There are 14 ways to get from Chester to Albufeira by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Faro Airport
best- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane MAN - FAO
7h 55m€48–221Train, bus via Montpellier
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain Ave
- Take the bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeirabus
25h 49m€267–969Train, bus
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Orientebus
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Albufeirabus
34h 12m€177–727Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Chester to Plymouthcar
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Albufeiracar
35h 41m€288–1,026Fly Liverpool to Faro Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane LPL - FAO
7h 24m€65–242Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Faro Airport
- Take the train from Chester to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane BHX - FAO
8h 31m€70–270Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Lisbon-Portela Airport, bus
- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane MAN - LIS
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Albufeirabus
9h 55m€54–244Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Faro Airport
- Take the train from Chester to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane LBA - FAO
9h 56m€55–250Train to East Midlands Airport, fly to Faro Airport
- Take the train from Crewe to Long Eatontrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane EMA - FAO
9h 40m€64–249Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Faro Airport
- Take the train from Crewe to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane BRS - FAO
10h 8m€79–365Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Lisbon - Orientebus
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Albufeira - Ferreirastrain Ic
36h 4m€271–995Bus, train
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Marble Archbus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Lisbon - Orientebus
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Albufeirabus
40h 9m€119–584Train, bus #3
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Albufeirabus
42h 12m€188–540Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Chester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Albufeiracar
26h 54m
Chester to Albufeira by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chester to Albufeira is to train and fly which costs €45 - €230 and takes 7h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Chester to Albufeira is to fly which takes 7h 24m and costs €65 - €250.
The distance between Chester and Albufeira is 1989 km.
The best way to get from Chester to Albufeira without a car is to train and bus via Montpellier which takes 25h 49m and costs €260 - €1000.
It takes approximately 7h 55m to get from Chester to Albufeira, including transfers.
There are 8105+ hotels available in Albufeira.
What companies run services between Chester, England and Albufeira, Portugal?
Ryanair, easyJet, and Jet2.com fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Faro Airport (FAO) 6 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–100
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Faro Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–85
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–25
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–60
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Chester to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–65
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Long Eaton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Albufeira - Ferreiras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €2–28
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €2–17
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lisbon to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Marble Arch
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- €75–100
- Car
- €240–340
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
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