days
- €194.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €53.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 264 percent. The most expensive point is €194.88, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to União dos Palmares to Caratinga 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
1,554 km
1,352 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
65,790 → 90,687
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 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 1,554 km against 1,352 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 Salvador, Estância, Camaçari, Aracaju. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
Caratinga is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Caratinga station
Most of the points near Caratinga station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about União dos Palmares to Caratinga
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 União dos Palmares to Caratinga?
The fastest journey from União dos Palmares to Caratinga takes 20h 58m door to door, of which 20h 14m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 22h 31m, 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 União dos Palmares to Caratinga?
The cheapest fare from União dos Palmares to Caratinga is €63.43, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €104.68. 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 União dos Palmares to Caratinga?
The cheapest way from União dos Palmares to Caratinga is by coach, at €63.43 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 20h 58m 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 União dos Palmares to Caratinga?
Fares from União dos Palmares to Caratinga bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €53.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 264 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for União dos Palmares to Caratinga?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from União dos Palmares to Caratinga, at €94.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for União dos Palmares to Caratinga?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from União dos Palmares to Caratinga, at €60.68 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 União dos Palmares to Caratinga?
1 operators sell services from União dos Palmares to Caratinga across 1 mode: JS Turismo. 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 União dos Palmares to Caratinga?
20 percent of the services we sell from União dos Palmares to Caratinga are direct. The rest connect at Salvador, Estância, Camaçari, Aracaju, with about 49 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 União dos Palmares to Caratinga use?
Services from União dos Palmares to Caratinga by coach leave from Terminal Rodoviário and arrive at Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de Matos. 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 União dos Palmares to Caratinga?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from União dos Palmares to Caratinga 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 União dos Palmares to Caratinga on September 17, 2026: 1554 km of route against 1352 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €63.43, and 20h 58m 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 Caratinga is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
União dos Palmares reaches 97 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 2,852 km. Caratinga reaches 107 places in 1 countries, from 82 to 1,829 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving União dos Palmares
- 97Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Caratinga
Leaving Caratinga
- 107Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 10Operators