There are 10 ways to get from Manchester to Silves by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Fly Manchester Airport to Faro Airport, train
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Faro Airport (FAO)MAN - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Silves
7h 55m€50–164Train, bus via Bordeaux
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St JeanTgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Faro
- Take the train from Faro to SilvesRe
32h 47m€246–873Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Drive from Santander to Silves
35h 25m€294–1,024Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Silves
27h 7mTrain to Liverpool, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Faro Airport (FAO)LPL - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Silves
8h 37m€65–184Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchange
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Faro Airport (FAO)LBA - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Silves
10h 5m€59–198Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Faro Airport (FAO)BHX - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Silves
9h 31m€67–307Fly Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)MAN - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunes
10h 10m€54–211Train, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Silves
35h 19m€176–714Bus
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris to Lisbon Sete Rios
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Silves
42h 27m€80–359
Manchester to Silves by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Silves is to fly and train which costs €45 - €170 and takes 7h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Silves is to fly and train which takes 7h 55m and costs €45 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Manchester to Silves. However, there are services departing from Shudehill Interchange and arriving at Silves via London Victoria, Paris and Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 27m.
The distance between Manchester and Silves is 1950 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Silves without a car is to train and bus via Bordeaux which takes 32h 47m and costs €240 - €900.
It takes approximately 7h 55m to get from Manchester to Silves, including transfers.
Manchester to Silves bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Shudehill Interchange station.
Manchester to Silves bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Book your Manchester to Silves bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 8880+ hotels available in Silves.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Silves, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Shudehill Interchange to Silves via London Victoria, Paris, Lisbon Sete Rios, and Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios in around 42h 27m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
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
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Faro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–95
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Faro Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- 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
- €75–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- 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
- €55–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Faro to Silves
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €90–130
- Rail 1st Class
- €130–200
- 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
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–17
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–23
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Silves
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Lisbon Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- 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
- €230–330
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
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