Vilamoura - Algarve - Portugal: Useful Information!
Here you will find lots of useful information for Vilamoura, in central Algarve, Portugal! How to get to Vilamoura from Faro by bus or taxi and how much it costs; useful telephone numbers; where the nearest tourist information office is; opening hours for the supermarkets; details about the tourist train around Vilamoura and also Mass times at the church.
Vilamoura Travel: Faro to Vilamoura
- Distance from Faro Airport to Vilamoura: 29 km
- Travel from Faro to Vilamoura by Train: no convenient train station
- Travel from Faro to Vilamoura by Bus: 3.75€
- Transfer from Faro to Vilamoura by Taxi: 27€ for a 4 seater Mon-Fri 6am-9pm (32€ outside this time and bank holidays); 34€ or 40€ for a 6 seater depending on time.
To get to Faro train or bus station (which are close to each other just before Faro marina) either get the bus from the airport (the stop is right outside the 'arrivals' doors) and will cost you around 1.75€, or get a taxi at a cost of around 10€. To check train timetables visit CP - Comboios de Portugal. (the site is available in English) and select 'Regional and Inter Regional services' to get the timetable for Lagos/Vila Real de Santo António/Lagos.
For bus timetables visit Eva Bus. Again most of it is available in English except the 'frequency' on the tables. (Days of the week: Monday is the 2nd day of the week - '2as'-and Friday is the 6th day. 'Sábado' and 'Domingo' - Saturday and Sunday; 'Feriados' is holidays; 'Diariamente' is daily,). Bus times from the 'aeroporto' to Faro are also listed .
For additional bus timetables visit Frotazul Algarve which covers a limited area of the Algarve.
**We quote Comboios de Portugal (regional) and Eva Transports pricing and prices of the standard taxi firms that work at Faro Airport. Please note that prices may vary.
Local buses for Vilamoura
There is a local bus that connects Vilamoura and Quarteira and it runs every hour from 7.54 to 19.54 . The last bus is at 13.54 from Vilamoura on Saturdays and holidays. It doesn't run on Sundays. (The buses leave Quarteira bus terminal at 15 minutes past the hour.)
Route: Bus terminal, Igreja S.Pedro Mar, Health centre, Cemetery, Igreja N. Sr.ª Conceição, Quinta do Romão (except July and August), Avenida da Marina (Vilamoura), Lota.