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Gibraltar to Albufeira by bus and foot

7Weekly Services

9h 25mAverage Duration

€37Cheapest Price

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Distance: 503.1 km
Duration: 9h 25m

What companies run services between Gibraltar and Albufeira, Portugal?

Rede Expressos operates a bus from Algeciras Puerto to Albufeira once daily. Tickets cost €35–80 and the journey takes 7h 30m.

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Albufeira(opens in a new window), Portugal(opens in a new window)

Albufeira is a city and municipality of Faro District in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2021 was 44,158, in an area of 140.66 km2. The city proper had a population of 28,645 in 2021. It is 250 km from Lisbon, close to Paderne Castle. Lagoa is 30 km to the west, and Faro 45 km to the southeast. A tourist destination due to its coastal conditions, Albufeira's population expands to around 300,000 in the summer and at Christmas and New Year owing to the number of hotels that includes marina facilities, golf courses, restaurants and bars.

Things to do in Albufeira

Praia da Oura(Opens in a new window)

Praia da Oura is a blue flag beach within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. The beach is in the eastern district of Albufeira in the neighbourhood called Areias de São João (Saint John's Sands). Its flanked by Praia dos Aveiros to the west and Praia de Santa Eulália to the eastern side. The beach is approximately 900 meters in length and is 450 meters wide at low tide.

Praia dos Pescadores(Opens in a new window)

Praia dos Pescadores or the Fishermans Beach is a blue flag beach on the Atlantic south coast of the Algarve, in the district of Bairro dos Pescadores (Neighborhood of the Fisherman), Albufeira which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, Portugal. The beach is one of the two beaches which front the town of Albufeira with Praia do Túnel at the western end and Praia dos Pescadores lying to the eastern end of the towns seafront. The town and its beaches are located west 23.9 mi by road of the regions capital of Faro.

Praia da Coelha(Opens in a new window)

Praia da Coelha (English: Rabbit Beach) is a beach close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. This beach is located 3.9 mi by road to the west of Albufeira old town centre and is 31.5 mi west of the region's capital, Faro. This beach is one of 69e blue flag beaches (2012) in the Algarve

Praia da Marinha(Opens in a new window)

Praia da Marinha (in English: Navy Beach) is one of the most emblematic and beautiful beaches of Portugal, located on the Atlantic coast in Caramujeira, Lagoa Municipality, Algarve, and considered by the Michelin Guide as one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in Europe and as one of the 100 most beautiful beaches in the world. In 1998, it was also awarded with the distinguished "Golden Beach" award by the Portuguese Ministry of the Environment because of its outstanding natural qualities. Furthermore, many pictures of this beach have often been used in promotional material and "Guides of Portugal" distributed around the world.

Places to stay in Albufeira

Windmill Hill(Opens in a new window)

9.0Fabulous

Apartamento O Jardins da Marina(Opens in a new window)

9.3Superb

Cerro Mar Atlantico & Cerro Mar Garden(Opens in a new window)

8.5Very Good

Villa AcquaMarina - 5 bedroom, water front villa(Opens in a new window)

9.0Fabulous

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