There are 11 ways to get from Reading to Albufeira by train, plane, car, car ferry, or bus
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Stationtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane LHR - FAO
7h 25m€115–308Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane LGW - FAO
8h 6m€62–193Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Reading to Plymouthcar
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Albufeiracar
34h 7m€291–993Train, bus
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- 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
35h 19m€296–563Train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane BRS - FAO
8h€85–228Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane LTN - FAO
8h 8m€90–291Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane BHX - FAO
7h 58m€97–322Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane STN - FAO
8h 23m€85–224Train to Southampton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane SOU - FAO
7h 6m€116–349Train to Bournemouth Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to Bournemouthtrain
- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane BOH - FAO
9h 16m€87–212Bus
- Take the bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 5bus Ra1
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Lisbonbus
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Albufeirabus
45h 45m€256–438
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Faro Airport (FAO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Reading to Albufeira is to train and fly which costs €60 - €200 and takes 8h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Reading to Albufeira is to train and fly which takes 7h 6m and costs €110 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Reading to Albufeira. However, there are services departing from Reading RailAir and arriving at Albufeira - Centro via Heathrow Terminal 5, London Victoria, Brussels-North train station, Lisbon and Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeira. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 45m.
The distance between Reading and Albufeira is 1796 km.
The best way to get from Reading to Albufeira without a car is to train and bus which takes 35h 19m and costs €290 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 25m to get from Reading to Albufeira, including transfers.
Reading to Albufeira bus services, operated by RailAir, depart from Reading RailAir station.
Reading to Albufeira bus services, operated by RailAir, arrive at Heathrow Terminal 5 station.
There are 9728+ hotels available in Albufeira.
What companies run services between Reading, England and Albufeira, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Reading RailAir to Albufeira - Centro via Heathrow Terminal 5, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Brussels-North train station, Lisbon, Albufeira, and Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeira in around 45h 45m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Faro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Faro Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–360
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Southampton Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Faro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–100
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–80
Flights from Luton Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Faro Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Faro Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Faro Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Reading to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–310
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lisbon to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- railair.com
Bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Website
- https://www.railair.com/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €100–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–700
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